The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights at 10:30 from February to September, 1970. In 1969, a program called Comedy Cafe debuted featuring satiric sketches about French and English relations in Canada. It was canceled after six episodes. Comedy Crackers had a longer life, but was essentially the same format. It was produced […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings from May 24 to July 5, 1970. A half hour of light classical music with an orchestra conducted by Lucio Agostini. Some of the segments were produced in Toronto while the rest were produced in Vancouver. The show was also known as Music Album. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Bruno Gerussi. A half-hour, comedy and cooking show, which featured Canadian and international figures from the world of entertainment demonstrating their favourite recipes. Keith Lange and Derek Smith produced the program in Ottawa for Initiative Productions. Gary Dunford was the series writer, and Helga […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1972 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from October 1970 to June 1972. Gordon Jones was the host of this program on business. The first season featured a 15 minute broadcast, which was expanded to half-an-hour in the second season. Producer: Eric McLeeryExecutive Producer: Doug Lower
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursdays after school, from January 9, 1969 to April 3, 1969. The famous story of Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver was a co-production between the CBC and Franco/London Films. It was shot entirely in Corsica, in colour. The cast was made up of British, French […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from June 29 to July 20, 1969. Produced in Vancouver, this 30-minute program was a music show that was recorded in front of a studio audience, and featured pop songs and country hits. The hosts for the short series were Mike Neun and Brian […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday evenings at 8:30 PM from September 11 to December 11, 1969. Ray St. Germain hosted this short lived music/variety show aimed at young adults. Much like most television programming in the late 60s, it failed to sustain any interest from the younger set. But the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from October 1969 to September, 1970. 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 and Robert Patchell. The production team was made up of Donald […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from September 1969 to September 1973. This time slot was given this somewhat banal title because a different type of program aired each week. Some weeks it was a comedy special from Wayne and Shuster or a drama, such as The Manipulators. Two […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday to Friday at 2PM, from April 1 to October 7, 1969. Robert F. Aaron, who worked for NBC, developed this game show specifically for the CBC. Produced in a large studio, the program featured contestants battling in an elaborate game of ‘darts’. The team that […]