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Alberta Nelson arrived in Edmonton with her family in 1906. She worked for the University of Alberta, Department of Extension, for thirty-two years.

Alberta Fitchette was a stewardess on the <em>S.S. Northland Echo</em>. She married Daniel Patterson. Dan operated trading posts in Northern Alberta.

School Broadcasts first aired in Canada in 1927. These broadcasts were meant to supplement school classes. Before the formation of Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC), private radio stations throughout Canada aired school broadcasts. After 1936, CBC and the Department of Education, Government of Alberta coordinated to produce broadcasts. CBC provided the facilities and the resources, while the Department of Education provided the content for the broadcast. In 1937, music first became part of broadcasts in Alberta when CJOC in Lethbridge instituted a sing-along. In 1941, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba formed a broadcasting cooperative to continue school broadcasts. In 1980, the Alberta Education Communications Corporation, working in consultation with provincial departments of education, assumed responsibility for broadcasts.