Category: CBC Television Network

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday evenings from September 1964 to June 1967; later, it aired 5 days a week from October 1967 to June 1968. Music Hop was the CBC equivalent of American Bandstand, a show for teens featuring the latest rock and roll music. Let’ s Go was the […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted in October 1964. This half-hour public affairs program was originally produced in two regions: Halifax and St. John’s. The two units eventually merged to produce a unique program about Atlantic Canada. The show’s mandate was to tell stories about the people who lived off the land […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from January to June 1964, later on Saturday evenings from July to September of the same year. Tommy Banks, who was a jazz musician and broadcaster before being appointed to the Canadian Senate in 2001, was the piano player on this 15 minute music […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Wednesdays, after school, from September 1964 to June 1965 Ray St. Germain, a popular performer on CBC music shows such as Let’s Go, hosted this segment of Music Hop from Winnipeg. The show featured a seven voice ensemble and the Lenny Breau Trio. Written by John […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1965 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday afternoons from October 1964 to June of 1965. Like Music Hop, this sweetened music program offered teens some weekly afternoon fun along the lines of American Bandstand. Host Frank Cameron introduced the tunes, with special performances by featured local Canadian bands doing cover versions of […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1962 to 1968 Broadcast Medium: Television A half-hour panel game show, with a formula similar to Front Page Challenge, Flashback held down a Sunday evening time slot for six years. Instead of having to guess a headline, Flashback’s four panelists (three regulars, one weekly guest) had three minutes to identify a person, object, […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired as a summer series from 1964 to 1967. The CBC created this program to feature short films from aroung the world. The movies covered a wide range of technique and story line including documentaries and animation. The program debuted with Francois Truffaut’s first movie, Les Mistons, […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings in summer of 1964. Similar to Hymn Sing, the long time vocal program from Winnipeg, this show was produced in Vancouver and featured a 12-voice male choir. The show was centered around a theme, such as campfire songs one week and sea shanties the […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1964 to 1967 Broadcast Medium: Television This children’s show aimed to help its young viewers to become more aware of themselves in relation to the world through a series of real and fantasy adventures. Our guides, Sandy, played by Sandra Cohen, and Mr. Dressup. played by Ernie Coombs, met in Butternut Square, a […]

Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1963 to 1964 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Mondays at 5:30 PM from Septemer 30, 1963 to June 22, 1964. Like many of the CBC’s music shows, this one was produced in Winnipeg. It ran for one season with two different formats. One featured the Mitch Parks Orchestra, Doug Crosley and Reg […]