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Opening of St. Hyacinthe Transmission Station, 1929

Water coloured, printed illustration below the newspaper title showing a building with a tower touching wires stretched between two poles below a blue cloudy sky and a garden with a fountain in front. A long walkway leads to the door of the radio station.

“Un nouveau poste de radio CKAC”(A new CKAC radio station), La Presse: Magazine Illustré (February 23, 1929), Montréal, Québec. Musée des ondes Emile Berliner.

This illustration shows the new CKAC radio station, designed by Richer and Bounet, which opened in 1929. The rendering captures the trendiness of radio, with its modern building and antennae,  sleek cars, and well-dressed visitors.