The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Mondays at 5:30 PM from Septemer 30, 1963 to June 22, 1964. Like many of the CBC’s music shows, this one was produced in Winnipeg. It ran for one season with two different formats. One featured the Mitch Parks Orchestra, Doug Crosley and Reg […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons during the summer from 1963 to 1965. Aired Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons during the summer of 1966. Aired Sunday afternoons from October 1966 to December 1966; aired during the summers of 1967 and 1968. Also known as Time For Adventure, this series […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons, at various times, from January 1963 to June, 1965. Aimed at the teenage audience, this program was one of the first genuine variety shows produced specifically by the CBC for youth. Most shows had a film or original drama supplemented by music, dance […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Fletcher Markle [1963-1969], Ken Cavanagh [1970-1973] A program that would “examine, reflect, and project the Canadian image,” for ten years this half-hour documentary series covered a wide range of subjects, most of them pertaining to Canadians in Canada and around the world. Executive producer […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1960 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Having won a Canadian Film Award in 1960 in syndication, this series later moved to the CBC, where it aired Saturdays at noon from October 5, 1963 to March 28, 1964. Hammy Hamster was one of the country’s most beloved rodents on national television. He […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings at 5 PM from November 1963 to April, 1964. Aired Monday nights at 10 PM from November 1964 to April, 1966. This weekly, half hour program replaced Citizen’s Forum, the successful panel show discussing current events. It debuted in 1955. This show […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired November 17, and December 25, 1963. March 22 and May 20, 1964. Four variety programs produced in either Montreal or Toronto. In 1963, the technique of simulcasting was new. This program was broadcast in English and in French, at the same time, on both […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights, at various times, from 1963 to 1966. CBC pioneered the mini-series in Canadian television with this program created by Ronald Weyman, one of the most innovative producers in the medium. The show was dedicated to limited drama series with location shoots and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired every other Sunday night at 10:30, from October 1963 to July 1964. Alternating with the public affairs show called Horizon, this half hour broadcast had a spiritual slant, editorially speaking. Most of the interviews examined belief and morality without the dogma associated with any […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights at 10 from April 30 to June 4, 1963 Shot on location at the Toronto Islands, this thriller was produced by Eric Till and was modeled after the British thriller genre. The story took place in the fictional town of Medlow, located in the […]