The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings, after hockey from Feb. 1 to March 15, 1969 After the cancellation of Barris & Company, this program went in the same timeslot for the rest of the NHL season. Produced in Montreal, it started in black and white in 1968, and went to […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday to Friday during the Christmas break from December 22 1969 to January 2, 1970. Aired Saturday afternoons from October 1970 to June 1975. What started as a holiday program for kids turned into a successful weekly show with feature films from around the […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday nights after hockey, from January to April, 1969 Actor, writer and horse-racing expert Michael Magee hosted this 15 minute program series; each episode profiled a successful athlete in Canada. Producer: Rick Rice Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television Weekend was an information program that had its first telecast on the CBC on Saturday October 11th 1969 following Hockey Night in Canada. Its companion Sunday edition premiered the following day, October 12th. Produced by Richard Nielsen and George Robertson, the program was hosted at […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1959 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday afternoons from November 1959 to March 1961. Aired Tuesday afternoons from April 1961 to September 1962. John Keogh created Malcolm the Dog, a puppet who introduced cartoons for kids of all ages. Written by John Corcelli – May, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Rod Coneybeare had successfully blended teaching and humour for young people in collaboration with Charles Winter on their radio program, The Rod and Charles Show, and with Bob Homme on The Friendly Giant, where Coneybeare played the voices of Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe. With […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings in the summer of 1969 and 1970 Considering the changing face of popular music in the year of Woodstock, this music program was significant for many reasons. First is was a Radio-Canada production on English television and second, it was bilingual. Each […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday at 10 AM from February 27 to March 12, 1968. Aired Wednesday afternoons at 4:30 from November 20 to December 18, 1968. This drama series was about life in the past, compared to life in the present. The contemporary footage was shot in the town […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sundays, at various times, from February 1968 to March 1974. This one hour classical music show featured a mix of programming from the CBC, the BBC and other broadcasters. The show was dedicated to Classical music, Ballet and Opera. One episode featured a profile […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1968 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday to Friday, after school, from September 1968 to June 1969. More music for the teen-set, in this half-hour broadcast from various centres in Canada. This show was the successor to Music Hop and Let’s Go, two of the most important music programs on […]