| Summary: | Joseph V. Butler talks about the history of VOCM in Newfoundland and Labrador 00:00 - Joseph Butler talks about the early history of VOCM; the chronology of applications for licensing and changes in frequency and broadcast area; 17:30 - Talks about announcers including John Murphy and Harry Brown; 18:28 - Talks about Walter Williams background; 21:30 - Talk about the call numbers and locations of stations around Newfoundland and Labrador; VOCM and VOFM; 24:00 - Talks about the main objectives of VOCM; "The Voice of the Common Man"; Awards VOCM has achieved; 26:05 - Hector Swain talks about his dissertation; 27:00 - Religious programming, church services, problems they had; The Voice of Prophecy; This is My Story; Bible Talk with Joseph L. Butler, the interviewee's father; 37:35 - Talks about humanitarian services, news stories, personal and community announcements; 42:20 - Terra Nova News; 43:54 - The Sanitorium programs particularly at Christmas; 44:43 - The Barrelman and Michael Harrington; 47:45 - talk about humanitarian services such as advertising for the Red Cross; 50:10 - The only commercial station with a "V" sign in Canada because they had it before confederation; 52:50 - Reg McCausland, Cy Yard, 54:37 - Butler talks to "Reg" [McCausland] on the phone and asks about other religious radio stations in Canada. There are only two that were grandfathered in with confederation.
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