Author: Christopher Zikos

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 10:30 for two seasons, October to December 1964 and from April to June, 1965 This public affairs program succeeded Horizon on the network, for two 12-week runs. Its purpose was to explore and document social issues not usually covered on television. For example, one […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday to Friday, at various times, from December 1964 to September 1965. With the rise in popularity of American soap operas, aka daytime dramas, the CBC produced one of its own in the mid-1960s. This was a daily serial drama, produced by John Trent, and was sold […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday evenings at 6:30 pm from June 1964 to October, 1965 Produced in Halifax, this news magazine program featured stories from Atlantic Canada,  and later became one of the regular segments in Across Canada. Co-hosts: Jim Bennett, Pat Napier, Don Tremaine and Gerry Birt from Halifax. […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday evenings from September 1964 to June 1967; later, it aired 5 days a week from October 1967 to June 1968. Music Hop was the CBC equivalent of American Bandstand, a show for teens featuring the latest rock and roll music. Let’ s Go was the […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted in October 1964. This half-hour public affairs program was originally produced in two regions: Halifax and St. John’s. The two units eventually merged to produce a unique program about Atlantic Canada. The show’s mandate was to tell stories about the people who lived off the land […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from January to June 1964, later on Saturday evenings from July to September of the same year. Tommy Banks, who was a jazz musician and broadcaster before being appointed to the Canadian Senate in 2001, was the piano player on this 15 minute music […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesdays, after school, from September 1964 to June 1965 Ray St. Germain, a popular performer on CBC music shows such as Let’s Go, hosted this segment of Music Hop from Winnipeg. The show featured a seven voice ensemble and the Lenny Breau Trio. Written by John […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from October 1964 to June of 1965. Like Music Hop, this sweetened music program offered teens some weekly afternoon fun along the lines of American Bandstand. Host Frank Cameron introduced the tunes, with special performances by featured local Canadian bands doing cover versions of […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television A half-hour panel game show, with a formula similar to Front Page Challenge, Flashback held down a Sunday evening time slot for six years. Instead of having to guess a headline, Flashback’s four panelists (three regulars, one weekly guest) had three minutes to identify a person, object, […]