The Great Eastern
BCN Community Announcements

It's the time of year when hunting and berry picking conflict with berry pickers rarely emerging the winner. To address the problem, concerned berry pickers can gather tomorrow afternoon at 3 near the old dump on the Spongy Downs to discuss the formation of a Provisional Wing of the Berry Pickers Action Group. Pick Free or Die.

The Monthly meeting of St. John's-Mount Pearl Old and Bitter will be held tonight at the Knight's Templar Armoury on Stamp's Lane. On the agenda: "How much your children really owe you," "Dealing with saucy young doctors" and "The outrageous demands of the unions these days."

Past Community Announcements and Programming Highlights

WHAT'S NEW

CONTACT How to reach The Great Eastern

THINGS TO WEAR ...a collector's item...

AUDIO Selected audio clips from the show...plus Real Audio!

BACKGROUND The origins of the BCN

BIOGRAPHIES Your favourite BCN personalities...

WHAT'S THAT NOISE? The most popular game on the planet...

BCN SCHEDULE The complete broadcast week on BCN...

WEB INDEX Favourites from the Great Eastern Web...

PLAYLIST By popular demand...all the music from the show...

The Funks

“It's OK. You're just having a nervous breakdown...”

Paul travels to the forbidding Funk Islands, home of the BCN Repeater Station, to find our just what's wrong with Erling Biggs.

“I mean that. Anything.”

It's almost time for the Annual Listener's Letters Show on The Great Eastern, where host Paul Moth will be reading your letters and answering your questions: "So if you have a nagging question about The Great Eastern, The BCN or whatever you hear around here, write us and ask it. I'll be happy to answer your questions about anything...and I mean that..anything." You can contact The Great Eastern in the usual way AND there's a bonus T-shirt to anybody whose letter is used...

“The Spinal Harmonic Vibration...”

Tune in to The Great Eastern Saturday, October 17, as Paul makes a trip to the fabled BCN Repeater Station at the Funk Islands. In the meantime, Ish Lundrigan explains the background to the mammoth installation in the audio section. “The usual crush of imbeciles and bimbos...” Lawrence Royce-Hiscock on the new North Atlantic Collection and Maxy Chubbs' punctured cranium: new in the audio section. “To get the full effect, turn your radio up....” The Noise from Newfoundland? has been solved! Find out by whom...and puzzle over the latest sonic conundrum. R E C E N T L Y

...Think What? Paul Moth explains why Steve Jobs has the perpetual rights to his image....

...The BCN: Public Radio's Missing Link Excerpts from Public Radio USA's award-winning documentary about the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland. Giant vacuum tubes, cannibals and the 1939 surrender of St. John's to the Germans...

“...A Curse Upon You, Moth of Ucker” Paul explores his rich geneological past. Hear the complete tale of how Jan Peter Moth of Ucker put down the Crofter's Rebellion of 1742, and find out the meaning of the Moth Coat of Arms.

. . . “L. Ron Hubbard was not the originator of the slogan, 'Classics and Beyond.'” And what would a new season be with some Apologies and Clarifications? The full text is here.

. . .PLUS: visit the Great Eastern web index page. Now it's easier than ever to find your old favourites.

The Great Eastern can be heard Saturdays at 11:31 a.m. on CBC Radio 1, (12:01 p.m. in Newfoundland), and 6:30 p.m. on CBC Radio 2 (7:30 p.m. in the Maritimes and 8:00 p.m. in Newfoundland.

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Updated October 23, 1998.

Comments on the web can be directed to the person responsible. You can also email Paul Moth directly or contact the show by other means. The Great Eastern at Sea