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CBC Calgary celebrates 60 years with open house

To mark CBC Calgary's 60th birthday, an open house was held at the station on Saturday.

Station opens its doors to audience members and broader community

several people stand in a queue with balloons in an arch in a hallway
(Zignstar Studios)

CBC Calgary celebrated a big milestone this month: the station turned 60 years old.

To mark the occasion with both the CBC Calgary audience and the broader community, an open house was held Saturday at the CBC offices on Veteran's Place N.W.

CBC Calgary celebrates 60 years

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In October 1964, CBC Radio Calgary launched a new, 24-hours-a-day service for listeners in southern Alberta. Sixty years later, CBC Calgary celebrated their anniversary with community members at an open house. Attendees toured the station, met CBC hosts and journalists, and took part in interactive experiences like mock broadcasts and hands-on workshops.

It was an opportunity to meet CBC hosts and journalists, tour the station, take part in interactive experiences like mock broadcasts and hands-on workshops, and learn about the past and present of CBC Calgary. Approximately 425 people attended the event.

Here's a selection of photos from the event.


a crowd of adults stand around a desk in radio studio
(Zignstar Studios)
a young boy in a blue shirt speaks into an orange microphone
(Zignstar Studios)
interior of an office with people in it, and colourful balloons
(Zignstar Studios)
a man shows a young girl how a tv camera and prompter works, as a woman looks on
(Zignstar Studios)
a costumed mascot high fives with a young boy as two poeple behind laugh
(Zignstar Studios)
a group of people pose for a photo in front of a tv studio desk
(Zignstar Studios)
A woman in a radio studio interviews two young children
(Zignstar Studios)