The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights during the summer of 1980. This series of half hour shows was hosted by Naomi Loeb. The programexamined topics of national interest which including long-form reports,discussions and debates on the issues of the day.The subjects covered included the North American auto industry, issuesof federalism […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekday afternoons during the summer of 1980 This hour-long public affairs program replaced The Bob McLean showduring the summer months. It was a program that celebrated Canada’sheritage by visiting regional fairs and festivals. A typical show mightfeature the Lobster Carnival in Prince Edward Island ,or Klondike […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday nights during the summer of 1980. This half hour music program was hosted by Terry David Mulligan andproduced in Vancouver. It was basically a television version of hisradio show called The Great Canadian Gold Rush, and was produced by Doug Hutton Video in association with […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights from September 16 to October 28, 1980. This hour long drama series consisted of only 8 episodes, plus the pilot. It starredDon Francks and Elizabeth Shepherd as former spies brought back intothe action of contemporary spying. The show offered a mix of drama andhumour […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 to 1983 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday afternoons, after school, from October 20, 1980 to June 30, 1983. This children’s program was hosted by Charlie Chimp, the chimpanzee, who spoke with the voice of Carl Banas. The program featured news stories aboutanimals, narrated by Sandy Hoyt. The first program included […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from February 29 to April 11, 1980. This hour long music program was hosted by Guido Basso, long time jazz trumpetplayer and band leader. Jazz Canada was specifically produced tofeature the best in Canadian talent in a casual setting. Since Jazz isan improvised musical form, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 to 1983 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from November 1980 to November 1983. This weekly one-hour drama took place in Toronto during World War II.It was about the Lowe family, whose patriarch was a family doctor.While the war raged on, many characters were only known by the lettersthey sent […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights for three weeks, from March 12 to March 26 1980. This short series of 90-minute dramas was based on the stories ofMorley Torgov from the book of the same name. It was about growing upJewish in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. The stories were adapted […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights for two seasons from September 1980 to November1981. This half hour sit-com took place in the 1920s during prohibition. Itwas the story of May Lamb, owner of a Montreal night club staffed by anodd assortment of employees. The staff included a bootlegging chef, acigarette […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from January 17 to December 13, 1980. This half-hour public affairs program, origjnally just called Decision, was produced in Montreal. It was specifically designed to be a regular political discussion on the subject of potential Quebec independence. In 1976, the Parti Quebecois, led by Rene Levesque, […]