The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings during the summer of 1955. A documentary oriented program featuring a variety of places of interest in Canada. Some of the programs looked at the planning of the St. Lawrence Seaway, veterinarians at an animal hospital, visitors to St. Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, Toronto’s Rosedale […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television A home repair/construction program. Peter Whittall had been introduced to the television viewer on the evening series, Living, where he demonstrated crafts and simple home repair. He also appeared on radio’s Assignment program on a weekly basis. For this 15 minute program, Whittall demonstrated to the show’s host, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday afternoons from November 1955 to June 1958. This 30 minute program was specifically designed to introduce children to the history of musical instruments with some theory and music appreciation included. The 1955-56 series ran on alternate weeks, while subsequent series ran weekly. The program was recognized […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television A 15 minute program for children. Writer Mary Grannan created Maggie Muggins, a freckle-faced girl in a gingham dress, with her red hair pulled back in two long pigtails. Her stories had been heard on CBC radio and in print for years before Maggie and her friends in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television After serving for several years as CBC’s Variety chief, singer Jackie Rae resigned in 1955 and immediately began his own eponymous series, The Jackie Rae Show. The orchestra was conducted by Jack Kane, with singing group The Four Grads (who included Billy Van in their number) and a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired at various times from February 1955 to June 1956. This program was a film series hosted by Vincent Tovell, the CBC’s correspondent at the United Nations, and was produced by the CBC in cooperation with the U.N. The fifteen minute reports concerned social conditions in different countries […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television A half-hour documentary show, featuring the work of various producers and different hosts as they presented aspects of life in Canada. The program drew from the example of the radio show Canadian Scene, on the Trans-Canada network, and concentrated on a single subject, such as R.C.A.F. training, shipbuilding […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday evenings from October 8, 1955 to April 12, 1956 This half hour music program, produced in Vancouver, was a successful radio show for 13 years on the network. Like many of the early variety shows on CBC, it was perfectly suited to the new medium of […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television One hour productions that had been previously presented on General Motors Theatre. They were: Roman Gesture, by Ira Perry, produced by Silvio Narizzano (25 July l955); Witch Magic is White?, a comedy about modern day witchcraft by Martyn Coleman, adapted by Leslie Duncan, and starring Winnifred Dennis, Tony […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday evenings at 8:00 p.m., October 7, 1955 to March 30 1956 A series of half-hour historical dramas, based on Canadian military history.The program’s writers tapped into the wealth of material in the Public Archives of Canada, the Royal Military College and the Canadian Army, to come […]