Toronto Telegram 1954 Article
Click this link for Toronto Telegram Canada Calling Launch article Canada Calling was launched by Toronto based CBC broadcaster Dave Price on January 4th, 1954 serving the ever growing number of Canadians spending winter vacation time in Florida. The daily winter season broadcast was introduced to Canadians through an article that was published in the […]
Tampa Tribune December 26, 2015
Check out this recent interview with The Tampa Tribune’s Jerome Stockfisch on the state of Canadian travel to Florida. Prior Smith, longtime host of the radio program, “Canada Calling,” broadcast locally on WGUL (860 AM), agreed that not as many Canadians are likely to travel to Florida this year, but he predicted that the drop […]
Broadcaster Magazine – 2009
One of Canada’s renowned broadcasters is Dick Drew. For years he ran a radio station in British Columbia and for many years he syndicated the national radio show Canadian Achievers. Occasionally he writes a column for Canada’s Broadcaster Magazine. Here’s one of his columns from 2009 highlighting Prior Smith’s involvement with Canada Calling and “Grapeline” . http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/great-sports-programming-a-real-achievement-but-two-hundred-grand-doesnt-hurt/1000229484/?&er=NA That […]
Record Breaking Canadian Tourism Numbers in Florida
Our thanks to Visit Florida and Statistics Canada for providing the latest Florida Visitor Estimates. Note the dramatic increase in Canadian visitation between 2002 and 2013 (1.7 MILLION in 2002 to 3.7 MILLION in 2013) with record Canadian numbers in Florida again this past winter season. This information below was compiled by VISIT FLORIDA Research. […]
New York Times Article from 1982
We found an old article by Andrew Malcolm in the New York Times that was written in 1982 that profiled Canadians travelling to Florida and Prior Smith’s daily broadcasts to the Sunshine State. That material was later included in a book called The Canadians. Remember Wardair? We remember the good ol’ days! From Toronto to […]
A Message From the Prime Minister
60 Years : Don Cherry & Brian Williams
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CITYNews Toronto Interview
Calling on Canadians
Prior Smith is not going anywhere. The long-time host of Canada Calling, a five-and-a-half minute radio show that airs from November to April in cities across the sunbelt is not going to be a casualty of the new media…
Prior Smith: Broadcasting north and south
Prior Smith has a nose not only for news, but for opportunity. Let me explain, Prior launched and has been the producer of Grapeline, the daily sports commentary program starring Don Cherry and Brian Williams since its inception 26 years ago. Doug Thompson – Broadcast Dialogue
