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Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television When producer Syd Banks moved his half-hour country music show, Let’s Sing Out, from CTV to the CBC, at the start of the 1966-67 season, he persuaded CTV to take another Banks half-hour variety show as a replacement. Brand New Scene was hosted by Oscar […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television The Rovers’ Comedy House Aired Thursday nights from January 8 to February 19, 1981. RepeatedSaturday nights from May 9 to June 13, 1981. This half hour musical variety series featured four members of theIrish Rovers, who changed their name by dropping the ‘Irish’ part in 1980. This […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television This half-hour music show was yet another from prolific producer Syd Banks’ stable. It featured folk music performers of the calibre of Oscar Brand and The Womenfolk, and played on CTV for one year on Tuesdays at 9:30pm in the 1966-67 season. Any additional background […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from October 1966 to July, 1967. Repeated in summer of 1968. In a rare programming move, the CBC picked up this show from producer Syd Banks after a run on CTV. This show featured folk music and tried to capitalize on the early 60s […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Oscar Brand was the host of this series of concerts taped at various universities in Canada, with Canadian and U.S. guests including Gale Garnett (before she added the middle name Zoe) and the Tarriers, David Campbell and Eric Anderson. The series debuted in the fall […]
Canadian programs on CTV Television since its inception (by year of launch) While this list of national network programs is extensive, it is not necessarily comprehensive. We are grateful to the sources listed below, whose assistance has been invaluable, but we welcome additions both to the list and to the program details section, and corrections […]
The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) created the Hall of Fame in 1982 to honour, in perpetuity, men and women whose contributions had demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to innovation, development, and maintaining the highest standards of excellence in broadcasting generally – particularly in Canada. The Hall of Fame was added to until 2010 when the […]
The Canadian Communication Foundation has collected biographies for a number of notable people in radio and television’s rich history in Canada. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list. If you feel we have missed an important individual, please contact us. In 1969 The Canadian Association of Broadcasters provided the start-up funding for what was later […]