Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired at various times, weekly, from October 1966 to June 1969. Charles Lynch and Donald Gordon hosted this public affairs program that examined issues of national interest. Most of the subjects were political or economic in nature, but the show did offer some interesting documentaries including a […]
Author: Christopher Zikos
Twelve For Summer
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings at 7PM during the summer of 1966. Aired the following summer, 1967, on Sunday evenings at the same time. These half hour music programs were limited to twelve weeks as a summer series. As was the case with most of the programs produced in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sundays, at various times, from January 1966 to June 1969. Aimed at a younger audience, this weekly program featured a mix of music, drama and current affairs. It was officially described as a magazine show that examined the world through the eyes of young […]
This Week
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired monthly, at various times, from November 1966 to 1967. Aired weekly during the summer of 1968. Produced in collaboration with The Public Eye and Newsmagazine, this monthly program was a mix of news reports and commentary on the issues of the day. Subjects included […]
This Land of Ours
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly at various times, from January 1966 to September, 1970. This 30 minute program about the environment debuted as a 13 week series, but was later renewed for several seasons before being renamed This Land in 1971. The show’s host was John Foster, who […]
This Business of Farming
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday through Wednesday at 10:30 AM from January 11 to 13, 1966. January 10 to 12, 1967. Still true to its rural roots, the CBC, in cooperation with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, produced two sets of 6 programs about farming. Each […]
Sunday
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 10 PM from November 6, 1966 to April 16, 1967. Immediately following the cancellation of This Hour Has Seven Days, this one hour news/public affairs program took its place. Daryl Duke was executive producer. He returned from the United States, having […]
Summer Sounds ’66
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings at 6:30, from July 2 to October 15, 1966. This 15 minute music show originated from different Canadian cities each week. It featured new talent with seasoned veterans from each region. In Halifax, for example, Bill Langstroth introduced Anne Murray, Ken Tobias and Edith […]
Stu Davis Show, The
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings at 6:30, from April 2 to June 25, 1966. Produced in Edmonton, this 15-minute country music show starred the former host of Red River Jamboree, Stu Davis. This show featured his band, the Pathfinders, and his son Duane Davis on guitar. Davis released an […]
Sounds ’67/’68/’69
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings from October 1966 to September, 1969 Originating from different Canadian cities, this 15-minute music show featured middle-of-the-road performers, many of whom were familiar to viewers. In 1968, Anne Murray was featured on 4 consecutive shows, but the gist of the format was […]