The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday to Thursday afternoons from October 1965 to June 1967. Elwy Yost was the host of this program featuring classic Hollywood films from the 30s and 40s. The movie was broken up into five segments and featured interviews with participants. By 1975, Yost was doing a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from October 1966 to July, 1967. Repeated in summer of 1968. In a rare programming move, the CBC picked up this show from producer Syd Banks after a run on CTV. This show featured folk music and tried to capitalize on the early 60s […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1995 Broadcast Medium: Television A musical program featuring hymns, spirituals, and inspirational music sung by a sixteen voice choir. Produced in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The show’s musical director from l965 to l978 was Eric Wild, and from l978, Winnifred Simm, who had previously worked as the show’s organist. Mitch Parks […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 10 PM for two summers, 1965 and 1966. Producer Beryl Fox used this important time slot to feature documentaries from the United States, the UK and Canada. The Human Camera replaced This Hour Has Seven Days, one of the most famous […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired from May 3 to May 24, 1965 for 4 weeks. Paul Fox hosted this public affairs program dedicated to health care. It coincided with 5 radio programs on health services in Canada. The 4 television shows were The Family, The Doctor, The Society and The Future, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights at 10:30 from August 4 to September 15, 1965 This short-run summer program was based on the well-established public affairs program produced in Toronto. That series aired from 1963 to 1966 with Lloyd Robertson. The network picked up the show for the summer and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights at 10 pm from May 31 to June 21, 1965 This short, four program series took a serious look at contemporary changes in Christian religion. The host was Kenneth Bagnall, assistant editor of the United Church Observer. The first program was sub-titled Peace and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 10:30 from January 5 to March 23, 1965. This late time slot offered CBC viewers some more adventurous television viewing because of its experimental nature and subject matter. Eye Opener, like its predecessor Quest, presented dramas with a social conscience and featured some […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 10 from July to September 1965 and again in 1966. This two season program offered viewers some very diverse and interesting documentaries. Most of the producers worked for This Hour Has Seven Days, and while that show was on summer hiatus, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television This short series of four programs, was a co-production of the CBC, the BBC and ABC Australia. On two of the programs, it featured Canada’s finest jazz musicians at the time hosted by radio announcer, Phil McKellar. The first show had the Jimmy Dale Orchestra and the […]