The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights from October 1976 to March, 1977. Aired January 18 to March 15, 1978.CBC’s dedication to producing drama for television started in the 1950s. Front Row Centre offered viewers high quality original films or adaptations of Canadian plays.The series opened with Sarah, starring […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from October 1976 to March, 1979.Imported programs from the BBC and PBS made up the bulk of this time slot featuring children’s shows from around the world. Written by John Corcelli – August, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from February to April, 1976. Repeated Saturday nights during the spring of 1976.Frankie Howerd was a very popular British comedian whose claim to fame was the Carry On series of movies and Up Pompeii, a television series produced by the BBC. Howerd’s bawdy brand […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from September 19 to October 10, 1976. Repeated in May of 1981.Patrick Watson wrote and narrated this short history of aviation in Canada. The four hour-long programs chronicled the early inventions, WW I hero Billy Bishop, and the short-lived development of the Avro Arrow. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights during the summer of 1976.Mary Lou Finlay was the host of this series of 30 minute programs specifically produced for the summer months.Finlay, who also co-hosted Take 30, interviewed and profiled Canadians in business, politics and the arts. Subjects included Allan Fotheringham, Joe Clark, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired for 4 weeks in August of 1976.This one hour program was hosted by Elaine Grand, who was a regular contributor to Tabloid, an early CBC public affairs show.Grand returned to television with this short series dedicated to people in the arts. Her guests included Mordecai Richler, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday evenings from January to May, 1976. September to December, 1976.This variety show was produced in Winnipeg featuring the charming and talented Diane Stapley. She was a singer of some repute in Canada and this was her first and last regular variety show on CBC. Even […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from May to September, 1976. International Women’s Year was 1975. Kay Smith, executive producer of this program, collected programs produced in either Halifax, Ottawa or Vancouver and re-packaged them as a 17-part series about Canadian women in society. A wide variety of subjects were […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday evenings from February 18 to April 4, 1976. This series of seven 30-minute programs, was dedicated to a variety of classical music compositions. The program was introduced by Victor Feldbrill, conductor of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra. The format offered small groups a chance to perform, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1976 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from December 1976 to March 1977.Four documentary films were produced by the CBC Children’s Division, each of which told a story about a child or group of children in a particular region of Canada. Rodeo Boy, for instance, told the story of a teenager […]