The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly, at various times after school, from May 1956 to September 1957. Produced in Vancouver, this 15 minute children’s program featured the adventures of the Peppermint Prince with the help of his puppet friends. The show also featured cartoons. Peppermint Prince: John ChappellPuppeteer: Dave OrcuttWriter: […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired during the day, from 1956 to 1962 There were two programs with the same name produced at CBC; one show was a short-lived series about architecture. The other was an afternoon program for homemakers, providing a range of entertainment and useful information with interviews […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Airs weeknights at 10 PM. The National debuted in 1956 as CBC’s flagship News program, with Larry Henderson as the first anchor. A typical broadcast includes the latest News from Canada and around the world and occasionally longer form reports and special features, such as Rex Murphy’s POV. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday afternoons in the spring of 1956 and for a full season from October of 1956 to June 1957. Based on the success of Let’s Make Music, which was geared to kids 8 to 12, this 15 minute program was targeted at younger children between […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from 1956 to June 18,1966 If there was one bona-fide Canadian star on television in the early days, it had to be Juliette. She brought a strong sense of style and glamour to the network’s Variety Department in 1956 at a time when variety […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights in the spring of 1956 This program was produced in cooperation with the Canadian Bar Association to demonstrate the law to Canadians. Each show consisted of three parts: an introduction to the principle under consideration, a dramatization, and a discussion of the case with a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Mondays after school from November 1956 to June 1957 Aimed at children up to 8 years of age, this program presented classic tales by such writers as the Brothers Grimm, J.M. Barrie, Hans Christian Andersen, and Lewis Carroll, performed in dance and pantomime. Produced in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television A thirty minute news-magazine show. Host: Joe McCulley; announcer: Rex Loring Writers Norman Klenman (l956) and Ron Krantz (l956-57), Producer Peter Macfarlane, Supervising Producer Bill Bolt, Coordinating Producer Donal Wilson, Editorial Supervisor Norman DePoe, and Executive Producer Sydney Newman. Aired Fridays 9:00-9:30 p.m., from March 1956 […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television An after school program that aired from July 1956 to February 1957 Produced in Montreal, this 30 minute program for children featured Frank Heron as Captain Frank of the Fun Time Showboat . The show also starred two children, Alan Jack and June Mack, and featured magician Tom Auburn […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights at 10:30 from May 12 to June 2, 1966. Following her success on Take 30, which usually aired in the afternoons, Adrienne Clarkson got her first prime time talk show for a short run in 1966. This program, produced by Vincent Tovell, had an interesting […]