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Classification of Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) programs, year ended March 31, 1946
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| Sustaining | Commercial | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Programs | Time | Percentage of total hours | Programs | Time | Percentage of total hours | |
| number | hours:minutes | % | number | hours:minutes | % | |
| Musical | ||||||
| Opera | 131 | 86:00 | 0.6 | 13 | 44:05 | 1.5 |
| Symphony | 378 | 366:40 | 2.6 | 23 | 19:00 | 0.6 |
| Sacred | 142 | 40:00 | 0.3 | 14 | 4:00 | 0.1 |
| Classical | 1,729 | 650:05 | 4.7 | 51 | 25:30 | 0.8 |
| Semi-classical | 3,415 | 1,204:20 | 8.7 | 89 | 44:30 | 1.3 |
| Variety | 1,428 | 590:55 | 4.3 | 1,704 | 739:40 | 23.1 |
| Light | 9,692 | 2,825:55 | 20.4 | 678 | 251:55 | 7.8 |
| Dance | 4,434 | 1,595:05 | 11.5 | 108 | 42:30 | 1.3 |
| Old-time | 537 | 138:20 | 10.0 | 70 | 35:00 | 1.1 |
| Band | 358 | 165:45 | 1.2 | - | - | - |
| Total, musical | 22,244 | 7,663:05 | 55.3 | 2,750 | 1,206:10 | 37.6 |
| Spoken word | ||||||
| Drama | 1,412 | 583:05 | 4.2 | 5,662 | 1,594:40 | 49.8 |
| Prose and poetry | 52 | 18:50 | 1.0 | - | - | - |
| Talks, informative | 3,187 | 838:00 | 6.0 | 486 | 172:00 | 5.4 |
| Educational | 1,161 | 479:55 | 3.5 | - | - | - |
| News commentary | 745 | 170:20 | 1.2 | - | - | - |
| News events | 66 | 24:35 | 0.2 | 4 | 4:00 | 0.1 |
| News résumés | 11,921 | 2,242:30 | 16.1 | - | - | - |
| Agriculture | 2,072 | 785:30 | 5.7 | - | - | - |
| Stock quotations | 412 | 103:45 | 0.7 | - | - | - |
| Sports events | 120 | 63:55 | 0.5 | 121 | 157:45 | 4.9 |
| Sports résumés | 286 | 63:40 | 0.5 | 23 | - | 0.2 |
| Women's | 1,326 | 273:05 | 2.0 | 255 | 63:45 | 2.0 |
| Children's | 340 | 134:30 | 1.0 | - | - | - |
| Religious | 1,289 | 413:35 | 3.0 | - | - | - |
| Total, spoken word | 24,389 | 6,195:15 | 44.7 | 6,551 | 1,997:55 | 62.4 |
| Grand total | 46,833 | 13,858:20 | 100.0 | 9,301 | 3,204:05 | 100.0 |
| Live talent | 30,910 | 8,851:15 | 63.9 | 7,951 | 2,818:35 | 87.9 |
| Recorded | 13,527 | 4,271:15 | 30.8 | - | - | - |
| Transcribed | 2,196 | 735:50 | 5.3 | - | - | - |
| Delayed | - | - | - | 1,350 | 385:30 | 12.1 |
| Note: Dashes in this table indicate that no programs were reported under these particular sub-items. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1947. | ||||||
