Production
Scholarly Texts and ArticlesWindover, Michael, and Anne F. MacLennan. 2017. Seeing, Selling, and Situating radio in Canada,1922-1956. Dalhousie Architectural Press.
Archival ResourcesDesign Exchange Collection n.d. xDx Project, Toronto, Ontario. Accessed March 5, 2025.
MacLennan, Anne, Windover, and Anja Borck. 2024a. “Radio at Home in Canada–Tinkerers.” Digital Museums Canada, Community Stories. February 23. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/.
MacLennan, Anne, Windover, and Anja Borck. 2024b. “Radio at Home in Canada–Radio’s Bits and Pieces.” Digital Museums Canada, Community Stories. February 23. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/.
MacLennan, Anne, Windover, and Anja Borck. 2024c. “Radio at Home in Canada–Commercial Broadcasting and Radio Receiving Sets.” Digital Museums Canada, Community Stories. February 23. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/.
MacLennan, Anne, Windover, and Anja Borck. 2024d. “Radio at Home in Canada–The Look of Radio.” Digital Museums Canada, Community Stories. February 23. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/.
Media and WebsitesChildhoodRadio. 2023. “Radio History: 1900 - 1950 Tubes Rule - ChildhoodRadio.” February 11.
https://childhoodradio.com/radio-history-1900-1950/.
The Canadian Encyclopedia. 2018. “Nortel.” January 5. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nortel.
Encyclopedia.com. 2025. “Nortel Networks Corporation” Encyclopedia.com, February 10. https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/nortel-networks-corporation.
Hughes, Jim. 2022. “Tuning Dials and Channel Knobs: Retro Tech – Jim Hughes.” January 6.
https://jimhphoto.com/index.php/2022/01/06/tuning-dials-and-channel-knobs-retro-tech/.
Sheridan, Peter. 2021. “Industrial Design and the Radio – When Art Met Industry - the Journal of Antiques and Collectibles.” The Journal of Antiques and Collectibles (blog). March 15. https://journalofantiques.com/features/industrial-design-radio-art-met-industry/.
Mini-Circuits Life. 2023. “Radio History: The Evolution of FM Radio - Mini-Circuits Blog.” Mini, May 18. https://blog.minicircuits.com/radio-history-the-evolution-of-fm-radio-through-time/.
Radio Museum. 2014. “Baby Champ Rainbow 5110 Green.” Radio Museum. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/northernel_baby_champ_rainbow_5110_3.html.
Radio Museum. n.d. “D-25 11-120.” Radio Museum. Accessed March 5, 2025. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/crosley_cn_d_25_11_120.html.
Radio Museum. n.d. “Globe-Trotter 66BX (Globetrotter) CH= RC-1040.” Radio Museum. Accessed March 6, 2025. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/rca_globe_trotter_66bx.html#google_vignette.
Radio Museum. n.d. “Viking 49-33 CH= EMU51-418.” Radio Museum. Accessed March 5, 2025. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/electrohom_viking_49_33_emu51_418.html#google_vignette.
TXO. 2023. “What Happened to Nortel? The Rise and Fall of a Canadian Legend | TXO.” TXO.Com. July 28. https://www.txo.com/blog/what-happened-to-nortel-the-rise-and-fall-of-a-canadian-legend/.
York University Computer Museum. 2023. “Northern Electric—Nortel Networks Collection · York University Computer Museum Canada.” York University Computer Museum, Toronto, Canada.
https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/collections/show/18.
Image Sources
Coffman, Peter. 2024. “Democratization | Radio at Home in Canada.” Radio at Home in Canada, January 13. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/story/democratization/.
Goodsell, David. “Remembering the Crystal Radio.” Nuts and Volts Magazine, n.d. https://www.nutsvolts.com/magazine/article/remembering-the-crystal-radio.
Government of Québec. “Usine Northern Electric Company Limited -Répertoire Du Patrimoine Culturel Du Québec.” Accessed March 26, 2025. https://www.patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca/detail.do?methode=consulter&id=191121&type=bien.
Hunter, Douglas. 2018 “Nortel.” The Canadian Encyclopedia, January 5. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nortel.
Kalaiselvan, Shanthuru. 2025. Photo of the Baby Champ 5110 Radio from the front.
Kalaiselvan, Shanthuru. 2025. Photo of the Baby Champ 5110 Radio from the back.
Montgomery, Marc. 2014. “August 26: Anniversary of a Revolution in Radio.” RCI, August 26. https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2014/08/26/august-26-anniversary-of-a-revolution-in-radio/.
Levy, Carmri. 2014. “Nortel’s ‘Culture of Arrogance’ a Lesson to Canadian Companies.” Yahoo Finance, March 21. https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/blogs/dashboard/nortel-culture-arrogance-lesson-canadian-companies-164004368.html.
Old Phone Shop Store. 2025. “Northern Electric #2 Uniphone Wall Phone Burled Walnut.” Accessed March 26. https://www.oldphoneshop.com/products/northern-electric-2-uniphone-wall-phone-burled-walnut.html.
Musée des ondes Emile Berliner. 2024. “Democratization | Radio at Home in Canada.” Radio at Home in Canada, January 13. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/story/democratization/.
Musée des ondes Emile Berline. 2023. “De Luxe Highboy, General Electric, c.1932 | Radio at Home in Canada.” Radio at Home in Canada, November 14. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/gallery/luxe-highboy-general-electric/.
Radiomuseum. “Baby Champ Rainbow 5110 Green Radio Northern Electric Co | Radiomuseum.org.” Accessed March 26, 2025. https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/northernel_baby_champ_rainbow_5110_3.html.
Roscoe, Spud. “ASDIC, Radar and IFF Systems Aboard HMCS HAIDA - Part 8 of 10,” March 27, 2025. https://jproc.ca/sari/sarrad1.html.
The Duke. 2014 “Nortel Belleville,” March 3. http://progress-is-fine.blogspot.com/2014/03/nortel-belleville.html.
Vintage Radio Web. 2025. “Tefag Lautsprecher Engels,” December 25. https://www.vintageradio.nl/luidsprekers/tefag_lautsprecher_engels.htm.
Wikipedia contributors. 2024 “Bell-Northern Research.” Wikipedia, December 14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell-Northern_Research.
Wikimedia Commons. “Northern Telecom logo.svg,” Wikimedia Commons. September 19, 2023. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Northern_Telecom_logo.svg.
Mediation
Scholarly Texts and ArticlesBlaszczyk, Regina Lee. 2016. The Color Revolution. The MIT Press.
Windover, Michael. 2012. Art Deco: A Mode of Mobility. Presses de l'Université du Québec.
Archival ResourcesMacLennan, Anne, Windover, and Anja Borck. 2024e. “Radio at Home in Canada–Radio Retailers.” Digital Museums Canada, Community Stories. February 23. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/.
Media and WebsitesGreen Hills Great Finds. n.d. “Rare 1948 Northern Electric 5110M Rainbow Radio in Rose.” Accessed February 13, 2025. https://www.greenhillsgf.com/IndexOwn_NorthernElectric_5110M.htm.
Jacks Antique Radios. n.d. “277 Northern Electric Baby Champ 5110M 1946-47.” Accessed February 9, 2025. https://www.jacksantiqueradio.com/radios/collection/277northernelectricbabychamp5110m1946-47/
Torres, Jickie. 2020. “Streamline Moderne: The Whimsical Precursor to Mid Century Modern”. Atomic Ranch, November 17. https://www.atomic-ranch.com/design-deconstruct/streamline-moderne/
Wolfe, Shira. 2022. “Art Movement: Art Deco.” Artland Magazine, October 8. https://magazine.artland.com/art-movement-art-deco/
Image SourcesEaton’s. 1957. Eaton’s of Canada Fall and Winter 1957-1958 Catalogue. Archives of Ontario.
Le Samedi. 1947. Baby Champ 5110 Radio ad. Advertisement. La Société Québécoise des Collectionneurs de Radios Anciens. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/gallery/baby-champ-1947/
Maclean’s Magazine. 1951. New and Exciting Northern Electric ad. Advertisement. Northern Electric. https://northernelectric.ca/radios/print/macleans_51_ad/macleans_51_ad.htm
Nguyen, Catriona. 2025. Screenshot of Google Image Search: Radios Released in 1946-1947. Google Images.
Reader’s Digest Quebec. 1947. Baby Champ 5110 Radio ad. Advertisement. Northern Electric. https://www.northernelectric.ca/radios/ne5104/ne_ad.jpg
Consumption
Scholarly Texts and ArticlesRutherdale, Robert. 2020. “10.7 Gendered Roles After the Wars.” Pressbooks. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation2e/chapter/10-7-gendered-roles-after-the-wars/.
Windover, Michael. 2012. Art Deco: A Mode of Mobility. Presses de l'Université du Québec.
Dannehl, Karin. 2018. “Object Biographies: From Production to Consumption”. In History and Material Culture.
Archival ResourcesCanada, Statistics. 2008. “Canada Year Book (CYB) Historical Collection.” Average wages per hour for specified occupations in certain cities, 1945. https://www65.statcan.gc.ca/acyb02/1947/acyb02_1947000-eng.htm.
Dewing, Michael. 2011. “Canadian Broadcasting Policy.” Parliament of Canada.
MacLennan, Anne, Windover, and Anja Borck. 2024e. “Radio at Home in Canada–The Look of Radio.” Digital Museums Canada, Community Stories. February 23. https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/radio-chez-nous-canada_radio-at-home/.
Media and WebsitesGovernment of Canada. 2022. “Early Commercial Radio Broadcasting in Canada, 1918-1932 National Historic Event.” Parks Canada Agency, Government of Canada. https://parks.canada.ca/culture/designation/evenement-event/diffusion-radio-broadcasting.
Rutherford, Paul. 2012. “Radio Programming .” The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/radio-programming.
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). 2022 “Canadian Content Requirements for Music on Canadian Radio.” Government of Canada. https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/cancon/r_cdn.htm.
Green Hills Great Finds. n.d. “Rare 1948 Northern Electric 5110M Rainbow Radio in Rose.” Accessed February 13, 2025. https://www.greenhillsgf.com/IndexOwn_NorthernElectric_5110M.htm.
Heywood-Wakefield. n.d. “Radio and Television in the 1940s and 1950s.” Heywood. https://www.heywoodwakefield.com/blogs/blog/radio-and-television-in-the-1940s-and-1950s. Accessed February 13, 2025.
The MIT Press Reader. 2021. “A Brief History of Consumer Culture.” https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/a-brief-history-of-consumer-culture/
Image SourcesEvans, Farrell, and Farrell Evans. 2024. “8 Moments When Radio Helped Bring Americans Together.” HISTORY. https://www.history.com/news/most-famous-historic-radio-broadcasts.
“Photos Search | Memory of Nations.” n.d. https://www.memoryofnations.eu/en/photos-search?text=&page=1530. Accessed March 5, 2025.
“Radio and Television Broadcasting.” 2010. The Canadian Encyclopedia. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/radio-and-television-broadcasting.
Retro Radio Shop. n.d. “1946 All Original Northern Electric 5110 ‘BabyChamp’ Vintage Tube Radio.” https://www.retroradioshop.com/products/1946-all-original-northern-electric-5110-babychamp-vintage-tube-radio?srsltid=AfmBOorr7kvtup_HZ0jGQAi8jGZ4cll7ykyGECtBDLWCQKFajT-1OBEm. Accessed February 13, 2025.
Montgomery, Marc. 2020. “History: Nov 2, 1936 - Canada’s Public Broadcaster Birthday: 80 Today.” RCI. https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2016/11/02/canadas-public-broadcaster-birthday-80-today/.
