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Cultural citizenship or commercial interest? The 1962 Grey Cup Fiasco

dc.contributor.authorValentine, John
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-15
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-31T01:15:53Z
dc.date.available2022-05-31T01:15:53Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractIn 1962, the Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG), an arm of the Canadian federal government responsible for broadcasting, made the unprecedented move to force the national public broadcaster to televise the Grey Cup, the championship game of Canadian football, ostensibly because it was in the national interest. However, research reveals that this decision was not necessarily made because it was in the national interest, but more so to assist the new struggling private television network, CTV. The important content, allegedly linked to cultural citizenship, was not the national championship, but the television commercials. This paper explores why the BBG intervened and how the dispute was settled.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/full-record/30h/134127210
dc.identifier.citationValentine, J. (2018). Cultural citizenship or commercial interest? The 1962 Grey Cup Fiasco. Sport History Review, 49(2), 161–175. https://doi.org/10.1123/shr.2018-0009
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1123/shr.2018-0009
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/1930
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectCanadian football
dc.subjectbroadcast policy
dc.subjectstate intervention
dc.subjectcultural citizenship
dc.titleCultural citizenship or commercial interest? The 1962 Grey Cup Fiascoen
dc.typeArticle
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