The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights from October 2, 1973 to June 25, 1974. Warren Davis was the host of this half hour program dedicated to the applications of scientific knowledge. Mavis Kerr participated with various guests from the fields of academics and science. The show was produced […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from January to May, 1973 and from October 1973 to March 1974.TGIF was an old acronym for Thank Goodness It’s Friday. It was used as the name of this CBLT production to highlight activities in Toronto, on the weekend.The hosts were Alex […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights during the summer of 1973; aired Sunday nights during the summers of 1974 and 1975. This two hour time slot was first dedicated to foreign films and some of the works of Charlie Chaplin, but in 1975 it presented Canadian feature films. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday nights during the summer of 1973. This half hour musical variety program was named after the 18 piece band called Stratusfaction, from Calgary. Nine musicians and nine singers made up the group. They performed contemporary pop music with some show tunes thrown in […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights from October 1973 to May, 1974. Aired Thursday nights from September 1974 to April 1975. This half hour panel show was hosted by Patrick Watson. It featured MPs from the Canadian House of Commons who discussed recent Bills or issues on the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired daily, from May 22 to September 14, 1973.Actor, comic, and thoroughbred horse racing expert Michael Magee and his wife Duddie were the hosts of this weekday half-hour talk show. They talked informally with working people, such as a cab driver, an ambulance driver, and […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from February 25 to May 6, 1973. This hour long program replaced the Whiteoaks of Jalna, a primetime soap that was cancelled after half a season. This program offered imported dramas from Europe and the United States, with a gothic theme to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons during the summer of 1973; aired Sunday afternoons from September 29 to December 29, 1974.This half hour program explored the world of industry and its relationship with organized labour, providing equal time to both sides.Long time radio broadcaster Bob Oxley was the host […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights from February 15 to June 21, 1973. This half hour public affairs program, alternated with Encounter, an interview program. This show aired documentaries on various aspects of Canadian life from the preparation of the 1976 Olympics in Montreal to Native land claims […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday nights, before hockey, from September 22, 1973 to June 22, 1974. Aired Wednesday nights from September 1974 to September, 1975.A couple of years after The Music Machine ended its short run, writers Garry Ferrier and Aubrey Tadman reused the title for this new […]