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Manitoba History No. 89
Manitoba
History
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Memorable Manitobans
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Historic Sites of Manitoba
Historic Sites
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Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sherbrook Telephone Exchange Building (297 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)

This building was constructed in 1909 for Manitoba Government Telephones. In 1922, the first transmitters and studios for the government-owned CKY radio station were installed here and, on 13 March 1923, the station officially began to broadcast with a strength of 500 watts. Within five years, the power was increased to 5,000 watts and, on 1 December 1934, it increased to 15,000 watts. The station moved to new quarters in May 1937 and it was taken over by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in mid-1948.

Sherbrook Telephone Exchange Building

Sherbrook Telephone Exchange Building (October 2013)
Source: Gordon Goldsborough

Site Location (lat/long): N49.88773, W97.15895
denoted by symbol on the map above

See also:

CKY Winnipeg in the 1920s: Canada’s Only Experiment in Government Monopoly Broadcasting by Mary Vipond
Manitoba History, Number 12, Autumn 1986

Memorable Manitobans: Douglas Richard Proctor “Darby” Coats (c1892-1973)

Memorable Manitobans: Lillian Shaw (1906-1996)

MHS Centennial Business: Manitoba Government Telephones / Telephone System / MTS Allstream Inc.

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Carberry Telephone Exchange Building (121 Main Street, Carberry)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Garry Telephone Exchange Building (474 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Hartney Telephone Exchange Building (315 East Railway Street, Hartney)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Manitoba Telephone System Building (166 Portage Avenue East, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: River Heights Telephone Exchange Building (413 Niagara Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Sherbrook Telephone Exchange Building (297 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. James Telephone Exchange Building (340 Rutland Street, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: St. John’s Telephone Exchange Building (405 Burrows Avenue, Winnipeg)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Stonewall Telephone Exchange Building (336 Main Street, Stonewall)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Telecommunications Repeater Station (Municipality of Oakland-Wawanesa)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Telecommunications Repeater Station (RM of Victoria)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Telecommunications Repeater Station (RM of Grey)

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Telecommunications Repeater Station (RM of Morris)

Sources:

“CKY ‘comes of age’,” Manitoba Calling, March 1944, page 1.

297 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Historical Buildings Committee.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 7 October 2016

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