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BCN accepted advertising on the station whose programming consisted of commercial, educational and entertainment shows. Notable programmes included future Newfoundland Premier Joey Smallwood 's '' The Barrelman '' which spun information and history with island folklore and the ''Gerald S. Doyle News Bulletin'' which iterspersed family and community news about islanders with more serious journalism. In 1943 , the BCN opened a second radio station, VOWN in Corner Brook and, after the war, acquired VORG in Gander that had previously been operated by the wartime Canadian military base. The BCN provided islanders with news of World War II as well as serving as a disseminator of wartime propaganda and as a recrutiment tool for the armed forces. After the war, the network provided gavel to gavel coverage of the proceedings of the 1947 - 1948 Newfoundland National Convention that was elected to determine the future of the island. While these broadcasts were closely followed by Newfoundlanders, the loss of advertising revenue from the commercial-free broadcasts hampered BCN's ability to improve its programming. One of BCN's final acts was to cover the June 3 and July 22 , 1948 Referenda on the colony's future. As the result was to join Canadian Confederation , the facilities and staff of the BCN were transferred to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on April 1 , 1949 when Newfoundland joined Canada . VONF was renamed CBN , VORG became CBG and VOWN became CBY . EXTERNAL LINKS
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