The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday at 10 AM from February 27 to March 12, 1968. Aired Wednesday afternoons at 4:30 from November 20 to December 18, 1968. This drama series was about life in the past, compared to life in the present. The contemporary footage was shot in the town […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sundays, at various times, from February 1968 to March 1974. This one hour classical music show featured a mix of programming from the CBC, the BBC and other broadcasters. The show was dedicated to Classical music, Ballet and Opera. One episode featured a profile […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday to Friday, after school, from September 1968 to June 1969. More music for the teen-set, in this half-hour broadcast from various centres in Canada. This show was the successor to Music Hop and Let’s Go, two of the most important music programs on […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday to Friday at 4 PM from September 30 to December 30, 1968. Aired at 2 PM from January 6 to March 31, 1969. Produced in Toronto and New York, this co-production featured Pamela Mason as host. It was a product of the women’s […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesdays at 5:30 PM during the summer of 1968. This summer series was produced in Montreal. It featured a mix of nature films and documentaries about animals. Shot on location, the show captured wildlife in its natural habitat. Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday to Friday after school, from January to June 1968. Aired Tuesdays and Wednesdays only during the summer of 1968. Based on the Barney Boomer show, and shot in Oakville Ontario, Upside Town was its sequel. It featured many of the same characters in Boomer but the lead […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday afternoons during the summer of 1968. For 13 weeks during the summer of 1968, musician Stu Davis and his son, Duane, used country music and documentary-style filmmaking to tell the story of Canada’s West. Cultural and historical in nature, the show went on the road […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons at 4:30 PM from October 4, 1968 to June 27, 1969. Considered by some critics as the Canadian Gidget, the character of Toby was by all accounts the antithesis of the swinging Sixties. Her dream was to marry her college sweetheart and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Theologo ’67 Aired Sundays at 5 PM from July 20 to August 25, 1968. Held in Toronto and documented the previous summer, CBC aired this short series on the proceedings of the theological Congress meetings. Each half-hour featured a specific subject: Christian Unity, the Church in the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from May 23 to July 11, 1968 This short series of 8 programs looked at the effects of technology on society’s values. It included authorities from the world of science and academia and was hosted by Patrick Watson. Many of the featured guests had […]