The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1958 to 1959 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons from October 5 1958 to January 30, 1959 In this thirty minute panel game show, lawyer Duncan Crux presented a case to a jury, which also saw a version of the trial acted out before it. The jury and the viewers then […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1958 to 1985 Broadcast Medium: Television Debuted on CBC TV on September 30, 1958. Aired weekdays until 1985. One of the most beloved performers on CBC television was The Friendly Giant. Bob Homme, who played the character for nearly 30 years, has become to most kids of a certain generation an […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Cannonball was a series of half-hour family dramas about the adventures of two truckers who hauled freight on the highways of Canada and the U.S.A. U.S. actors Paul Birch and William Campbell played Mike Malone and Jerry Austin in this Route 66 on eighteen wheels. Supporting actors […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday evenings during the autumn of 1958 CBC television often ran new documentaries produced by the National Film Board of Canada. Candid Eye was no exception. It’ films made use of the latest portable equipment in film-making and offered viewers the chance to see events unfold […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Fridays at 5:00 PM, from May to September 1958 This 30 minute children’s program featured comedian and singer, Barney Potts. The show was a mix of story telling, unusual hobbies and field trips by groups of kids to various locations in the Greater Vancouver region.Producer: D. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1958 to 1959 Broadcast Medium: Television Uncle Chichimus, the puppet, had become famous as the ‘star’ of Let’s See, the nightly fifteen-minute early-evening program that the CBC introduced in 1952 to tell viewers about the evening’s programming. This character, and his puppet secretary/housekeeper Holly Hock, made a brief return to the CBC […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1957 to 1990 Broadcast Medium: Television The history of Canadian comedy begins with Wayne & Shuster. Johnny Wayne [John Louis Weingarten] and Frank Shuster met at Toronto’s Harbord Collegiate in 1930. Starting in high school they produced and performed their own brand of comedy that was clever, satiric and widely appreciated […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1957 to 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday evenings at 9:30 PM in 1957 and at 8:00 PM in 1958. In an effort to provide continuity, as well as variety, this musical program replaced the Jackie Rae show for two summers. Summertime ’57 was hosted by Bill Walker featuring the Jack […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1957 to 1982 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday afternoons during the summer in 1957, 1958 and 1962. Aired daily, Monday through Friday, during the summer of 1982. Junior Magazine was replaced by Summer Magazine in 1957 and 1958.In 1962, the series was revamped and had a different host each week. In […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1957 to 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday evenings from February to May 1957; with a second season airing from November 1957 to January 1958. Canada’s answer to the ever popular Davy Crockett television series produced by Walt Disney.This series was less successful due to high production costs and poor weather. […]