The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 to 1953 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday evenings at 7:30 PM, debuting September 9, 1952, and ran during the first year of CBC television. This 30 minute television drama was Canada’s first because it debuted the same night television was first broadcast in Toronto. The show itself was based on stories from Stephen […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 to 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday evenings from September 1952 to May 1954 This variety program was part of the CBC’s opening schedule, in the second week of September 1952. It was a CBLT production out of Toronto’s Jarvis Street studios, and featured local talent of all ages and abilities. It was very […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Under the title CBC News Magazine, and later as Newsmagazine, this film digest of international news features ran for almost thirty years on the network, from the first day of television transmission. Correspondents: Norman DePoe, Ken Mason, Michael Maclear and Stanley Burke in London, Tom Gould in the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 to 1963 Broadcast Medium: Television When CBC Television began broadcasting in September 1952, with an eighteen-hour service, a fifteen-minute daily program called Let’s See told viewers what programming they could see that evening, and what the weather was going to be like. Weatherman Percy Saltzman was the host, aided and abetted by puppeteer John […]
It was September of 1952 and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation was about to launch the first television stations in Canada. In anticipation of this, Imperial Oil, sponsor of Hockey Night in Canada on radio, had been engaged in talks with the CBC to begin televising hockey for the 1952-53 NHL season. Although hockey on television […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired twice in 1952: September 10 and 17 One of the very first programs produced by Norman Campbell, this show provided advice to homemakers, and lasted for only two broadcasts in the first weeks of television from Toronto. Campbell later made his mark in the arts, producing musicals […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 to 1953 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired three days a week at 5:30 pm from December 29 1952 to December 31, 1953. A half-hour program of western films for children in the first year of CBC television. Producers: Joanne Hughes and Peggy Nairn Written by John Corcelli – February, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights at 9:30PM from September 10 to November 26 1952 Debuting on the second night of television in Canada, this panel show was an adaptation of a CBC radio show. Two guests joined the regular panel in a discussion of current events. Host: Neil LeroyPanelists: Lister […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Concert made its debut on Canadian television in September of 1952. Its simple presentation of televised classical concerts continued on an inconsistent basis until 1965. This meant that the program was often seen during the summer or for short month-long sessions. Most of the programs featured guest vocalists […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1952 to 1959 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly on Sunday evenings, from September 1952 to June 1959. This popular radio show made the transition to television with equal success. Canadian General Electric, CGE, who stayed with the show until 1959, sponsored the program. The show was definitely a part of the “golden age” of television, […]