The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from April to September, 1954 This half-hour broadcast was a musical program that starred cornetist Trump Davidson. The same year, Davidson headlined a radio broadcast, on the Trans-Canada network, from Toronto’s Palace Pier dance hall. Written by John Corcelli – February, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Pianist and arranger Denny Vaughan and singer Joan Fairfax had appeared in a popular summer series in l954, and its success prompted the launch of The Denny Vaughan Show in the fall. Produced by Lloyd Brydon, the program had more glitz. Added were major production numbers; comics imported from […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television Country Calendar debuted in the 1950s, and in 1971 became Country Canada, the CBC’s national magazine of agricultural news and information. The program continued to cover farm news, but also aimed to be pertinent to urban viewers. It continued to exchange information and programming with other nations and to cover […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Originated in Montreal featuring serious and classical music, with an emphasis on chamber music. The premiere (l4 October l954) featured Sir Ernest MacMillan, and the program promised such future conductors as Wilfred Pelletier, Boyd Neel, and Roland Leduc. Performers included international and Canadian stars, such as Andres Segovia, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday nights, after hockey, from October 1954 to May 1956 Jazz musician Billy O’Connor was the star of this program, until Juliette became firmly established in the same time slot in August of 1955. The show featured O’Connor’s band [Jackie Richardson, bass; Vic Centro, accordion; Kenny Gill, guitar] […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 10:30 PM from September 5 to October 17,1954 Like many of the early music programs on CBC Television, artists made popular on CBC radio often got shows of their own. This short series of programs originated in the Montreal television studios, where set designers […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television A fifteen-minute daily program, Ad and Lib starred Joe Austin as Ad and Larry Mann as Lib; they portrayed proprietors of a general store, and in each program they delivered homespun – and largely ad-libbed – philosophy about city-versus-country living. The series played on weekdays, 6:30 – 6:45pm, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television A half- hour summer series, created, produced and hosted by Lister Sinclair. In the first show, Sinclair chose the letter “a” and discussed a number of subjects beginning with that letter. The initial broadcast also featured CBC producer Andrew Allan. James Bannerman took Sinclair’s place for the final […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1953 to 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Clyde GilmourA series of half-hour National Film Board productions, intended to present different aspects of life in Canada. The program was seen at different times on different stations (for example, Sundays at l0:30 in Toronto and Mondays at 9:00 in Ottawa). Aired weekly, at various times, from […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1953 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from October 16 to November 28, 1953. A short lived quiz show featuring the illustrations of Bert Grossick. The panel had to guess the identity of well-known people based on the artist’s caricatures. Host: Michael Cashin. Written by John Corcelli – February, 2005