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Moneymakers

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1979 Broadcast Medium: Television A program devoted to business, finance, and economics. The magazine format combined film features, interviews, and discussions, and the show was assembled on the Saturday for a Sunday air date for maximum topicality. Host/reporters: Arthur Vaile, Sheldon Turcotte and Irv Lutsky [1975]David Tafler and Judy […]

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Look Who’s Here

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television A talk show featuring Canadian personalities interviewed by various broadcasters and journalists. Produced by Don Brown. Shows including ballet star Dame Margot Fonteyn, interviewed by Lorraine Thomson; wrestler Whipper Billy Watson, interviewed by Gordon Sinclair; singer Gisele MacKenzie talking with Bill Lawrence; announcer and newsreader […]

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Last Wave, The

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights from September 8 to October 6, 1975. Aired Wednesday nights from October 6 to December 15, 1976. This half hour program was hosted by Joe MacInnis, medical doctor, diver and broadcaster. MacInnis had gained fame for his diving expeditions in the Arctic; consequently, this […]

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Lady Is a Four Letter Word

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from April 11 to May 30, 1975.Elizabeth Gray was the host of this half hour show about women’s issues, which was produced in Ottawa. International Women’s Year was 1975, so there’s a good chance that this show might not have been produced at all, except […]

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King of Kensington , The

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1980 Broadcast Medium: Television A weekly comedy about one man’s family in Toronto’s Kensington Market.Starring Al Waxman as Larry King with principal cast: Fiona Reid (`75 to `78), Helene Winston, Bob Vinci, Ardon Bess, John J. Dee and Rosemary Radcliffe. It aired from 1975 to 1980. Written by John […]

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Just For Fun

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday afternoons, after school, from December 1975 to March 1976. Aired Wednesday afternoons from September to December, 1976.This was game show for grade 7 students produced by Hedley Read. The format was a combination of Q & A and simple games such as twirling […]

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In Good Company

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired three evenings a week, from September to December 1975. Aired Monday nights from January to May 1976.Hana Gartner was the host of this magazine program that featured comedy, commentary and a hidden camera segment produced by John Kastner.Rod Coneybeare, Ben Wicks, Ruthie Lunenfeld and […]

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Homemade Jam

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights for three episodes, from June 24 to July 22, 1975.This short-run program featured Bob Ruzicka in a music program produced in Edmonton by Lee Livingston. Written by John Corcelli – August, 2005

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Hard Times

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday nights during the summer of 1975.Ed Reid, co-host of Take 30, was the host of this series about the Great Depression in Canada. The programs were produced and directed by David Rabinovitch and were originally broadcast on Take 30 during the 1974/75 season. The format […]

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Film Fun

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday afternoons from December 4 1974 to January 15, 1975.This program was very much a throw back to the 50s: a kids’ show about elementary movie making. Produced in Ottawa, the host was Brian Smyth who introduced 14 year old filmmaker Bryan Stoller, his […]