Toronto Telegram 1954 Article
Click this link for Toronto Telegram Canada Calling Launch article Canada Calling was launched by Toronto based CBC broadcaster Dave Price on January 4th, 1954 serving the ever growing number of Canadians spending winter vacation time in Florida. The daily…
Tampa Tribune December 26, 2015
Check out this recent interview with The Tampa Tribune’s Jerome Stockfisch on the state of Canadian travel to Florida. Prior Smith, longtime host of the radio program, “Canada Calling,” broadcast locally on WGUL (860 AM), agreed that not as many…
Broadcaster Magazine – 2009
One of Canada’s renowned broadcasters is Dick Drew. For years he ran a radio station in British Columbia and for many years he syndicated the national radio show Canadian Achievers. Occasionally he writes a column for Canada’s Broadcaster Magazine. Here’s one…
Record Breaking Canadian Tourism Numbers in Florida
Our thanks to Visit Florida and Statistics Canada for providing the latest Florida Visitor Estimates. Note the dramatic increase in Canadian visitation between 2002 and 2013 (1.7 MILLION in 2002 to 3.7 MILLION in 2013) with record Canadian numbers in…
New York Times Article from 1982
We found an old article by Andrew Malcolm in the New York Times that was written in 1982 that profiled Canadians travelling to Florida and Prior Smith’s daily broadcasts to the Sunshine State. That material was later included in a…
Prior Smith honoured on June 26, 2013 alongside Senator Bob Graham at the Florida Association of Broadcasters Convention in Miami Beach! Check out the video below!
