The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Rod Coneybeare had successfully blended teaching and humour for young people in collaboration with Charles Winter on their radio program, The Rod and Charles Show, and with Bob Homme on The Friendly Giant, where Coneybeare played the voices of Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe. With […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings in the summer of 1969 and 1970 Considering the changing face of popular music in the year of Woodstock, this music program was significant for many reasons. First is was a Radio-Canada production on English television and second, it was bilingual. Each […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1960 to 1961 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings at 7:30, from October 1960 to July 1961. Wally Koster, a popular singer and actor on CBC, hosted this half-hour variety show dedicated to all things musical. It ran for over 30 weeks featuring shows specific to a style, region or country. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1960 to 1961 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights at 8:30, during the summers of 1960 and 1961. Tommy Ambrose and Bonnie Hicks co-hosted this early music program for young Canadian talent. The show featured the debut of the Two Tones, with Gordon Lightfoot and Terry Whelan, and Paul Hoffert, a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1957 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television A forum of opinion and commentary, at five minutes and fifty seconds, for spokespeople and writers and broadcasters. Developed by Eugene Hallman in the l950s, it lasted for eighteen years as a regular follow-up to the national news broadcast at the end of each weekday. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday evenings at 5 PM from July 6 to September 28, 1960. Aimed at a younger audience, this program with Teddy Moore was a mix of songs, conversation and films. It was a live broadcast from Toronto, produced by Dan McCarthy and featured Valerie Siren and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday evenings at 9:30 PM during the summer of 1960. Also known as Swing Easy, this hour long music/variety program featured the Billy Van Four, Allan Blye, Pam Hyatt, Alan Miller and Ruth Walker. Guests included ballet dancers David Adams and Lois Smith, jazz chanteuse Nina […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons at 1 PM, from January 17 to April 10, 1960. This short-run 30-minute music/variety show was produced in Winnipeg, under music director Bob McMullin. The show featured Georges LaFleche and Norma Vadebonceur plus a vocal quartet, Stage Four, made up of Heather Sigurdson, Evelyn […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1960 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired at various times from 1960 to 1967. CBC aired this series of 30 minute programs to mark Canada’s Centennial, but the content was quite extensive. Produced by Crawley Films of Montreal, this series took a closer look at the economy and culture of the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from April 17 to June 26, 1960. Produced in Winnipeg, this show featured Jack Shapira and his orchestra in a 30-minute music/variety show. The program was memorable for featuring amateur talent mixed with the pros. For instance, Wally Keep, the singing cab driver; Father […]