The History of Canadian BroadcastingNetwork: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Although this was only a short summer series, it was a landmark. Andy Williams’ production company had had a deal with NBC to provide Andy’s summer 1970 replacement series, and Canadian producers Alan Blye and Chris Beard worked through their friend, CTV Network President Murray Chercover, to […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television This half-hour series was scheduled on the network for one year on Saturday afternoons from 4:00 – 4:30pm, in the 1970-71 season. Any input regarding the content and origins of this series would be welcomed. Written by Pip Wedge – November, 2002
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1973 Broadcast Medium: Television Producers Phil Hobel and Doug Leiterman had a happy knack for producing slick and often award-winning documentary series with a maximum of presentational flair. In their hands, even the most trivial piece of information became a triumph of style over substance. Leiterman had honed his […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1949 to 1952 Broadcast Medium: Television When the original Famous Jury Trials series was produced for the old Du Mont Network in the U.S. between 1949 and 1952, it was of course done live. The format involved frequent flashbacks, and as the various sets were spread widely apart in the large […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1974 Broadcast Medium: Television One of scores of game show formats to be licensed worldwide by the U.S.-based Goodson-Todman organization, a Canadian version of Beat The Clock enjoyed a four-year run in daytime on CTV in the early 1970s. It was Prduced at CTV affiliate CFCF-TV in Montreal, hosted […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Nicholas Johnson was a firebrand member of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (similar to Canada’s CRTC) in the ‘Sixties and ‘Seventies. He was the driving force behind the introduction of the Prime Access Rule in 1969, which prohibited the U.S. networks from accessing local stations’ […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1975 Broadcast Medium: Television This half-hour music series was hosted by Ian Tyson, with his Great Speckled Bird back-up group, and then-wife Sylvia guesting on many of the shows. In its second season, the series title was changed to Nashville Now, and in year three it became simply The […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1970 to 1971 Broadcast Medium: Television A half-hour series under this title had a one-year run at 10:30am in CTV’s Saturday morning block of children’s programs in the 1970-71 season. No information has been traced on the content or origin of this program, and input from visitors to this site would […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television Although in 1969 Charles Templeton had just left his job as Director of News and Information for CTV, he continued to be available for consultation, and he became the host of a network half-hour documentary series called Our World. The producers of Our World were […]
Network: CTV Television Network Broadcast Run: 1969 to 1970 Broadcast Medium: Television This short-lived musical variety series was named after the theatre in the then (1969) newly built Chateau Champlain hotel in Montreal (the name is an abbreviation of “Café-Concert”). The series was developed to showcase talented Quebecois chanteuse Danielle Dorice, with guest performers, and was produced […]