VOWR in St. John’s is turning 100 years old. Dedicated volunteers have kept the AM station, which operates out of the Wesley United Church of Canada on Patrick Street, humming for a century. Its first broadcast — in July 1924 — came 25 years before Confederation and just 23 years after Marconi received the first wireless transmission from Signal Hill. The CBC’s Carolyn Stokes stops by the studio. 3 minute video
VOWR is on 800khz, 10kw daytime, 2.5kw nightime.
Recording of it heard in Scotland
(Mike Barraclough/BDXC)
