Laura Lindsay, First Lady of Daytime TV in Alberta from 1955-68
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Laura Lindsay, First Lady of Daytime TV in Alberta from 1955-68
When Sunwapta Broadcasting first produced and aired local television in Edmonton in 1954, CFRN aimed daytime programs at the homemaker audience, which included my mother, doing the work of having babies, raising children and housekeeping. The first attempts featured local male personalities and failed until Laura Banks applied for and secured the job on the spot. Laura Banks heard about the opening for a female host when her son, musician Tommy …
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