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Why the hot air (pins) at CBC?

Every so often, I run across CBC merchandise (read: swag) and I can not figure out why it was made.

The Hockey Night in Canada mirror, I get. The official CBC golf balls, I do not.

But considering these pins (which are being auctioned off on eBay) cover both the current and previous incarnation of the CBC ~~pizza~~ gem, they must have survived for a reason. At first I thought they were from the CBC B.C. arts show Hot Air, but probably not.

Can anyone shed some light on these? Were they handed out at community fairs or something?

It couldn’t have been a random choice. Several meetings must have occurred.

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4 Responses to “Why the hot air (pins) at CBC?”

Dwight Williams says:

Maybe at the Montgolfier(?) festival in Gatineau, QC? The one with the hot air balloons?

(Trying to remember if I ever saw an actual hot-air balloon with the CBC logo…and I keep thinking that it’s possible, but not absolutely certain.)

CapitalCat says:

I thought it was a tribute to Richard Stursberg!

Mike says:

Why would the CBC have a presence in Quebec (hot air balloon or not), and not the SRC or RDI or something?

Dwight Williams says:

Hmmm. Maybe both languages were covered and the collector only unloaded the anglophone edition pins on eBay?

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