The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesdays after school, from December 11 1974 to January 29, 1975. Charlie Wallace and Albert Belo presented this 30 minute Nature program for children of all ages. Don Elder produced the show. Written by John Corcelli – August, 2004
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television A four part series that aired in July of 1974, on Tuesday nights.Frank Williams wrote, produced and narrated this short series about the history of civil aviation in Canada. Written by John Corcelli – July, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1973 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights during the summer of 1974. Ceilidh [pronounced kay-lee], is Celtic for song exchange and you couldn’t get any more Celtic than by producing a show in Nova Scotia featuring a host wearing a kilt. John Allan Cameron was the featured star in the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights during the summer of 1974.This program featured recent Canadian movies on television for the first time, and given the state of movie distribution in Canada at the time, this was the only way Canadians could see them.Titles included The Rowdyman with Gordon Pinsent, Mon Oncle Antoine, directed […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Before developing The Journal, CBC television had tried to use the credibility Barbara Frum had gained for her incisive telephone interviews on the CBC radio program, As It Happens. One such attempt was a talk show, which aired locally in Toronto, and then moved to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons during the summer of 1974.This half-hour show was aimed at children under the age of 10. It was divided into two segments, the first with Pierrette Boucher and called Au Jardin de Pierrot. The segment featured French-Canadian folk songs. Boucher, a former music teacher, led […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday evenings from July 5 to September 20, 1974. Repeated Wednesday evenings in the summer of 1975.Bob Switzer hosted this program from the Vancouver Public Aquarium. It was a serious attempt to bring aquatic life to the screen in the tradition of Jacques Cousteau […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from May 23 to June 6, 1974.This program was a short-lived musical variety show from Winnipeg. It was produced by Dave Robertson and featured Dean Regan and Dinah Christie. Written by John Corcelli – September, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekday afternoons from October 1974 to September, 1975. This half-hour program was a do-it-yourself home repairs show. It was directed at working class homemakers with simple demonstrations and ideas for home improvements. Monica Parker hosted the program and carried out the required work to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday afternoons from April to June, 1974. This half-hour program was for children and was produced in two fifteen-minute segments. The first segment was an adventure story, under one of two headings, Along the River and Seashore, or Along the Trail. The second segment was an […]