"Radio Station VOWR was the brainchild of Reverend Joseph G. Joyce, minister at Wesley Church from 1922-1930," and was "launched on July 20, 1924 from the church." It became "the first station to broadcast religious services and election results to Newfoundlanders," and served as "the only communications link to the Burin Peninsula during the 1929 Tidal Wave and helped in rescuing survivors of the 1931 Viking Disaster." "The radio station broadcasts from an adjoining but separate building located at the side of the church." source
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Maggie Burton
“I sprawl on Nan's bed, paint / my nails red, listen to VOWR's / Hymns for the Quiet Hour, the greatest / opera of our time, a weekly / tragedia lirica where no one gets out / al…”