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201366 minGdocumentary

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Cbqm

201366 minGdocumentary

In Fort McPherson, the radio station CBQM serves as a vital cultural hub, showcasing local storytelling and country music in the Canadian Northwest Territories.

indigenous-histories music-history

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Channel: NFB

Cbqm

2013• 66 minG

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In Fort McPherson, the radio station CBQM serves as a vital cultural hub, showcasing local storytelling and country music in the Canadian Northwest Territories.

Synopsis

Turn on and tune in to CBQM, the radio station that operates out of Fort McPherson, a small town about 150 km north of the Arctic Circle in the Canadian Northwest Territories. Through storytelling and old-time country music, filmmaker and long-time listener Dennis Allen crafts a nuanced portrait of the "Moccasin Telegraph," the radio station that is a pillar of local identity and pride in this lively northern community of 800 souls.

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