Bob Murray, a well-known in the vintage radio community in both Canada and the US, has passed away recently. He edited the book ‘The Early Development of Radio in Canada 1901 – 1930’ and edited the American Antique Wireless Association (AWA) Review for many years. Gerry O'Hara, CVRS President, has provided an obituary you can review here.
Active Members can now download the minutes of the May 23, 2026 AGM here.
Large collection of radio and audio tubes being auctioned in Vancouver (on line auction) – for details, here is the link:
The current issue of the CVRS Newsletter is now available to members at https://canadianvintageradio.com/resources/magazine/current-issue/
The 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Canadian Vintage Radio Society (CVRS) will be held by Zoom call at 11:00am PDT on Saturday, May 23, 2026. Details of the Zoom call will be communicated to all paid-up members as of May 9, 2026 by email prior to the AGM.
The current issue of the CVRS Newsletter is now available to members at https://canadianvintageradio.com/resources/magazine/current-issue/
The winter auction catalogues (4 of them!) are online now. Have a look, submit your bids by email to () by Feb 20.
Details are at the beginning of each catalogue. If you have questions, we'll endeavor to answer them or send higher resolution photos in some cases.
Anyone bidding must be prepared to collect any won item(s) from Ottawa.
https://ovrc.org/pdfs/FungWinter2026_cat1.pdf
https://ovrc.org/pdfs/FungWinter2026_cat2.pdf
https://ovrc.org/pdfs/FungWinter2026_cat3.pdf
https://ovrc.org/pdfs/FungWinter2026_cat4.pdf
Anyone may bid, pass it on.
The current issue of the CVRS Newsletter is now available to members at https://canadianvintageradio.com/resources/magazine/current-issue/
Merry Christmas to all and a Happy New Year!
A very beautiful, unusual (and rare) horn speaker in very good condition from Gary Albach’s collection is for sale in Victoria, BC. Its a 1924 S.G. Brown Type Q 'Bluebird' in working condition – a gorgeous ‘art deco’ piece. It comprises an aluminum horn with a mahogany flare and base, and a mounted bluebird sculpture. This is a high impedance speaker (understood to be about 3Kohms), however, as a bonus, it comes complete with a Bluetooth attachment Gary made for it (no details available). The owner is willing to pack and ship this item at cost. Asking price: $1,900 (OBO).
If anyone is interested, please contact Gerry O’Hara at with your contact details, and Gerry will contact the owner. Note that a similar unit sold on 3 years ago on the Reverb.com website, here.”
The current issue of the CVRS Newsletter is now available for members at https://canadianvintageradio.com/resources/magazine/current-issue/.