The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights from August 22 to September 12, 1972. This series consisted of four hour-long segments, telling the story of the Canadian Army from 1910 to 1945. The producer and director was Frank Williams, based in Montreal. Archival footage was collected from the National […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons, from January 1972 to January 1973.Seven half-hour episodes made up this short series of programs produced in Montreal. As the title suggests, it was a stylish program designed to report on technology in the workplace. The show was produced and directed by […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from January to March, 1972; aired Monday nights during the summer of 1971.David Suzuki was the host of this half hour program that focused on his special interest in genetics. This was his first venture into broadcasting while professor of Zoology at […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday evenings from January to April, 1972; aired Tuesday evenings during the summer of 1978. Repeated Saturday nights during the summer of 1981. Denis Ryan, Dermot O’ Reilly and Fergus O’Byrne comprised the Irish string band, Ryan’s Fancy. For years they played and recorded […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights from January 12 to April 27, 1972. This half hour music show featured Bob Ruzicka who often appeared on Homemade Jam, a summer series from 1971. He also appeared on CBC radio’s This Country in the Morning with Peter Gzowski. This particular […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesdays, after school, from December 1972 to March 1973.This weekly half hour program was aimed at teenagers. It featured young Canadian singers and musicians and was telecast LIVE. The show also featured a young entertainer from Hamilton, Martin Short, who later joined SCTV.The band […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from December 1970 to June 1972. Aired Friday nights from December 1972 to June 1973. This half hour program of original drama offered viewers a mix of the conventional and the experimental. It was hosted by Charles Oberdorf, writer and broadcaster. In […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday afternoons, after school, from September 1972 to March 1974.This half hour program was aimed at children between the ages of 9 and 14. It was hosted by Prof. Maxwell G. Moffett, a British designer and engineer. He presented the basic elements of science […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired: Sunday afternoons from October 1, 1972 to May 13, 1973. Repeated Tuesday afternoons from December 25, 1973 to March 12, 1974. Alex Trebek and Ray Staples co-hosted this half hour program about design and architecture. Staples, an interior designer, led a guest list that […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights from June to August, 1972. Aired Sunday nights from May to August, 1973. Aired Monday nights from June to September, 1974. This half hour documentary program profiled ordinary Canadians. At least that was how the concept was defined by executive producer Ross […]