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| - Sainte Genevieve Radio (SGR) was established in 1932, and was the brainchild of British investors Douglas Rogers and Martin O'Connor. SGR's first broadcast was on 13 May 1933. At first, SGR could only be heard in and around Rossport, but additional transmitter towers extended the listening area to the entire island by 1938. Though SGR started as a private enterprise, partial ownership was sold to the government in 1940. During World War II, Sainte Genevieve's location between Great Britain and Nazi-occupied Norway kept most imports from reaching the island. Investment into the SGR declined as resources were required elsewhere. Most of SGR's programming consisted of relayed BBC broadcasts, often at a delay of several hours. After the war, public interest in SGR grew, and a second station, S
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| - Sainte Genevieve Radio (SGR) was established in 1932, and was the brainchild of British investors Douglas Rogers and Martin O'Connor. SGR's first broadcast was on 13 May 1933. At first, SGR could only be heard in and around Rossport, but additional transmitter towers extended the listening area to the entire island by 1938. Though SGR started as a private enterprise, partial ownership was sold to the government in 1940. During World War II, Sainte Genevieve's location between Great Britain and Nazi-occupied Norway kept most imports from reaching the island. Investment into the SGR declined as resources were required elsewhere. Most of SGR's programming consisted of relayed BBC broadcasts, often at a delay of several hours. After the war, public interest in SGR grew, and a second station, SGR2, signed on in 1949. Whereas SGR concentrated on news bulletins and music programs, SGR2 specialized in dramatizations of literary works. Sainte Genevieve was a relative latecomer to widespread television coverage, transmitting its first signal on 20 October 1960. In January 1961, SGR's mission statement was revised to include the new medium, and the broadcaster assumed its current name in April of that year. By 1970, all of RTSG's original television programming was filmed or videotaped in colour. RTSG Two was established in 1993 to meet with increasing demand for British and American programming on Sainte Genevieve televisions. In 1995, RTSG's presence extended into cyberspace. Selected webcasting began in 2001, and live webcast of all programming began in 2003.
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