Select one of the keywords The Swashbucklers: The Story of
Canada's Battling Broadcasters    by Knowlton Nash order for by
Knowlton Nash Order:  USA  Can McClelland & Stewart, 2001 (2001)
* * *   Reviewed by David Pitt  Entertainment broadcasting in
Canada began just after World War One - in 1919, to be exact -
when enterprising businessmen saw a way to turn the airwaves
into dollars. When somebody hit on the wild idea of airing
American programs with Canadian commercials cut into them (we
call it simulcasting now; it's what keeps Canadian viewers from
seeing the big-budget American commercials during the Super
Bowl), the whole thing took off, and soon the country was
embroiled in a war of its own: between rival broadcasters,
between broadcasters and the government - for imposing its
'Canadian content' rules that limited the amount of American
programming - between broadcasters and public-airwave advocates
who thought programming should be commercial-free.  Nash, a
veteran journalist, broadcaster and author (