The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursdays after school from April to July 1969. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada as part of the CBC’s commitment to educational programming, this series included shows about Canadians and their connection with the Canadian outdoors. Some of the titles bear this out: Aircraft in Forest […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Subtitled “Is There Life After Youth?”, this series of four half-hour programs with Dr. David Levinson was produced by Mark Blandford. Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 9PM, October 5,1969 to January 3, 1971. Wojeck, starring the late John Vernon, was one of the most successful programs on CBC. Ronald Weyman, executive producer, co-created this program about Greg Corwin who was a cutting edge psychiatrist. Corwin’s specialty was […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from July 27 to August 31, 1969. Shortly after the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, [July 20, 1969], this five part series made its debut. It took a look at space travel beginning with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and it featured […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted in January of 1959 and aired at various times until July 1963. Repeated in the summer of 1966. This series of one hour films was produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Its mission was to look at life & society in Canada, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings, after hockey from Feb. 1 to March 15, 1969 After the cancellation of Barris & Company, this program went in the same timeslot for the rest of the NHL season. Produced in Montreal, it started in black and white in 1968, and went to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday to Friday during the Christmas break from December 22 1969 to January 2, 1970. Aired Saturday afternoons from October 1970 to June 1975. What started as a holiday program for kids turned into a successful weekly show with feature films from around the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday nights after hockey, from January to April, 1969 Actor, writer and horse-racing expert Michael Magee hosted this 15 minute program series; each episode profiled a successful athlete in Canada. Producer: Rick Rice Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television Weekend was an information program that had its first telecast on the CBC on Saturday October 11th 1969 following Hockey Night in Canada. Its companion Sunday edition premiered the following day, October 12th. Produced by Richard Nielsen and George Robertson, the program was hosted at […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday afternoons from November 1959 to March 1961. Aired Tuesday afternoons from April 1961 to September 1962. John Keogh created Malcolm the Dog, a puppet who introduced cartoons for kids of all ages. Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005