The Glorious Confederation Broadcast Foster's, with a "hot" band, the term in those days for a good, upbeat, jazz dance-band. It was a favourite haunt of the young people, and of course, Tony's. Dad learned that Tony used to take the little truck there. One night when the dance was over, Tony found a note on the truck in Dad 's handwriting. "I'm tired of you leaving me out in the street all night. Please take me home. I have to go to work in the morning." As I have mentioned, Dad had broadcast from Rogers Hardware until 1924 to make the radios he was selling more attractive to buyers. Aside from what he put on the air, there wasn't much they could receive during the daylight hours. Now that he was out of the hardware store, the afternoon broadcasts had ceased again, and he was quite concerned about this. The CFCY transmitter was broadcasting some evenings in addition to the regular church services and the dinner programs from the Victoria Hotel. Dad was anxious to expand the programming. To achieve this he was beginning to try more sophisticated programming from our living-room. But listeners could still receive very little during the day. There were so many problems militating against him. The basement of the insurance office was not suitable. The transmitter was at Burke's on Upper and Walter Burke was working at Carter's during the day. Dad had to sell insurance during the day. The embryonic industry of broadcasting was demanding more room to grow. Money was not plentiful. I think at this point in 1927, Dad realized that now was the time to either stay in broadcasting or to get out of it. If he opted to stay, more capital and time were needed. The insurance business fed the family; the retail radio business, if expanded, might provide the capital for an enlarged broadcasting operation. The broadcasts with their successful use of local talent seemed to point the way to a promising future. He chose to stay in broadcasting. Unconsciously, of course, events and circumstances had been pushing him along in that direction anyway. He realized that if he were to continue to sell radios he needed a more formal arrangement than the basement of the insurance building. So he made what was to become a well beaten path to the bank manager 53