The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights at 10:30, from September 14 to November 23, 1967 This 30 minute documentary series was specifically produced by CBC for Canada’s Centennial. It aimed to explore the Arctic Region, its culture, people and Aboriginal mythology. The main thrust of the series was the white […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons, after school, from January 6 to March 31, 1967. This 13-week drama was for children. It was based on Lyn Cook’s novel, Pegeen and the Pilgrim, about a little girl who wanted to be an actress. The series was shot on location in Stratford, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesdays and Thursday at 5 PM during the summer of 1967. The National Film Board of Canada was given this time-slot to air films on Canadian subjects for youth. Since it was a Centennial year, most of the subjects were celebratory in nature, focussing on places […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday afternoons in August of 1967 This summer series explored the maritime history of Atlantic Canada. Episodes included stories about the history of clipper ships, the fishery industry, shipbuilding, shipwrecks and wartime convoys. Produced in Halifax, the show featured location shoots and interviews with participants, both […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1966 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television A cartoon series, about the adventures of a futuristic, comic superhero and his band of aides, who lived on Sherwood Asteroid. Commissioned by Steve Krantz in New York, and all the scripts were written in the U.S.A., but the animation was produced by Al Guest’s […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 to 1969 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekdays at 11:25 AM from October 1967 to September 1969 This half hour time slot was filled with programs from the prime time schedule. It was aimed at a female audience, who were presumably assumed to be too busy to watch television at night. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday evenings at 5:30 during the summer of 1967. During the summer of 1967, Montreal was the host of the World Exposition. This half hour program, hosted by Lloyd Robertson, featured documentaries on the participating countries, each of which had pavilions at Expo ’67. The films […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 10 from July 2 to August 27, 1967 This half hour talk show,was a lighter mix of music and information designed to complement The Public Eye, which aired in the same time slot during the regular television season. But the show’s summer run […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday afternoons from April 29 to June 24, 1967 in Vancouver Two broadcasts used the same show title, one in Toronto [1960 -1964] and the other in Vancouver, but the formats were the same: interviews and local events coverage. The Toronto version was hosted by Joyce […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1967 to 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television Airdates: October 16, 1967; November 23, 1967, December 10, 1967, January 16, 1968, February 13, 1968 and March 24, 1968. Now known as the Hummingbird Centre in Toronto, the then recently-completed O’Keefe Centre in downtown Toronto was the originating point for this series of six hour-long variety shows. […]