The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m., in April, 1955 This series, not to be confused with the show on CNN, offered a more civilized debate on the issues of the day. In one format, a panel of experts took questions from a studio audience. In the other format, a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1960 Broadcast Medium: Television The CBC adapted the formula of the U.S. musical variety series, Your Hit Parade, to produce its own weekly half-hour countdown of popular music. Each week, the regulars Wally Koster, Joyce Hahn, and Phyllis Marshall, Adam Timoon (l956-57), the vocal group the MCs (or the Emcees: Harry Harding, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Gordon Hawkins of the Canadian Association for Adult Education . The CBC produced in cooperation with the Association and adapted the formula for television from its successful radio public affairs and opinion series, which had already run for twelve years. The program continued on radio through the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights at 10:30 PM during the summer of 1955 This 30 minute talk/discussion program was produced in Vancouver. It featured such notables as Northrop Frye, Jack Webster, Bill McConnell and Roderick Haig-Brown. The subjects ranged from crime & society to Canadian literature.Moderator: Arthur Phelps Written by […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday evenings at 8:00 PM from September 8 to October 20, 1955 Produced in Winnipeg, this 30 minute program was set in a nightclub and featured music and dance in a cabaret style. It was the first variety show produced in Winnipeg. Host/emcee: Marsh PhimisterSingers: Maxine Ware and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Fridays after school, from November 1955 to January 1956 A 15 minute children’s show featuring two puppets and a human clown as they told fairy tales and performed. Produced in Vancouver.Puppeteer: Kitty Dutcher [Bim and Bam]Voice actors: Rosemary Malkin and Sam PayneBoom: John Allen Written by John […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Also known as Canadians in Khaki, this series of fifteen minute programs featured John Fisher. Aired Saturdays 6:45 pm, January to April, 1955 Written by John Corcelli – April, 2002
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday evenings from February to September 1954; Wednesday evenings from October 1954 to September 1955. Host Vic Obeck covered hockey, football and baseball among other sports and outdoor activities. Produced in Montreal, regular contributors included Marilyn Bell on water safety and fitness with Lloyd Percival Written by […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1959 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly at the following times on CBC November 1954 to May 1955 Thursdays 8:00-8:30 November 1955 to May 1956 Fridays 10:00-10:30 November 1956 to May 1958 Fridays 8:30-9:00November 1958 to May 1959 Fridays 9:30-10:00 Based on the novel by Roger Lemelin, this was a weekly drama about the life […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 to 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons at 5:30 PM for two seasons January to June 1954 and September 1954 to June 1955. A 30 minute puppet show for children, originating at CBC Montreal, and first broadcast in French on September 7, 1952. The English version debuted in January of 1954. Like most […]