Category: CBC Television Network

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Ben Wicks.A talk show featuring people with unusual occupations. The series was produced by the CBC and J.T. Ross Associates. Aired daily, at various times, from September 1979 to January 1981; repeated summer of 1981. 30 minutes. Written by John Corcelli – April, 2002

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday mornings from April 7 to June 2, 1979.Harry Brown, long time host of Take 30 on CBC and Speaking Out on TVO, narrated this series of programs about the history of Canada’s earliest settlements. It was produced from CBC St. John’s. Written by Jocko Thomas […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday afternoons from September 15, 1979 to October 18, 1980. This half hour children’s program was a series of specials produced indifferent locations in Canada. The show was produced by Nada Harcourtand Pat Patterson. It featured appearances by Sharon, Lois and Bram,Bill Usher and […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekdays from April to June, 1979; aired from September 1979 to May 1980.This hour-long current affairs program originated from a different region each day, hence the incomplete title.The Monday segment came from Halifax and was produced by John McKay. Tuesday’s broadcast came from Quebec […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from September 20 to December 27, 1979. This half hour country music show was produced in Windsor, Ontario at CBET. The program featured fiddler Al Cherney, the Rhythm Pals and the Family Brown, all regulars from The Tommy Hunter Show. Written by John Corcelli […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Sponsored by du Maurier and produced at Toronto’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Search For Stars was an annual, national talent competition, broadcast in a series of four, hourlong programs. Host: Fred Davis Writer: David Warrack. Musical director: Bob McMullin. Producer /director: Ray McConnell. Aired weekly at […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1980 to 1981 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from September 3, 1979 to March 20, 1981. RepeatedWednesday afternoons from October 1981 to March 1982. This half hour drama was shot on location in British Columbia. It wasthe story of Karl Ritter, a grounded pilot, and his struggle to keephis air-lift […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired every other Sunday afternoon from February 25 to April 22, 1979.This series of five programs was produced as a  follow-up to a 3 hour interactive telecast hosted by Gordon Pinsent. That first show, presented live from a high school in Edmonton, used satellite feeds, phone calls […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: John Allan Cameron A folk music program featuring John Allan Cameron, from Cape Breton Island, and special musical guests. Jack O’Neil produced the half-hour summer show in Halifax. Aired – weekly, at various times, from June to September 1979.– October to December 1980.– repeated […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday afternoons from September 15 to December 29, 1979.Bob Fortune was the host of this half hour show about Canadian inventors and inventions. It was produced by Al Vitols in Vancouver. Written by John Corcelli – August, 2005