CHAIR'S MESSAGE

Doug Thompson  

 "And that's the kind of day it's been..."
"Touch 'em all Joe, you'll never hit a bigger home run in your life."
"Say kids, what time is it?"
"Henderson has scored for Canada..." 

History is all around us...all of our lives - not only in books or displayed in bricks and mortar museums.  
 
It's that A&W jingle you still know all the words to even if it's been 30 or more years since you last heard it.  It's that 'a-ha' moment when Detective Murdoch on "Murdoch Mysteries" solves the crime, week after week.  It's the time your favourite local disc jockey (possibly Red Robinson in Vancouver, Edmonton's Barry Boyd, Duff Roman in Toronto, Montreal's Dave Boxer or Frank Cameron in Halifax) mentioned your name on-the-radio and played your song request. 
  
It's Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau saying "Just watch me" to a CBC reporter's question during the 1970 FLQ crisis in Quebec.  It's Foster Hewitt's legendary call, "He shoots...he scores!"  It's Red Green's latest duct tape adventure.
  
Our memories are so very precious...and so very personal. 
  
Now, picture all that history...all those memories...tossed into a dumpster, rotting away like yesterday's lettuce, never to be seen or heard again.
 
That's what the Canadian Broadcast Museum is desperately trying to prevent.
  
Please Join us...be a part of Canadian history.

-- Doug Thompson, Chair
Canadian Broadcast Museum Foundation