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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Was Established

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Was Established
1938

Officially known as CBC/Radio-Canada, the network is Canada's public radio and television broadcaster and operates four terrestrial radio networks: The English-language CBC Radio One and CBC Music, and the French-language Ici Radio-Canada PremiĆØre and Ici Musique.

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The BBC Television Services Was Started

The BBC Television Services Was Started
1936

The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.

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New Zealand Adopted a National Standard Time

New Zealand Adopted a National Standard Time
1868

Dr James Hector, head of the Geological Survey persuaded the New Zealand government of the advisability of adopting a nationwide standard time, or New Zealand Mean Time (NZMT). He proposed a time 11 hours and 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

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