This new broadcasting system was a means of .
providing the Canadian people with news and knowledge about their own country. Although the .
new system was aimed at providing for the Canadian people, many Canadians enjoyed listening .
to the American stations and they would do what they could to continue listening to what they .
enjoyed. Canadians began to access American radio by signals that were carried freely over the .
borders. The American stations that were accessed by Canadians posed a threat on their .
Canadian culture. It was with the development of the CBC that Canadians had a chance to .
inform their country on news, music and entertainment pertaining to Canadian audiences and a .
chance to steer them away from developing American culture as their own.
It was not too long after the introduction of the radio that television was introduced. .
With the introduction of the television, Canadians really began to be influenced by their .
American neighbours. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was supported by public funds .
which allowed programming to run across the entire country and produce a proportion of Canadian material. One key action taken by the federal government was the creation of the .
Canadian Broadcast Development Fund to be administered by Telefilm Canada. This fund was .
intended to provide greater resources and Canadian producers so that they could provide .
"attractive high quality programming". However, although Canadians enjoyed knowledge .
about their country, Canadian programming could not compete with what America had to offer.
With American television having such a profound impact of Canadian culture, it was not .
long before a television policy was introduced in 1949. This television policy was a royal .
commission that was later referred to as the Massey Commission. The chair of the Massey .
Commission was Vincent Massey and his main focus was to investigate the shape of television .