The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Thursday nights in the summer of 1954 Originally shot as a pilot for a future program, the CBC went ahead and produced this variety show as summer series. The show took place in the studio used for the The Big Revue, but the production values were minimal: […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Friday evenings during the summer of 1954. This program was a precursor of Front Page Challenge. Produced in Toronto, the show featured a chairman and four guests, one of whom had played a part in a recent news story. The three panelists had to guess, through a […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1959 Broadcast Medium: Television Host: Clyde Gilmour [1958-59]A one hour or ninety minute, sustaining program, Folio followed Scope and preceded Festival as the network’s flagship program for quality drama and musical performance. Aired weekly from 1954 to 1959. Written by John Corcelli – April, 2002
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired weekly from April to September, 1954 This half-hour broadcast was a musical program that starred cornetist Trump Davidson. The same year, Davidson headlined a radio broadcast, on the Trans-Canada network, from Toronto’s Palace Pier dance hall. Written by John Corcelli – February, 2005
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1957 Broadcast Medium: Television Pianist and arranger Denny Vaughan and singer Joan Fairfax had appeared in a popular summer series in l954, and its success prompted the launch of The Denny Vaughan Show in the fall. Produced by Lloyd Brydon, the program had more glitz. Added were major production numbers; comics imported from […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 2007 Broadcast Medium: Television Country Calendar debuted in the 1950s, and in 1971 became Country Canada, the CBC’s national magazine of agricultural news and information. The program continued to cover farm news, but also aimed to be pertinent to urban viewers. It continued to exchange information and programming with other nations and to cover […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1955 Broadcast Medium: Television Originated in Montreal featuring serious and classical music, with an emphasis on chamber music. The premiere (l4 October l954) featured Sir Ernest MacMillan, and the program promised such future conductors as Wilfred Pelletier, Boyd Neel, and Roland Leduc. Performers included international and Canadian stars, such as Andres Segovia, […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 to 1956 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Saturday nights, after hockey, from October 1954 to May 1956 Jazz musician Billy O’Connor was the star of this program, until Juliette became firmly established in the same time slot in August of 1955. The show featured O’Connor’s band [Jackie Richardson, bass; Vic Centro, accordion; Kenny Gill, guitar] […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television Aired Sunday nights at 10:30 PM from September 5 to October 17,1954 Like many of the early music programs on CBC Television, artists made popular on CBC radio often got shows of their own. This short series of programs originated in the Montreal television studios, where set designers […]
Network: CBC Television Network Broadcast Run: 1954 Broadcast Medium: Television A fifteen-minute daily program, Ad and Lib starred Joe Austin as Ad and Larry Mann as Lib; they portrayed proprietors of a general store, and in each program they delivered homespun – and largely ad-libbed – philosophy about city-versus-country living. The series played on weekdays, 6:30 – 6:45pm, […]