The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Mondays, after school, from October to December 1957 This 30 minute children’s program featured Alan Mills and Helene Baillargeon in a bilingual program about Canadian folk songs. The show continued on alternate weeks until the end of the year, closing with a Christmas program featuring “Tante Louise”, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1957 to 1958 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired alternate Tuesday nights from November 1957 to February 1958 This 30 minute musical variety show was produced in Vancouver. During its run, it featured singers Nora Halliday and Pat Morgan, actress Pat Suzuki and an orchestra led by Ricky Hyslop. Host: Bert Nelson
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Monday evenings from April to August 1956. A rare 20 minute musical show featuring the Rhythm Pals who later became regulars on The Tommy Hunter Show. Produced in Vancouver; in central Canada, it followed The Nation’s Business, and ran every second week to complete a 30 […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly, at various times after school, from May 1956 to September 1957. Produced in Vancouver, this 15 minute children’s program featured the adventures of the Peppermint Prince with the help of his puppet friends. The show also featured cartoons. Peppermint Prince: John ChappellPuppeteer: Dave OrcuttWriter: […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1962 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired during the day, from 1956 to 1962 There were two programs with the same name produced at CBC; one show was a short-lived series about architecture. The other was an afternoon program for homemakers, providing a range of entertainment and useful information with interviews […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Airs weeknights at 10 PM. The National debuted in 1956 as CBC’s flagship News program, with Larry Henderson as the first anchor. A typical broadcast includes the latest News from Canada and around the world and occasionally longer form reports and special features, such as Rex Murphy’s POV. […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday afternoons in the spring of 1956 and for a full season from October of 1956 to June 1957. Based on the success of Let’s Make Music, which was geared to kids 8 to 12, this 15 minute program was targeted at younger children between […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1966 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from 1956 to June 18,1966 If there was one bona-fide Canadian star on television in the early days, it had to be Juliette. She brought a strong sense of style and glamour to the network’s Variety Department in 1956 at a time when variety […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Tuesday nights in the spring of 1956 This program was produced in cooperation with the Canadian Bar Association to demonstrate the law to Canadians. Each show consisted of three parts: an introduction to the principle under consideration, a dramatization, and a discussion of the case with a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1956 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Mondays after school from November 1956 to June 1957 Aimed at children up to 8 years of age, this program presented classic tales by such writers as the Brothers Grimm, J.M. Barrie, Hans Christian Andersen, and Lewis Carroll, performed in dance and pantomime. Produced in […]