The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights from June 1 to July 13, 1977. This half hour program was an English version of Ce coin de terre (This Corner of the World), produced by Radio-Canada. The series was about Canada’s multiculturalism and centred on communities or clusters of different cultures. The […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sundays, at various times, from October 1977 to August, 1980. Aired Saturdays from October 1981 to July 1982. This half hour program took full advantage of the televised proceedings in Canada’s House of Commons. Question period footage was often used to supplement reports on […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday afternoons from September 1977 to March 1978.This series of 19 shows featured the best of Canadian college football and basketball.The autumn segments included the Canadian College Bowl in November while the winter segments were devoted to basketball. Doug Sanders, Steve Armitage and Whit […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from April 8 to July 22, 1977. This music program was hosted by Marg Osburne, the unpretentious singer from the hit show Don Messer’s Jubilee. Produced in Halifax, the program showcased talent from Atlantic Canada and featured the usual roster of guests including John […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from May 26 to August 4, 1977. This half hour public affairs program, was hosted by Mary Lou Finlay and Dan Turner. They presented a mix of documentary reports and studio interviews, generally about national issues. Subjects included censorship and obscenity laws, the Royal […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 to 1978 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights from November 1977 to April, 1978. This hour long series was about successful Canadians in various disciplines: business, tourism or the Arts. The narrator was Arthur Hill. The show profiled Joseph Armand Bombardier, inventor of the snowmobile; Charleen Kopansky who helped create […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday nights from May to October, 1977. This summer series aired between hockey seasons with Canadian, British and Hollywood motion pictures. The Canadian titles included, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Fighting Men, Wings in the Wilderness, Lies My Father Told Me and Goldenrod. Some of these […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday nights, for four weeks, from June 3 to June 24, 1977. This musical variety series replaced the Tommy Hunter Show for four weeks. The hour long show was hosted by Colleen Peterson and Rick Neufeld. Neufeld led the Prairie Dog Band. Guests included Ian Tyson, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired on various days and times, usually four times a year, from September 1977 to September, 1982. This 90 minute public affairs program was aimed at issues of national interest. It usually aired four times a year. Barbara Frum hosted the program. The subject matter […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1977 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired in two parts, October 26, 1977 and November 2, 1977. Repeated March 22, 1981 as a special. This two-part documentary, which aired as one program in 1981, was a dramatic reconstruction of the life and death of Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven. It was presented by […]