The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted in October, 1956 to November, 1958. First Performance was an annual, short-run series of 90 minute productions that the CBC presented as television plays. They were commissioned as part of the Canada Savings Bond promotional campaign. The campaign, and consequently the show, ended in 1958, but it provided […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from July 1956 to September 1964 This public affairs series was the first major documentary show offered by the CBC. Throughout each season, the program adopted three different formats: dramas, magazine shows and featured themes, often consisting of mini-series with different producers and hosts. Vincent Tovell and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Country Hoedown had its premiere on Saturday evenings as a summer replacement for On Camera. It moved to Friday for a regular slot in the autumn broadcast schedule, and there it stayed for nine years. It followed the lead of Holiday Ranch, and was one of the most popular […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Alex Barris. A variety show with interviews, music, and comic sketches, designed as a summer replacement for Cross Canada Hit Parade. It was produced by Len Casey, and featured as regulars singers Betty Jean Ferguson and Roy Roberts, the vocal group the Gino Silvi Octet, and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly, after school, during the 1955/56 semester. A 15 minute program aimed at younger viewers, the show’s concept was simple: take objects from a museum and put them on television. Dick Sutton gave short talks about natural history using specimens from the Manitoba Museum. [See Discoveries]Host: […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesdays at 10:00 PM. November 14, 28 1956. January 23, February 20, March 20 and April 17, 1957 The Chrysler Festival was a big budget variety show produced in front of a live audience. The venue was Loew’s Uptown Theatre in Toronto, which had a seating capacity of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1959 Broadcast Medium: Television See: CGE Show, The The program’s title changed to C.G.E. Showtime, and it then became known simply as Showtime.
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights at 9:00 PM from November 18 to December 30, 1955. A short run, 30 minute musical show from Vancouver. Each episode provided a different setting, such as a late 19th Century music hall or a western saloon, and featured songs typical of the era. Producer: Mario […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired on Thursday nights in the first season, June to September 1955; Second season on Sunday nights, May to September 1956; Third season on Tuesday nights from July to October 1957. This 30 minute program featured interviews and biographies of major cultural leaders of the day. Some of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights at 10:30 PM in the summer of 1955. This 30 minute series had a mix of original work that included plays and documentaries. Plays in this series included Flesh Of My Flesh, written by Mac Shoub and produced by Guy Parent; The Strike, by George Salverson; Big […]