KARL WELLS POINT 2 POINT, E100, CHARLIE POPE

Memories of a Radio Pioneer is a special edition of Karl Wells Point 2 Point. 96-year-old Charlie Pope is Karl’s guest. Charlie was one of the first voices heard on CJON Radio 930 AM when it went on the air 75 years ago! Here he chats about his first radio program, Purity Calling, sponsored by Purity Flour Mills, as well as CJON radio personalities, news reporters, hockey broadcasting and much more. Charlie Pope also talks about CJON TV, the first television station in Newfoundland, its founders Geoff Stirling and Don Jamieson, and the building of radio and TV studios in the Prince of Wales Building.