Item A-4493 - Gordon Walburn

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Gordon Walburn

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  • 1 Apr. 1966 (Criação)

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Gordon Walburn, full-time manager of radio station CJUS-FM, looking at a record in the station's large record library.

Bio/Historical Note: In 1959 a campus group calling themselves "University Radio Productions" approached the federal government for a broadcast license to operate a student-run FM station on a non-commercial basis. Licensing requirements demanded that licenses only be issued to the university itself; in 1960 students approached the Board of Governors for approval. Operation of the station, including a constitution, was formalized in 1965 between the University and the Students Union (USSU), and CJUS-FM was launched. Studios were initially located in the basement of the university's Memorial Union Building, but were moved to the basement of the Education Building in 1980 next to the Department of Audio Visual Services. The station was launched through a partnership between the university's board of governors and its student union. For a number of years, the station also aired some programming from the CBC Stereo network before CBKS was launched. In 1983, with the station in financial trouble, it began to accept limited commercial advertising, and briefly changed its call sign to CHSK. The following year, the university's board decided to discontinue its funding of the station, and CHSK ceased broadcasting on 30 September 1985. CJUS was relaunched as an Internet radio stream in 2005.

Bio/Historical Note: Gordon Einar Walburn (1925-2012) was born and educated in Winnipeg where his fascination with radio began in early childhood. He knew then that when he grew up he wanted to "push buttons". A long and distinguished career in radio broadcasting would fulfill that desire. Following graduation from Daniel McIntyre Collegiate, Gordon was hired by CKRC in February 1944 as a transcription clerk. He was also their record librarian and an announcer. Later he worked for stations in Kenora, Ontario and Brandon, Manitoba, prior to leaving Winnipeg for Saskatoon in May 1951 to work as an announcer for a new station, CKOM, set to launch the following month. He was promoted to production manager of CKOM in August 1952 but continued to be a popular and well-respected occasional on-air personality. Always committed to providing listeners with quality community programming, Walburn began intensive preparations to present a brief to the Canadian Radio and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a hearing in Ottawa in his bid to bring the first FM radio station to the province of Saskatchewan. He was granted the license and CFMC-FM went on the air in December 1964. Walburn chose to sever his connection with this commercial venture to head up the University of Saskatchewan's fledgling student radio station CJUS-FM that began broadcasting on a limited frequency in December 1965. He trained students, guided and monitored programming, eventually oversaw a move to a larger facility on campus and succeeded in achieving a power increase in order to bring the station to a wider listening audience. Under his expert guidance, CJUS (changed to CHSK in 1983) became a "model for all other FM stations in Canada." (CRTC Commissioner Pat Pearce) Gordon accepted early retirement in 1985 when, sadly, in spite of its popularity, budget cuts at the University resulted in an end to its funding of their campus radio. Walburn died in Winnipeg in 2012 at age 87. CJUS was relaunched as an Internet radio stream in 2005.

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Photographer: Gibson

Copyright holder: University of Saskatchewan

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