The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television A half-hour music/variety program featuring different forms of popular music, opera, folk, and jazz. It showcased artists such as Wayne and Shuster, Tony Bennett,The Smothers Brothers and the Bert Niosi Orchestra. Host: Bill Walker Aired weekly, at various times, from July 1959 to June 1964. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights at 9:30PM from October 1959 to July 1960. One of the most popular programs on CBC was Cross Canada Hit Parade. It aired from 1955 to 1960. In an effort to cut back on large budget variety shows, the CBC introduced Music ’60, an […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings before hockey, from October 3, 1959 to April 16, 1960 Years before Hockey Night in Canada established itself on the CBC network and in the living rooms of fans across the country, game coverage was only a two period broadcast. This program […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday evenings from October 1959 to May 1965. Repeated Sunday afternoons. Live And Learn offered viewers a chance to take courses in the comfort of their living rooms. It was produced by the CBC in cooperation with the University of Toronto; it was first […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted July 1, 1959 and aired at various times, until June 1962. With the success of Front Page Challenge the CBC produced this show with a biographical theme, rather than news stories. Each week, three authorities appeared as contestants representing a well-known person. Four panelists […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Joan Fairfax A musical variety show, complete with all-woman orchestra, debuted in the summer of l959, and the program moved to a Sunday evening slot for the regular season in the autumn of that year. The Van Dorn Sisters (singers) joined Fairfax regularly on […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights, for 15 minutes, from September 1959 to June 1960. A weekly sports round-up show with Globe & Mail journalist Jim Coleman. Ty Lemburg was the producer. Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings from October 1959 to May 1960. This program offered the National Film Board of Canada one of its earliest opportunities to broadcast documentary films for a full season on television. This program succeeded The Candid Eye, which aired in the 1950s, with […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from January 1959 to March 1960. Beginning with the Ninth General Assembly of the United Nations, this 15 minute program aimed to summarize meetings and events at the U.N. This program was hosted by correspondent, Peter Stursberg. Later, a number of other programs, such […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television A daily children’s television program that debuted October 26, 1959 at 2pm. In 15 minutes, host Helene Baillargeon with regulars Madeleine Kronby as Louise and Susie the Mouse, as played by Charlotte Fielder, entertained and educated children in French. The program featured stories, songs and […]