Belated Anniversary Greetings.

25 years on, it was not for the want of celebrating, just that most staff at Okalagatiget Society are up to their necks in alligators doing the work that they love, and receive scant remuneration for. As this report from there Radio Briefs from yesterday says, next year will be big.


Today is an important landmark for the OKâlaKatiget Society.
The Society is recognizing it’s 25th Anniversary.
Twenty-five years ago today the OKâlaKatiget Society was incorporated as an organization under Provincial statutes.
In October 1982 the Society had two Board members from each north coast community and three employees.
Today it has one Board member from each Town including the lake Melville region.
The first television training program began in 1982 and delivered to eight trainees through support from Inuit Broadcasting Corporation.
In December of 1983 the radio programs were aired locally on CITN and pretaped programs were sent to CBC in Goose Bay (weather permitting) on Labrador airways.
We’ve come a long way since then because today we broadcast 21 hours per week live from Nain through various distribution systems.
Our television program “Labradorimiut” aired for the first time on IBC time slot in May, 1986. It was a 10 minute piece.
And in June 1986 the television department started a regular programming contribution on IBC.
Today the television department contributes 26 “Labradorimiut” shows which are broadcast on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
The OKâlaKatiget Society is celebrating it’s 25th Anniversary in a minor way.
We have a quiz for you and if you guess correctly your name will be put in a pool of names and we’ll have a draw every half hour.
Your prize will be an OKâlaKatiget Society cap or toque, so listen closely to the show today.
It is anticipated that in the new year and when the new Media Center is completed a proper celebration will be organized.