Phantom station
Encyclopedia
A phantom radio station was, in the early days of radio
, one which did not own or operate a radio transmitter and was licensed to broadcast only over an existing physical station from which it leased time. The phantom's licensee's call letters were used only during the period of time where the facilities of the physical station were leased.http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html
In Canada
, the Canadian National Railway radio network, based in Toronto and known as "CPRY," with initials standing for "Canadian Pacific Royal York"[14], operated out of studios at CP's Royal York Hotel and leased time on CFRB and CKGW until the network was disbanded in 1932.
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
, one which did not own or operate a radio transmitter and was licensed to broadcast only over an existing physical station from which it leased time. The phantom's licensee's call letters were used only during the period of time where the facilities of the physical station were leased.http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.html
In Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the Canadian National Railway radio network, based in Toronto and known as "CPRY," with initials standing for "Canadian Pacific Royal York"[14], operated out of studios at CP's Royal York Hotel and leased time on CFRB and CKGW until the network was disbanded in 1932.