The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons during the summer of 1974.This half-hour show was aimed at children under the age of 10. It was divided into two segments, the first with Pierrette Boucher and called Au Jardin de Pierrot. The segment featured French-Canadian folk songs. Boucher, a former music teacher, led […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday evenings from July 5 to September 20, 1974. Repeated Wednesday evenings in the summer of 1975.Bob Switzer hosted this program from the Vancouver Public Aquarium. It was a serious attempt to bring aquatic life to the screen in the tradition of Jacques Cousteau […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from May 23 to June 6, 1974.This program was a short-lived musical variety show from Winnipeg. It was produced by Dave Robertson and featured Dean Regan and Dinah Christie. Written by John Corcelli – September, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekday afternoons from October 1974 to September, 1975. This half-hour program was a do-it-yourself home repairs show. It was directed at working class homemakers with simple demonstrations and ideas for home improvements. Monica Parker hosted the program and carried out the required work to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday afternoons from April to June, 1974. This half-hour program was for children and was produced in two fifteen-minute segments. The first segment was an adventure story, under one of two headings, Along the River and Seashore, or Along the Trail. The second segment was an […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Adrienne Clarkson and Glenn Sarty had worked together as co- host and producer, respectively, of Take Thirty, the popular afternoon public affairs series. They collaborated on Adrienne At Large, a half- hour, prime time series of “personalized public affairs reporting.”Aired Thursdays 10:00- 10:30 p.m., 26 […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday evenings from May 30 to August 29 1974; aired Sundays at various times, from July 13 1975 to August 19, 1979. Aired Monday afternoons from April 1980 to October 1982. Access was based on the BBC series called Open Circle. The program was […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from Janauary to June, 1973; January to June, 1974 and repeated Tuesday afternoons, from September 1974 to March, 1975.This half hour discussion program was moderated by Bruce Rogers. It offered 20 young people a chance to question an authority or expert in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights from December 19, 1973 to April 17, 1974. This half hour documentary series was produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Its 13 episodes chronicled the region known as the West: Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. Some of the NFB’s finest directors […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights from October 1973 to April, 1974 and from October 1974 to March, 1975 This half hour program was a mix of satire and irreverent news reporting. It featured an experienced crew of news people, some of whom worked on This Hour Has […]