The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons, after school, from October 6 of December 29, 1961. This half hour music program was designed to introduce classical music to children. The pianist was Patrick Trudell and the vocalist was Ernie Prentice. The rhythm section was made up of Gavin Hussey on bass […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from May 28 to June 25, 1961 Composer/conductor Eric Wild led a 17-piece orchestra in this short series from Winnipeg. Guests included vocalists such as Maxine Ware, Florenc Faiers, Len Cariou, Evelyn Snider and Ed Evanko. Guest musicians included violinist Marta Hidy and pianist, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday afternoons from October to June 1961. Aired Wednesday afternoons from October 1961 to June 1962 Produced in Winnipeg, this program featured singer Georges LaFleche in a variety/talk show. Guests included Florence Fairers, Lorraine Marsh, Gordon Pinsent, and Gene Kiniski, professional wrestler. The music […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights at 10 PM from June 26 to September 25, 1961. With a generic title such as this, the CBC could air just about anything in the time slot, and it did. During the summer of 1961, the network broadcast a real mix of shows: […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired for three seasons, from October 1961 to June 1964 This weekly 30-minute program focused on arts and entertainment. Interviews, documentaries and imports from the BBC packed the show with the latest in film, television, music and literature. Some of the featured interviews: Ezra Pound, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturdays and Sundays at noon, Wednesdays at 11:30 AM, from October 1961 to April, 1962 One of the first educational television programs dedicated to teaching English as a second language. Seventy-eight 30-minute lessons were prepared and produced by the CBC in association with the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 to 1963 Broadcast Medium: Television The return of W.O. Mitchell’s beloved short stories, first a TV series on CBC from 1961 to 1963, were brought to life in this family series shot in Alberta. Set in a small prairie town of Crocus, Saskatchewan where the community has finally put the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings from August 27, 1961 to October 1, 1961. A program about international relations, studied by experts but put in layman’s terms. The subtitles: Territorial Waters, Intervention, Individual Rights and Responsibilities, International Court of Justice, and Nuremberg trials [2 parts] International Law had an important place […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings during the summer of 1961. This 15 minute program featured Ed McCurdy, who made his television debut in 1952 when television signed on in Canada. This program originated in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was basically a mix of folk songs and their place in history. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1961 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Fridays after school as part of Junior Magazine spring of 1961 A series of fifteen-minute documentaries about British Columbia. [See Junior Magazine] Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005