The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Another in a succession of country music shows to work well for CTV, a CTV series called Grand Old Country was hosted by Ronnie Prophet, and formed a weekly half-hour setting in which a series of Canadian country singers and musicians could and did strut […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired once a month, on Tuesday nights, from November 1974 to March 1975. This monthly public affairs program was set in a magazine format, offering its staff the opportunity to do lighter stories as well as investigative reports. Don McNeill hosted the show with contributions […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from December 1974 to May 1975. Aired November 1975 to March, 1976. This was a program of original dramatic works for television, created by John Hirsch, then head of CBC Drama. Hirsch simply revived a version of Playhouse 90, popular during the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights from September to November, 1974. Repeated Sunday afternoons during the summer of 1975. Aired Monday nights from September to October, 1975; Aired Sunday afternoons from January to April, 1977. This half hour program was essentially a series of filmed essays by notable […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights on October 9, and October 23, 1974, January 15, and March 12, 1975. This 90 minute program was a short series produced by Robert Allen. It featured several new theatre companies that are still making a contribution today: Theatre Passe Muraille in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday afternoons from October 30 to November 27, 1974.This half hour program was produced in Winnipeg by Rudy Gijzen. It took its name from a local CBLT show in Toronto. That show aired in 1970 and 1971, featuring stories about local tourist attractions.In 1974, On Location […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television A public affairs program that focused on government inefficiency and corporate responsibility to the consumer. Host: Robert Cooper [1974-1979], Kathleen Ruff [1979-1980] Aired Sunday nights 10:30-11:00 p.m., from January 1974 to April 1980. Written by John Corcelli – April, 2002
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights November 11 to December 30, 1974. Repeated Sunday afternoons from April 13 to June 29, 1975. This series of 8 programs could also be subtitled Eyewitness, because it featured interviews with men and women who were considered Canadian pioneers with stories to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights from September 9 to October 7, 1974. This series of four 30-minute programs used contemporary plays to illustrate issues about mental health. It featured actors, psychologists and sociologists who explained the significance of each scene. The production included some of Canada’s finest actors including […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday evenings during the summer of 1974.Long-time sports reporter and producer Bob Moir created this fitness program, which also featured reports on sports like field hockey, that usually received less coverage on television. Tom McKee and Debbie Molina co-hosted the half hour show. Written by John Corcelli […]