Ralph Snelgrove (original) (raw)
Ralph Trapnell Snelgrove (June 11, 1914 – March 27, 1990) was a Canadian radio and television pioneer who obtained one of the first television licences issued in Canada and built television station CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ontario. Snelgrove was the first president of the and served as president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters in 1948. In politics, he served as an alderman in Barrie and was also a school trustee. As well, Snelgrove was president of the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce. One of his sons is Timothy Snelgrove, founder of Timothy's World Coffee.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| dbo:abstract | Ralph Trapnell Snelgrove (June 11, 1914 – March 27, 1990) was a Canadian radio and television pioneer who obtained one of the first television licences issued in Canada and built television station CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ontario. Born in Newfoundland, Snelgrove was employed by Metropolitan Broadcasting in Toronto before becoming manager of AM radio station CFOS in Owen Sound, Ontario in 1940. He moved to Barrie to set up the town's first radio station CKBB, which launched on August 31, 1949. Six years later, Snelgrove launched CKVR-TV with call letters representing his wife's name and his own (Valerie and Ralph). In 1965, he founded Collingwood, Ontario's first radio station, CKCB (AM). Snelgrove sold his television stations to Allan Waters in 1969 and became a director of Waters' company, CHUM Limited. He sold his radio stations to Kawartha Broadcasting in 1983. Snelgrove was the first president of the and served as president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters in 1948. In politics, he served as an alderman in Barrie and was also a school trustee. As well, Snelgrove was president of the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario in 1981 and was inducted into the CAB Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1985. Snelgrove died in 1990 at age 75. One of his sons is Timothy Snelgrove, founder of Timothy's World Coffee. (en) |
| dbo:wikiPageExternalLink | http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/personalities.php%3Fid=70 http://www.ontla.on.ca/hansard/house_debates/34_parl/session2/LA011_90.htm%23P37_7352 |
| dbo:wikiPageID | 1328538 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageLength | 2291 (xsd:nonNegativeInteger) |
| dbo:wikiPageRevisionID | 1027936019 (xsd:integer) |
| dbo:wikiPageWikiLink | dbr:Canadians dbr:Allan_Waters dbr:Dominion_of_Newfoundland dbr:Collingwood,_Ontario dbr:Legislative_Assembly_of_Ontario dbc:1914_births dbc:1990_deaths dbr:Bruce_Owen dbr:CHUM_Limited dbr:CIQB-FM dbr:CKCB-FM dbc:20th-century_Canadian_businesspeople dbc:Barrie_city_councillors dbr:Timothy's_World_Coffee dbr:Toronto dbr:Waterloo,_Ontario dbr:Wilfrid_Laurier_University dbr:Barrie,_Ontario dbc:Ontario_school_board_trustees dbr:Television dbr:CFOS dbr:Canadian_Association_of_Broadcasters dbr:Member_of_Provincial_Parliament_(Ontario) dbr:Timothy_Snelgrove dbr:Owen_Sound,_Ontario dbr:Doctor_of_Laws dbr:CKVR-TV dbr:Central_Canada_Broadcasters_Association |
| dbp:wikiPageUsesTemplate | dbt:Canada-business-bio-stub |
| dct:subject | dbc:1914_births dbc:1990_deaths dbc:20th-century_Canadian_businesspeople dbc:Barrie_city_councillors dbc:Ontario_school_board_trustees |
| gold:hypernym | dbr:Radio |
| rdf:type | dbo:Person |
| rdfs:comment | Ralph Trapnell Snelgrove (June 11, 1914 – March 27, 1990) was a Canadian radio and television pioneer who obtained one of the first television licences issued in Canada and built television station CKVR-TV in Barrie, Ontario. Snelgrove was the first president of the and served as president of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters in 1948. In politics, he served as an alderman in Barrie and was also a school trustee. As well, Snelgrove was president of the Greater Barrie Chamber of Commerce. One of his sons is Timothy Snelgrove, founder of Timothy's World Coffee. (en) |
| rdfs:label | Ralph Snelgrove (en) |
| owl:sameAs | freebase:Ralph Snelgrove yago-res:Ralph Snelgrove wikidata:Ralph Snelgrove https://global.dbpedia.org/id/4tpgM |
| prov:wasDerivedFrom | wikipedia-en:Ralph_Snelgrove?oldid=1027936019&ns=0 |
| foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf | wikipedia-en:Ralph_Snelgrove |
| is dbo:wikiPageDisambiguates of | dbr:Snelgrove |
| is dbo:wikiPageWikiLink of | dbr:Deaths_in_March_1990 dbr:CHUM_Limited dbr:CIQB-FM dbr:CKVR-DT dbr:Snelgrove |
| is foaf:primaryTopic of | wikipedia-en:Ralph_Snelgrove |