This ad ran in 1971 for the radio program Brott to You. The 22-part series was created by orchestra conductor Boris Brott. Brott, who was in his 20s at the time, also wrote and hosted the 90-minute show, which broadcast across Canada. Read More »
Posted on Nov 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This ad from 1986 promotes Metro Morning, featuring Joe Cote, Shelagh Rogers and Jim Curran. Metro Morning has been on the air in Toronto since 1973. Curran, the traffic reporter, has been with the show since its start. Read More »
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Check out a 1971 two-page advertisement promoting the lineup on CBC Television. "TV isn't what it used to be ... it's better on CBC," the advertisement states. Read More »
Posted on Oct 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This print ad was used in the early 1970s to advertise CBC's sports programming. "Whatever your favourite sport ... CBC Radio/TV", the ad states, illustrating a variety of different competitions that CBC had established a reputation for covering. Read More »
Posted on Oct 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This ad from December 1970 shows The National anchors of the time Lloyd Robertson and George Finstad. The two anchors brought viewers "up to the minute reports from the CBC's world-wide web of newsrooms and correspondents," the ad states. Read More »
Posted on Oct 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Debuting in 1971, This Country in the Morning broke new ground in CBC Radio morning programming, running a record three hours long. Host Peter Gzowski described This Country in the Morning as a show of conversation. Read More »
Posted on Oct 6, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This advertisement from 1965, depicts a laughing Larry Mann declaring that he's "a furious booster for Wayne and Shuster" and other comedy programming on CBC Television. Mann had been a CBC personality since 1953. Read More »
Posted on Sep 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This Quirks & Quarks advertisement was used in 1976 during the '75-'76 season of the radio series, which was the first season of the show. "You don't have to have a PhD to be interested in science," said David Suzuki, the first host of the program, which aired on Oct. 8, 1975. Read More »
Posted on Sep 22, 2011 1:31:03 PM
CBC is for Lovers, this advertisement proclaims.The ad was used in the 1960s and this particular one was part of a series of similar themed advertisements that were published in Chatelaine magazine. Read More »
Posted on Sep 15, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Front Page Challenge was on the air from 1957-1995. It was television's longest-running game show and became an axiom of Canadian television. The series featured a panel trying to guess a news story by asking a hidden guest a series of questions. Read More »
Posted on Sep 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
It's a brave new world for TV, and the CBC is at the forefront. The Canadian broadcaster is part of Our World, the first global broadcast via satellite. Read More »
Posted on Sep 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In 1983, Dave Rosen drew a caricature of Peter Gzowski on a whim and sent it into the show. But Gzowski liked it so much that the rights to the cartoon were purchased by CBC so that it could be used on promotional material. Read More »
Posted on Aug 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In the spring of 1977 baseball fever was sweeping through Toronto. As the Toronto Blue Jays started their first season, CBLT - CBC Toronto - was marking its 25th season. This ad was included in promotional material handed out at the Jays games, including score books. Read More »
Posted on Aug 18, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This ad was included CBC's final report on its coverage of the 1978 Commonwealth Games, which were held in Edmonton. The fluorescent orange and blue shirt, known as the "pizza shirt", was also worn by CBC employees during the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Read More »
Posted on Aug 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This advertisement ran in January 1969. It promotes public affairs programming on CBC Television and features the personalities and hosts from several of CBC's major shows of the era, labeling them as The Informers. Read More »
Posted on Aug 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Music Hop was aimed at young Canadians and featured singers, dancers and instrumentalists on the program five days a week from Vancouver, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. Read More »
Posted on Jul 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This advertisement for The Nature of Things with David Suzuki was used in the late-1970s. The Nature of Things began airing in 1960 and became The Nature of Things with David Suzuki in 1979. Read More »
Posted on Jul 21, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This is an early advertisement for Mr. Dressup on CBC Television. Mr. Dressup was produced by CBC Television from 1967-1996. The show aired every weekday morning and featured Ernie Coombs as Mr. Dressup, who guided children through a series of songs, stories, crafts and imagination games. Read More »
Posted on Jul 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This poster advertises Glenn Gould's 1957 visit to the Soviet Union. At the age of 24, Gould became the first North American pianist to play behind the Iron Curtain. Read More »
Posted on Jul 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
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