On Sept. 25, 1956, the "mother country" gets a little closer, thanks to a new undersea telephone cable connecting Canada with England and Scotland. No longer do callers have to endure the loud static and poor signal of the former radio system crossing the Atlantic. Four months later, in January 1957, CBC's Tabloid salutes the new link, called TAT-1, with a special edition in which host Percy Saltzman gets a close look at the underwater wonder. Saltzman also demonstrates the cable's capabilities by calling up London's weather forecast via Telex. This data-transmission system, an improvement on the telegraph, connects teletypewriters on either end of the Atlantic. After Saltzman types in his request, a quick response is tapped back out: just above freezing with snow showers.