The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights, for one season, from September 1969 to September 1970. Ted Follows starred as McQueen, a crusading newspaper reporter based in Toronto. It was his job to stand up for the little guy by exposing con men, consumer fraud and bad businesses. The […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday evenings at 9 pm during the summer of 1969. Similar in content to The Good Company, produced in Winnipeg, this show also featured a young cast of Canadian talent, only this show featured comedy, music and dance in the true spirit of variety television. The cast […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesday nights from September 24, 1969 to January 28, 1970.Fred Davis was the principal host for this program, broadcast from Julie’s Restaurant on Jarvis Street in Toronto, across the street from the CBC. The idea was to have guests who were raconteurs with amusing […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1976 Broadcast Medium: Television A half-hour, puppet show for children, produced in Ottawa, featured Gertrude Diddle, the craggy and brassy mayor of a town called Crabgrass, who was widely thought to be a satire of Ottawa mayor Charlotte Whitton. She lived in a Victorian house with a beagle named […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday mornings from May to November, 1969 This children’s program was written and produced by Clemence Desrochers. The adventures of a cat (Grujot) and a rabbit (Delicat.) Catchphrase: “C’est comme l’oeuf de Chriiiiiiiiiiistophe Colombe!” Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursdays after school from April to July 1969. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada as part of the CBC’s commitment to educational programming, this series included shows about Canadians and their connection with the Canadian outdoors. Some of the titles bear this out: Aircraft in Forest […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Subtitled “Is There Life After Youth?”, this series of four half-hour programs with Dr. David Levinson was produced by Mark Blandford. Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 9PM, October 5,1969 to January 3, 1971. Wojeck, starring the late John Vernon, was one of the most successful programs on CBC. Ronald Weyman, executive producer, co-created this program about Greg Corwin who was a cutting edge psychiatrist. Corwin’s specialty was […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights from July 27 to August 31, 1969. Shortly after the Apollo 11 landing on the moon, [July 20, 1969], this five part series made its debut. It took a look at space travel beginning with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and it featured […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted in January of 1959 and aired at various times until July 1963. Repeated in the summer of 1966. This series of one hour films was produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Its mission was to look at life & society in Canada, […]