Pianist and composer Billy Munro (1894-1969) at the piano for a CKVL broadcast.
Munro worked as a silent-movie pianist in the U.S. and in Montréal. He played with the Ted Lewis Orchestra in New York, with Montréal's Melody Kings, and later with his own orchestra. He was music director for CKVL, which began operations in Verdun in 1946; it became CNIF in 1999. Munro wrote many hit songs and he was a popular host on Montréal French-language radio for many years.
Circa 1946
Source : Concordia University Archives, P113-02-158.