The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights from September 1970 to May 1973. Repeated Sunday afternoons, as Sunday Best, during the summer of 1971. This series of one hour documentaries featured CBC productions supplemented by imports, mainly from the UK. The executive producers of the series were William Harcourt […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from September 17, to December 10, 1970. This series of half-hour adaptations was produced by David Peddie and Ronald Weyman. It was subtitled,Canadian Short Stories, and featured some of the best Canadian fiction available, old and new. Episodes: Barbara Hamilton and Jodi Farber in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights during the summer of 1970; aired Wednesday afternoons for two weeks in 1971. Aired Thursday nights from October 1976 to April, 1977 Teleplay ran on two occasions with separate producers but similar mandates. In 1970, the network show called Shoestring Theatre changed […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday afternoons during the summer of 1970. This half hour program offered viewers instruction on golf. Ernie Afaganis was the host of the show, shot on location at the Jasper Park Lodge, in Jasper, Alberta. See: Par 27, Golf with Stan Leonard. Written by John Corcelli […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television A children’s program originally produced in New York and carried on the CBC. In January l973, the CBC started to replace some segments of the U.S. program. Many of the sequences used animation, and employed the talents of animators and film creators including Don Arioli, Richard Condie, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons for three weeks in August 1970. This was a series of three hour-long programs about the history of the Royal Canadian Navy. Filmed archives from Ottawa, the CBC and newsreels provided the bulk of the visuals. Part one detailed the first four decades and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesdays, after school, from September 29, 1970 to June 29, 1971.This half hour game program for kids was a combination quiz show/board game. It was hosted by Harry Brown with young contestants from across Canada. The object of the game was to advance on […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Barbara Smith [1978-1979 only] A program about music and musicians presented as half-hour recitals from production centres across the country, and included performances by well-established musicians as well as showcases for younger players. The first program featured Stephanie Sebastian on piano, Dennis Brott on […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings from April 19 to May 24, 1970. This half hour music show continued a tradition set by Eric Wild and his orchestra in the 1960s. It was a program of light classics and new arrangements from Lucio Agostini and his orchestra. Agostini, was born […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from June 21, 1970 to August 30, 1970. This program of popular music only ran for one summer in 1970. While it had good intentions, it failed to live up to audience expectations. It was produced by Jack Budgell and written by Garry Ferrier […]