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1959

Father of Canadian Television

1959 – Alphonse Ouimet, General Manager of the CBC in 1953 and President in 1958, is named the Father of Canadian Television for building the world’s biggest TV system when the CBC pioneers Canadian television.


Joseph Alphonse Ouimet



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