Four pieces (Marconi brand transformers), apparently from CJCA's first transmitter, have just been sold for $400 (Canadian) on eBay:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie ... 0360503903Some nice pictures there.
CJCA was Edmonton's first radio station and Alberta's first commercial radio station, signing on May 1, 1922, with 50 watts on 450 metres. Owned by the Edmonton Journal and run by Dick Rice, who would later own CFRN AM, FM and TV.
Here is some CCF info from
http://www.broadcasting-history.ca on Alberta's first (initially non-commercial) radio station:
1919
In early May, W. W. Grant, recently returned from the war, in which he was decorated for his radio accomplishments, constructed a small radio station in Halifax, over which voice and music were broadcast (may have been the first scheduled radio prgrams in the country).
1920
Grant started a station at Morely, Alberta, a few miles west of Calgary. Station CYAA was set up for the federal government, in connection with the Canadian Air Force Forestry Patrol.
1921
Grant constructed a 50 watt station at High River, Alberta, over which Western Canadians heard their first broadcast concerts.
1922
In the spring, Grant moved the station from High River to Calgary and the call sign was changed to CFCN. The government issued a commercial licence to Grant, after The Herald's CFAC received its licence. CFCN had the distinction of being the first station in Canada to receive compensation for commercial broadcasting. CFCN broadcast over a frequency of 1010 kHz with a power of 750 watts and shared time with station CKCX.