The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from January 6, 1980 to February 17, 1980. This program was made up of hour-long adventure dramas, all produced in various regions of Canada. Some of the titles included: Paid Vacation, written and directed by Ralph Thomas and produced by Vivienne Leebosh; Northern Lights, written by […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 9PM from September 21 to November 2, 1980; repeated from May 31 to July 12, 1981 in the same time slot. This was a series of seven hour-long documentaries about Canada’s business elite. It was narrated by Patrick Watson, and was based on the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings in the Spring of 1980. This13 week series of half hour programs featured Al Oeming, awildlife conservationist on the road to save rare animals, mostly inCanada’s North. A typical episode would featuring Oeming locating andtrapping rare animals and endangered species for his Alberta Game […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday mornings from April to September, 1979; May to August, 1980.This half hour science program was an introduction to horticulture and was produced in Calgary by Peter D. Marshall. The host was Tineke Wilders, the Dutch “plant doctor” who travelled to conservatories, solariums, nurseries […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1988 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired on various nights from November 26, 1979 to March 4, 1981.Repeated at various times from 1981 to 1988. This 13-episode series of programs was produced by John and JanetFoster, who created the very popular show To the Wild Country. Thisseries took the Fosters to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Ben Wicks.A talk show featuring people with unusual occupations. The series was produced by the CBC and J.T. Ross Associates. Aired daily, at various times, from September 1979 to January 1981; repeated summer of 1981. 30 minutes. Written by John Corcelli – April, 2002
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday mornings from April 7 to June 2, 1979.Harry Brown, long time host of Take 30 on CBC and Speaking Out on TVO, narrated this series of programs about the history of Canada’s earliest settlements. It was produced from CBC St. John’s. Written by Jocko Thomas […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday afternoons from September 15, 1979 to October 18, 1980. This half hour children’s program was a series of specials produced indifferent locations in Canada. The show was produced by Nada Harcourtand Pat Patterson. It featured appearances by Sharon, Lois and Bram,Bill Usher and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekdays from April to June, 1979; aired from September 1979 to May 1980.This hour-long current affairs program originated from a different region each day, hence the incomplete title.The Monday segment came from Halifax and was produced by John McKay. Tuesday’s broadcast came from Quebec […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from September 20 to December 27, 1979. This half hour country music show was produced in Windsor, Ontario at CBET. The program featured fiddler Al Cherney, the Rhythm Pals and the Family Brown, all regulars from The Tommy Hunter Show. Written by John Corcelli […]