The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights for six weeks, from June 5 to July 10, 1975. This short series of half hour documentaries was produced locally about issues important to all Canadians. The films included Northwest Quarter, Mike Halleran’s production on industrialization in northwest British Columbia; What’s All The Fuss […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from January 5 to March 23, 1975.This half hour program was produced on the streets of Montreal, literally. It provided a television venue for the people of the city to express themselves on any subject, from pornography to religion. Les Nirenberg and Nick auf […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday mornings, for four seasons, from October 1975 to March, 1979.This children’s program marked the CBC’s entry into the rather competitive Saturday morning program schedule. This 90 minute show featured a cartoon, a serial and a one hour movie for kids.The most familiar animated […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights from January 22 to March 12, 1975. Repeated Sunday afternoons during the summer. The National Film Board of Canada produced this series of 8 films about the province of British Columbia. The executive producers were Peter Jones and Ian McLaren. Pacificanada was part of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television A courtroom drama using scripted material and improvisation by the actors. Writer: Barry Morgan. Director: Bryn Matthews. Producer: David Pears. Aired weekly, at various times, from June 1975 to September 1977; repeated summer 1979, 1980. Written by John Corcelli – April, 2002
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television A program devoted to business, finance, and economics. The magazine format combined film features, interviews, and discussions, and the show was assembled on the Saturday for a Sunday air date for maximum topicality. Host/reporters: Arthur Vaile, Sheldon Turcotte and Irv Lutsky [1975]David Tafler and Judy […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television A talk show featuring Canadian personalities interviewed by various broadcasters and journalists. Produced by Don Brown. Shows including ballet star Dame Margot Fonteyn, interviewed by Lorraine Thomson; wrestler Whipper Billy Watson, interviewed by Gordon Sinclair; singer Gisele MacKenzie talking with Bill Lawrence; announcer and newsreader […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights from September 8 to October 6, 1975. Aired Wednesday nights from October 6 to December 15, 1976. This half hour program was hosted by Joe MacInnis, medical doctor, diver and broadcaster. MacInnis had gained fame for his diving expeditions in the Arctic; consequently, this […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from April 11 to May 30, 1975.Elizabeth Gray was the host of this half hour show about women’s issues, which was produced in Ottawa. International Women’s Year was 1975, so there’s a good chance that this show might not have been produced at all, except […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television A weekly comedy about one man’s family in Toronto’s Kensington Market.Starring Al Waxman as Larry King with principal cast: Fiona Reid (`75 to `78), Helene Winston, Bob Vinci, Ardon Bess, John J. Dee and Rosemary Radcliffe. It aired from 1975 to 1980. Written by John […]