Peter Armstrong co-hosts the final episode of Rewind's 12-part 75th anniversary series, which looks at CBC's history of war coverage - spanning from the Second World War to Canada's role in Afghanistan. Read More »
Posted on Nov 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
After six years on the air Indian Magazine was ready to go "all-red, all-the-time" and re-launched under it's new title, Our Native Land. The show aimed to "give more air time to native peoples and ... limit non-natives to a minimum." Read More »
Posted on Nov 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
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 picture provides a behind-the-scenes look at the filming of Butternut Square in 1966. The show starred Ernie Coombs, who played Mr. Dressup, before the character would go on to become one of the best known-names in children's programming. Read More »
Posted on Nov 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Bob Homme starred in the popular children's television program, The Friendly Giant, from 1958-1985. In the 15-minute show, Homme played the giant, Friendly, who lived in a huge castle and was friends with Rusty the Rooster and Jerome the Giraffe. Read More »
Posted on Nov 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In CBC at 75: Turning Points in Public Broadcasting, Ideas producer David Cayley examines crucial episodes in the history of the CBC from its founding to the present. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 11:57:53 AM
Royal Canadian Air Farce won the hearts and minds of Canadians because of their uncanny ability to turn headlines into punchlines and find funny nuggets in everything from national scandals to small-town idiosyncrasies. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 11:17:07 AM
Renowned Canadian actor Eric Peterson joins Rewind host Michael Enright this week to look at 75 years of drama on CBC Radio. CBC's drama series have served as a showcase and training ground for home-grown talent. Read More »
Posted on Oct 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Children's program Razzle Dazzle aired between 1961 and 1966 and featured Howard the Turtle as the star of the show. Howard would often tell jokes, known as "groaners". The show was hosted by Michele Finney and Al Hamel. Read More »
Posted on Oct 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Adrienne Clarkson, Moses Znaimer and Paul Soles pose for a Take 30 photo shoot in the 1960s. Take 30 was afternoon TV for homemakers, but it assumed women's interests went beyond recipes and child rearing. Read More »
Posted on Oct 28, 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
In celebration of 75 years of Canadian music and CBC broadcasting, CBC Radio 2 is pre-empting regular programming on Nov. 2 from 12-7 p.m. ET to present Raised on Radio - a decade-by-decade countdown of Canada's most essential songs. Read More »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 1:03:46 PM
The Current host Anna Maria Tremonti joins Rewind host Michael Enright in this week's special episode, which will be exploring CBC's coverage of politics over its 75 years. Read More »
Posted on Oct 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Cross Country Checkup came shouting over the airwaves in 1965, as callers fiercely debated whether Canada should have a national publicly funded health-care system. It has taken the pulse of the nation ever since. Read More »
Posted on Oct 23, 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
Rick Mercer films a segment for Talking to Americans. The one-hour comedy special, which aired in April 2001, consisted of Mercer interviewing Americans in the street to expose ridiculous degrees of ignorance about Canadian issues. Read More »
Posted on Oct 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Lloyd Robertson, Toby Tarnow and Tom Kneebone appear in the summer of 1962 on the CBC Television series Vacation Time. The summer replacement series aired during the summer months in the place of regular children's programming that was on hiatus. Read More »
Posted on Oct 21, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In a 2009 episode of Battle of the Blades, Kurt Browning took to the ice in hockey skates for a special guest performance set to Frank Sinatra's Luck Be A Lady, choreographed by regular judge Sandra Bezic. Read More »
Posted on Oct 20, 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
For 32 years, Ernie Coombs played Mr. Dressup and opened the doors to a world of imagination when he lifted the lid on his famous Tickle Trunk and shared in the antics of his faithful puppet friends Casey and Finnegan. Read More »
Posted on Oct 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Steve Smith and Patrick McKenna protray the characters of Red Green and his nephew Harold on the Red Green Show. Red's motto was "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy" and believed anything could be fixed with duct tape. Read More »
Posted on Oct 18, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This week's special episode of Rewind will look at how CBC Radio has covered issues about and of concern to aboriginal people. Host Michael Enright will be joined be guest co-host Darrell Dennis. Read More »
Posted on Oct 17, 2011 10:17:59 AM
Kids' CBC puts families first with a groundbreaking roster of commercial-free preschool programming created by Canadians for Canadians. The weekday mornings programming celebrates the geographic and cultural diversity of our country. Read More »
Posted on Oct 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Matt Galloway is currently the new host of CBC Radio One 99.1's Metro Morning. Metro Morning is the audio version of Toronto's Yonge Street: a central urban artery that cuts through the heart of the city and beyond. Read More »
Posted on Oct 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On This is That, nothing is off limits - not politics, business, culture, justice, science nor religion. If it's relevant to Canadians, hosts Pat Kelly and Peter Oldring are committed to finding out the this and the that of the story. Read More »
Posted on Oct 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Justin Trudeau was a defender for a book included on Canada Reads 2003. Canada Reads started in 2001 and has become CBC's annual battle of the books, where five Canadian personalities select the book they think Canadians should read. Read More »
Posted on Oct 13, 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
Gordon Lightfoot made a guest appearance on The Tommy Hunter Show in 1981. Lightfoot and the band performed Shadows and Old Dan's Records. The Tommy Hunter Show air from 1965-1992 and featured Canadian and international country and western music stars. Read More »
Posted on Oct 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
For three hours a day, five days a week - for 15 years - millions tuned in to CBC Radio's Morningside and Peter Gzowski. Despite Gzowski's disheveled appearance, this beloved radio host cast his folksy charm across the country. Read More »
Posted on Oct 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Eleanor Wachtel joins Michael Enright on Rewind this week to look at how CBC Radio has nurtured a Canadian voice in literature. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Ron James Show is now in its third season. James has established himself as a uniquely Canadian, poetically charged stand-up comedian. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
While Royal Canadian Air Farce's knack for send-ups of politicians, pundits, and plebeians alike kept audiences laughing out loud for almost four decades, the troupe's own story has gone untold. Until now. Read More »
Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Radio demonstrations drew huge audiences in the early 1920s. Both Canada and the U.S. had established commercial stations and had scheduled broadcasts but most of the content on both sides of the border was American. Read More »
Posted on Oct 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Mercer goes bungee jumping in Whistler, B.C., with Man in Motion Rick Hansen on an episode of the Rick Mercer Report. Read More »
Posted on Oct 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Panel member Gordon Sinclair, Pierre Berton, Betty Kennedy and host Fred David pose in front of CBC-TV Studio 4 in Toronto to promote Front Page Challenge. Read More »
Posted on Oct 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
N'udu (Richard Yearwood) and JoJo (Grace Lynn Kung) do some important work the lab in an episode of InSecurity. The action comedy premiered in 2011. Read More »
Posted on Oct 6, 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
Hockey Night In Canada has been a national institution since 1952, when Foster Hewitt's familiar "Hello, Canada!" ushered hockey fans into the era of television. HNIC has since become the longest running and most influential sports program in Canadian history. Read More »
Posted on Oct 5, 2011 11:03:45 AM
For busy housewives in postwar Canada, Kate Aitken's singsong voice was a welcome diversion from their everyday duties. Three days a week, Mrs. A shared advice on cooking, child care and fashion and offered a perspective on women and politics. Read More »
Posted on Oct 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
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Jonathan Goldstein sits in the studio at Montreal CBC in August 2006. Goldstein is a Montreal writer and host of WireTap on CBC Radio One. Read More »
Posted on Oct 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Reach for the Top pitted Canada's brightest high school students against each other in a question and answer game. Topics that ranged from the classics to popular culture, from history to mathematics Read More »
Posted on Oct 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This week's episode of Rewind will look at the neighbourhoods, towns, cities and provinces that we call home as part of a special series looking at CBC's 75 years of history. Host Michael Enright will be joined by Peter Brown for the Oct. 6 episode. Read More »
Posted on Oct 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Preston Manning makes a guest appearance on Royal Canadian Air Farce. Manning made four guest appearances on Air Farce - one where he famously cackled about how he loved that word "Refoooooorm". Read More »
Posted on Oct 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Al Waxman shows off the lining of his blazer in the Sept. 28, 1976 episode of the King of Kensington. The popular series aired on CBC Television from 1975-1980. Read More »
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In 1966, CBC Television invited some of North America's greats blues performers to gather in a Toronto studio and record performances together and individually. The session lasted over three days and the results were originally televised as a 90-minute special of the CBC series, Festival. Read More »
Posted on Sep 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Set designers work on the sophisticated canal structure being used in the Twelfth Night production aired on CBC Television in 1964. Read More »
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mary Lou Finlay established herself as one of Canada's best-known journalists. Finlay began hosting a CBC Ottawa television magazine in 1970, three years after she graduated from the University of Ottawa. She first came to national attention in 1975. Read More »
Posted on Sep 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Johnny Wayne performs in a sketch on the Nov. 16, 1969 episode of the Wayne & Shuster show. Read More »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This title card was used for the children's program Butternut Square, which aired on CBC from 1964-1967. The show starred Ernie Coombs, who played Mr. Dressup. The character would go on to become one of the best known-names in children's programming. Read More »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
He adored Arrowroot cookies, Barbra Streisand and animals. He abhorred sunlight, the stage and airplanes. Eccentric, genius, solitary, head-strong, hypochondriac, virtuoso... all describe Glenn Herbert Gould, one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century. Read More »
Posted on Sep 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Staff work in the control room during the filming of a 1965 episode of This Hour Has Seven Days. The often controversial newsmagazine ran on CBC Television from 1964-66. Read More »
Posted on Sep 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Q host Jian Ghomeshi will act as co-host on the Sept. 26 episode of Rewind to look at arts and entertainment programming over CBC's 75 year history. Read More »
Posted on Sep 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A camera readies to film a model of a scenic backdrop for the television series of Blackfoot Country, which aired from 1954-1958. Read More »
Posted on Sep 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The cast of Royal Canadian Air Farce, Kids in the Hall and Brent Butt performed a doughnut shop sketch on the All-Star Comedy Homecoming. Read More »
Posted on Sep 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Singer Rosemary Clooney appeared on the CBC Television variety series Chrysler Festival in 1957. The Chrysler Festival was a variety miniseries that aired in 1957 and featured several concerts that were broadcast on television. Read More »
Posted on Sep 23, 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
Jack Medhurst goofs around while still in costume on the set of Look Ma, I'm Human. The musical satire aired on CBC in November 1957. Read More »
Posted on Sep 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The cast and crew of Julius Caesar shoot in Woodbridge, Ont., in 1966. Based on the William Shakespeare play, the movie starred Budd Knapp as Caesar. Read More »
Posted on Sep 21, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On Sept. 25, 2011 legendary pianist Glenn Gould would've marked his 79th birthday. To commemorate this anniversary, CBC will release a comprehensive DVD collection - Glenn Gould on Television: The Complete CBC Broadcasts. Read More »
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 1:24:16 PM
Singer Jann Arden makes a guest appearance on the Royal Canadian Air Farce in 1997 to fire the Chicken Cannon with Col. Stacey, played by Don Ferguson. Read More »
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This costume sketch was used for a the 1975 production of the Nutcracker, which aired on Dec. 17, 1975. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet production was produced by Norman Campbell and aired on Musicamera. Read More »
Posted on Sep 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC Radio 3 host Grant Lawrence spends some time with Kids' CBC musical star Mamma Yamma in the studio for a special New Year's recording. Read More »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC Radio's history of sports coverage will be the theme Rewind host Michael Enright and special guest host Robin Brown tackle on Sept. 22. Read More »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Bob McDonald has been communicating science internationally through television, radio, print and live presentations for more than 30 years. Although he doesn't have a formal background in science - his academic background includes studies in theatre, English and philosophy - his career took a scientific turn when he got a job at the Ontario Science Centre. Read More »
Posted on Sep 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Chef Jonathan Chovancek gives away healthy groceries in Taylor, B.C., as part of Village on a Diet. The 2011 documentary series chronicles the progress of a village that has vowed to lose a literal ton of weight in three months. Read More »
Posted on Sep 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Beyond Reason provided a psychic take on Front Page Challenge. Armed only with a birth chart, a handwriting sample and a personal possession, the panel tries to guess the identity of hidden guests. Read More »
Posted on Sep 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Members of the CBC Radio Orchestra rehearse in Vancouver in 2007. Until the 1980s, CBC had a number of orchestras based in Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax but they were slowly eliminated due to budget cuts. Read More »
Posted on Sep 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Most shows were filmed before live audiences in the early days of television. Here the camera and sound crew record a puppet show on the Wayne & Shuster Hour in 1958. Read More »
Posted on Sep 15, 2011 2:01:32 PM
Jian Ghomeshi hosts the popular CBC Radio One and bold TV show, Q. Q is an energetic daily arts, culture and entertainment magazine that covers pop arts and the high arts alike. Read More »
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
From the '60s to the '90s, Adrienne Clarkson was a CBC journalist and a celebrated television personality. Engaged with current affairs, she demystified a variety of social issues while presenting balanced ideas from across the ideological spectrum. Read More »
Posted on Sep 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
22 Minutes has been a long-time favourite by CBC viewers. So many will be surprised to find out the beloved series was never meant to go beyond six episodes. "22 Minutes was never supposed to be a series," says original cast member Rick Mercer. "It's one of the few TV shows were there wasn't any mechanism in place for it to become a series." Read More »
Posted on Sep 13, 2011 2:51:02 PM
An elaborate camera system was brought inside a small arena to shoot part of Hockey: A People's History. Read More »
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Shift host Tom Allen joins Michael Enright on the Sept. 15 episode of Rewind to look at music over CBC's 75 year history. Read More »
Posted on Sep 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Tommy Hunter participates in a special performance marking CBC's 25th anniversary. Hunter starred on The Tommy Hunter Show, which initially aired on radio before moving to television in 1965-1992. Read More »
Posted on Sep 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Want to know how to pitch a radio news story in 1956? These pages come from the style guide published for freelancers wanting to submit stories to CBC News Roundup in the 1950s. The show was produced daily in Toronto and broadcast at 10 p.m. ET. Read More »
Posted on Sep 11, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Monitors in the studio display the on-air action at CBC News: Morning in 2007. Anchor Harry Forestell is in the studios in Toronto while correspondent Adrienne Arsenault reports from the London bureau. Read More »
Posted on Sep 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC staff push a camera along a specially built track at one of the event events at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. The coverage was the most ambitious project the CBC had ever tackled up to that point. Read More »
Posted on Sep 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
John Morgan appears as Mike from Canmore on an episode of Royal Canadian Air Farce. Mike was known for his slow and bewildered statement of "I'm Mike .... from Canmore". Read More »
Posted on Sep 8, 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
George Stroumboulopoulos interviews a flood-affected family at an internally displaced person camp in Larkana, Pakistan. Read More »
Posted on Sep 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Anne Murray auditioned for Singalong Jubilee on CBC-TV in 1964 but wasn't offered a part on the popular program. But, two years later, she auditioned again and was offered a spot on the show, which helped launch her career. Read More »
Posted on Sep 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A cameraman gets up to his waist in water during the filming of the Magnificent Gift. The 1970 documentary looked at the founding of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670. Read More »
Posted on Sep 6, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The tapes of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's funeral arrive at Shearwater RCAF in Nova Scotia on Jan. 30, 1965. Read More »
Posted on Sep 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rewind host Michael Enright will be joined by Shelagh Rogers on the Sept. 8 episode of the show, which will be exploring some of the personalities who have graced the airwaves of CBC Radio. Read More »
Posted on Sep 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Steven Sabados and Chris Hyndman host the successful talk show Steven and Chris.
The dynamic duo chats about topics ranging from entertainment to home decor. Read More »
Posted on Sep 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The CBC Programme Schedule includes a list of program highlights for the week of Oct. 1, 1939 and also summarizes CBC's plans for covering the emerging war crisis, at the onset of the Second World War. Read More »
Posted on Sep 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Newfoundland funnyman Shaun Majumder tries out a tractor for an episode of Shaun's Great Adventure. Read More »
Posted on Sep 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
From eating disorders, drug abuse and racism to domestic violence, homosexuality and teen pregnancy, Degrassi Junior High isn't afraid to tackle touchy subjects, making it a favourite for fans and TV critics alike. Read More »
Posted on Sep 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A cameraman stands on a platform to film the final day of the 1959 royal tour during the presentation of the Colours to the navy on Citadel Hill in Halifax. Read More »
Posted on Sep 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Martin Lavut goes up the steps on the elaborate set of the 1960 production of the Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz. Read More »
Posted on Sep 1, 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
Ann MacMillan talks on the phone at CBC's London bureau in 2007.MacMillan has served as the managing editor of the bureau since 1981. Read More »
Posted on Aug 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Roddy goes up a ladder to help Hammy decorate the house for a party in the children's program Tales of the Riverbank. Read More »
Posted on Aug 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Sook-Yin Lee hosts Definitely Not the Opera and Your DNTO on CBC Radio One. Definitely Not the Opera is a pop culture magazine that airs every Saturday. Your DNTO airs on Tuesdays, blending the best of the Saturday show with listeners' stories. Read More »
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On the Sept. 1 episode of Rewind, host Michael Enright will be joined by Garvia Bailey to explore the theme of immigration and multiculturalism in Canada. Read More »
Posted on Aug 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC producer Eithne Black received a Peabody Award for the 1979 production, The Longest Journey in the series called Open Circuit. It was CBC's first Peabody win - but it has received several since. Read More »
Posted on Aug 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In 2005, Jack Layton participated in a new feature on the Mercer Report called My Riding, where members of Parliament showed the host what was so great about their riding. Mercer's riding is Toronto-Danforth and Layton his MP. Read More »
Posted on Aug 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Cameraman Blake Connor films an Argus Airplane flypast as Singalong Jubilee films at Greenwood Arm Forces Base in Nova Scotia in 1969. Read More »
Posted on Aug 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A CBC host anchors the desk of the elaborate set used for the coverage of the 1979 election. Read More »
Posted on Aug 25, 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
Deedee, Rooney and Moe Doodle are the Doodlebops - young musical sensations with loads of enthusiasm, tonnes of talent and oodles of energy. Read More »
Posted on Aug 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
John A: Birth of a Country is set to air on CBC Television on Sept. 19. It depicts two men, each profoundly committed to his own views, in an epic battle to dominate the shape of Canada's future. Read More »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 8:15:00 AM
Billy Bob Thornton and his band, The Boxmasters, appears on Q with host Jian Ghomeshi. The now infamous interview saw a stand-offish Thornton refusing to answer questions. Read More »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Tommy Hunter Show had a 27-year run from 1965-1992 and featured Canadian and international country and western music stars. To many of his fans, Hunter was known as "Canada's Country Gentleman". Read More »
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
On any ordinary day in Canada, extraordinary things happen. Canadians have remarkable stories to tell. And for the past 75 years, the CBC has enabled us to share those stories with each other. Read More »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 11:32:51 AM
Rube Hornstein gives the forecast on the first edition of Newsday in Halifax. Read More »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The first episode of Rewind's special CBC 75th anniversary series will air on Aug. 25. Host Michael Enright will be joined by Carol Off, host of As It Happens, to look at the theme of celebration. Read More »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
David Suzuki is an award-winning scientist, environmentalist and broadcaster who explains the complexities of the natural sciences in a compelling and easily understood way. He is celebrating his 75th birthday this year too. Read More »
Posted on Aug 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mallory (Jessica Amlee) watches as Ty (Graham Wardle) cares for his and Amy's orphaned foal in a 2009 episode of Heartland. The series began airing in 2007. Read More »
Posted on Aug 21, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Peggy Nairn sits in a control room at CBC's former Church Street studios. Nairn was one of CBC's first female television producers in the 1950s. Read More »
Posted on Aug 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC/Radio-Canada will turn 75 on Nov. 2 and is hosting 75 days of multi-platform programs and events to mark the occasion. Read More »
Posted on Aug 19, 2011 8:30:43 AM
Sitara Hewitt and Zaib Shaikh appear as their characters Rayyan Hamoudi and Amaar Rashi on Little Mosque on the Prairie. Read More »
Posted on Aug 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jefferson Airplane appears on Rock Scene Like It Is in October 1967. The special broadcast featured several musical performances, including the Doors, Dionne Warwick, Sergio Mendes, Brasil 66, Eric Andersen and a big band led by Don Thompson. Read More »
Posted on Aug 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mamma Yamma is a yam with two passions - food and music. From her now famous kitchen in the heart of urban Toronto, Mamma uses food as a springboard for learning. Read More »
Posted on Aug 18, 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
Bob Homme, gives a glimpse of his private life, allowing a music session to be photographed in his home with his wife Esther, children and dog. Read More »
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
As k.d. lang's music career was just beginning to take flight, she was also working as a member of the regular guest cast on Country West, which aired on CBC in 1986. Read More »
Posted on Aug 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mick Jagger performs at the April 25, 1965 Rolling Stones concert at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. The band was featured on the Music Hop on CBC Television that week. Read More »
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This sketch was created by costume designers working on Royal Gambit. It shows the design of a costume to be worn by the Henry VIII character. Read More »
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
An extraordinary event is coming to CBC Television on Sunday, Aug. 21, when the network airs the two-hour documentary special 1 Day. It provides a unique 24-hour snapshot of the country that captures moments of tension, triumph, longing and love. Read More »
Posted on Aug 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King makes a guest appearance on the CBC Television program Sunday on April 16, 1967. Read More »
Posted on Aug 15, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Mercer gets his 'Celebrity Tip' from Canadian author Margaret Atwood in a 2005 episode of the Rick Mercer Report. Read More »
Posted on Aug 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This season preview flyer was produced for the 1967-68 season, advertising the television programming that was scheduled to be available on CBC. Read More »
Posted on Aug 14, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Children's entertainer Fred Penner appears on Mr. Dressup with Ernie Coombs. Read More »
Posted on Aug 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Bill Cosby stops by Take 30 to chat with host Paul Soles in 1969. During the interview, with a cigar in hand, Cosby describes the pitfalls of sudden fame and professes a love for Air Canada. Read More »
Posted on Aug 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Peter Mansbridge served as Knowlton Nash's substitute anchor on The National. In 1987, Nash voluntarily gave up his position as anchor after Mansbridge was reportedly being recruited by a U.S. network. Read More »
Posted on Aug 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Winnipeg band, The Guess Who, worked as the house band of CBC-TV's Let's Go for two years beginning in 1967. They performed on a May 1968 CBC Show of the Week special, hosted by one of the CBC's first bona fide stars - Juliette. Read More »
Posted on Aug 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In celebration of CBC's 75th anniversary, MusicFest Vancouver is presenting a choral extravaganza that brings together some of the city's favourite and award-winning choral ensembles for a performance of Vancouver Sings. Read More »
Posted on Aug 11, 2011 11:36:42 AM
The Halifax Police were on hand at the Central Commons as tapes of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's funeral arrived on Jan. 30, 1965. Read More »
Posted on Aug 11, 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
Howard the Turtle lays lifeless as his puppeteer John Keogh and actress Michele Finney take a break to check the script on the set of Razzle Dazzle in November 1963. Read More »
Posted on Aug 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The award-winning Tabloid graphic is featured in the television section of the annual. It was produced by art director David Mackay for CBC Television. It was hosted by Dick MacDougal and weatherman Percy Saltzman. Read More »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In celebration of CBC Radio's 75 years of existence, Rewind will be broadcasting a 12-part series that looks at CBC's evolution into one of the world's most respected public broadcasters. Read More »
Posted on Aug 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This collection of memories was put together during the CBC's 50th anniversary in 1986. The document, entitled Behind the Scenes: Pioneers and Performers, stories of 12 individuals who worked with CBC during its early days of television of radio. Read More »
Posted on Aug 7, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A CBC engineer sets up his mobile recording equipment to record the bells of the famous St. Thomas Cathedral in Ortona, Italy. Read More »
Posted on Aug 6, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Security deals with excited female fans who charged the stage at the Sept. 7, 1964 performance by The Beatles at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. Read More »
Posted on Aug 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
American entertainer and pianist Liberace appeared on Chrysler Festival on CBC-TV on April 17, 1957, accompanied by his brother, violinist George Liberace. The Chrysler Festival was a variety miniseries that aired in 1957 and featured several live concerts that were broadcast on television. Read More »
Posted on Aug 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Mercer's tightly scripted two-minute rants see him speaking directly into the camera about a current political issue. They quickly became a signature segment on 22 Minutes. Read More »
Posted on Aug 4, 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
Radio commentator Jean Hinds speaks with Mrs. Bastedo, wife of Saskatchewan's then lieutenant governor Frank Bastedo in a broadcast of women's programming. Read More »
Posted on Aug 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A 15-year-old Michael J. Fox played Jamie on the CBC sitcom Leo and Me. The series focused on the misadventures of Jamie and his uncle Leo - with Leo using his charm and Jamie using his quick-mind to keep ahead of too much trouble. Read More »
Posted on Aug 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas play the characters of Bob and Doug McKenzie. The fictional Canadian brothers appeared on SCTV's third season on CBC. Read More »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Second World War was the era in CBC's history that it most closely functioned as an arm of government. The features department in Halifax was charged with the presentation of propaganda and information broadcasts for the duration of the war. Read More »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Forest Rangers was the first Canadian television show produced entirely in colour. The show focused on a group of Junior Rangers who take over an abandoned fort near the village of Indian River in northern Ontario. Read More »
Posted on Aug 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Robert Bockstael, Dixie Seatle and Stephen Ouimette take direction from James Roy while recording the six-part radio drama Losing Paradise. Read More »
Posted on Aug 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
An elaborate set up is used to be able to film this walking interview for Country Calendar. Country Calendar began in 1954 and remained on CBC for 54 years. Read More »
Posted on Jul 31, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC News chief correspondent Peter Mansbridge works on a computer while on-location in Afghanistan. Read More »
Posted on Jul 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Men in the year 2000 didn't have much to look forward to, according to this 1961 episode of Sports College on CBC Radio. They should expect to be weaker and fatter than they were in 1961, according to the host of the fitness program. Read More »
Posted on Jul 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Glenn Anderson and Isabelle Brasseur perform in the first season of CBC Television's Battle of the Blades at Toronto's historic Maple Leaf Gardens in 2009. Read More »
Posted on Jul 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Arcade Fire band members Win Butler, Regine Chassagne and Richard Parry appear on CBC's QTV in 2010 ahead of the release of their third studio album. The award-winning Montreal-based band came to prominence after they released their 2004 album Funeral. Read More »
Posted on Jul 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Puppeteer Judith Lawrence poses with her beloved characters, Casey and Finnegan. Read More »
Posted on Jul 28, 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
You think of Lorne Michaels and you think of Saturday Night Live. But Michaels got his start on CBC. The producer, writer and comedian was born in Toronto (born Lorne Lipowitz) and graduated from the University of Toronto in 1966 before beginning his career as a broadcaster on CBC Radio. Read More »
Posted on Jul 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Mystery guest Eleanor Roosevelt towers above Front Page Challenge panelists Gordon Sinclair, Toby Robins, Pierre Berton and guest panelist Marguerite Higgins. Read More »
Posted on Jul 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This Is That is a current affairs program that doesn't just talk about the issues - it fabricates them. The popular radio program only launched in 2010 and it has already garnered significant attention, earning a nomination in the radio category of the Canadian Comedy Awards slated for October. Read More »
Posted on Jul 26, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Matthew Halton, a correspondent with CBC's Overseas Unit during the Second World War, takes cover behind a destroyed German tank. Read More »
Posted on Jul 25, 2011 6:00:00 AM
When Expo 67 opened on April 27, it was a gleaming futuristic spectacle and a dazzling international success. On two giant islands in the St. Lawrence River more than 50 million visitors and 30,000 journalists were presented with a vision of the future. Read More »
Posted on Jul 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The Reverend Jim Bevel, a key member of the civil rights movement, speaks with Georgia Ku Klux Klan Grand Dragon Calvin Craig as interviewer Robert Hoyt looks on. Read More »
Posted on Jul 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Radio Canada International journalist Hanna Nowakowski interviews John Lennon and Yoko Ono at their 1969 "bed-in" at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal. Read More »
Posted on Jul 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A CBC technician looks at the levels on a giant panel used at the Montreal Olympics in 1976. Orange and blue CBC logo uniforms were issued to all coverage staff. Read More »
Posted on Jul 21, 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
Norman Jewison is an Oscar-winning director, who is considered a laureate of the film lens. He is a fierce supporter of the Canadian film industry. But younger moviegoers may have forgotten that before becoming a maverick director, Jewison cut his teeth in television at the CBC. Read More »
Posted on Jul 20, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jean Chretien and Pamela Wallin meet their alter egos played by Roger Abbott and Luba Goy on a 1997 episode of Royal Canadian Air Farce. Read More »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A Journey Back focuses on the story of a Holocaust survivor Jack Garfein, a New York off-Broadway producer who is brought back to his hometown in Slovakia for the first time and then to the Auschwitz and Birkenhau death camps in Poland to discover his past. Read More »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
While Canadian troops were still training in the early days of the Second World War, a spontaneous idea emerged to record servicemen's messages to loved ones back home. The segment set a precedent for CBC programming during the early days of Canada's involvement in the war. Canadians were thrilled to hear the voices of their sons, brothers and husbands. Read More »
Posted on Jul 19, 2011 6:00:00 AM
TV News features editor King Brown interviews a local woman during CBC Television coverage of the 1956 mining disaster in Springhill, N.S. Read More »
Posted on Jul 18, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Before becoming known as a sportscaster and a co-host of Marketplace, Tom Harrington was Kinda Kountry on CBC-TV. Harrington sang as a backup singer on the St. John's production that was co-hosted by his sister. Read More »
Posted on Jul 18, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Hockey Night in Canada began broadcasting on CBC Television in 1952. In the 1950s, the telecast join a game in progress at 9 p.m. ET. Read More »
Posted on Jul 17, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC first commissioned Anne of Green Gables to be made into a television film in 1956. The musical was based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's beloved novel. Read More »
Posted on Jul 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In a solemn Sept. 3, 1939 address titled "Canada at the side of Britain," Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King speaks to his country. Earlier the same day, King George VI declared war on Germany. Canada will follow suit a week later as a sovereign nation. Read More »
Posted on Jul 16, 2011 6:00:00 AM
A cameraman follows after a skater while filming for the 2006 documentary, Hockey: A People's History. Read More »
Posted on Jul 15, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Jim Morrison and the Doors appeared on Rock Scene Like It Is in October 1967. It represents the Doors only Canadian television appearance. Read More »
Posted on Jul 15, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Alain Trudel conducts the CBC Radio Orchestra. The Vancouver-based orchestra was originally founded in 1938 as the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra. Read More »
Posted on Jul 14, 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
The Newsroom was an award-winning comedy series that aired on CBC Television for three seasons, beginning in 1996. Read More »
Posted on Jul 13, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC radio reported the live results from the federal election in 1958. John Diefenbaker won the largest ever majority government in Canadian history. Read More »
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This graphic was used in a 1991 episode of Front Page Challenge. Deborah Grey, the first Reform candidate to earn a seat in the House of Commons, was the guest on Feb. 8, 1991 episode. Read More »
Posted on Jul 12, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Andy Barrie talks on the phone in the offices of Metro Morning on CBC Radio One. Barrie served as host of Toronto's Metro Morning from 1995 until February 2010. Read More »
Posted on Jul 10, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In parade of comic voices, Robin Williams has the studio audience at CBC-TV's 90 Minutes Live in stitches in this 1978 clip. Even when he settles into the guest's chair for a chat with host Peter Gzowski, Williams can't turn off his shtick. Read More »
Posted on Jul 9, 2011 2:08:35 PM
Composer Igor Stravinsky enjoys rock star-like status as he departs CBC after conducting the CBC Symphony Orchestra for a special, Stravinsky at Eighty. Read More »
Posted on Jul 9, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Farm commentator Jack McPherson reads on the air from the International Plowing Match in Goderich Ont., in 1946. Farm Forum broadcasts were aimed at getting farmers talking. Read More »
Posted on Jul 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Paul Shaffer and Ashley MacIsaac perform with Rita MacNeil in a 1996 episode of Rita & Friends. The series ran on CBC from 1994-1997 as a variety show that featured many musical artists. Read More »
Posted on Jul 8, 2011 6:00:00 AM
June Sampson, moderator Elwy Yost and Gayle Gerber appear on panel-game show, The Superior Sex, on June 29, 1961. Read More »
Posted on Jul 7, 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
Though Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood is often thought of as an American program - it actually all started on CBC. Fred Rogers came to Canada in 1963 to develop the children's series Misterogers. Read More »
Posted on Jul 6, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Glenn Gould and technician Lorne Tulk take some time out in the studio, in this photograph from the 1970s. Read More »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
This 1966 graphic was used for Hockey Night in Canada, which marked the first season the games were broadcast in colour. Read More »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
As Vinyl Cafe host and author Stuart McLean records his CBC 75th anniversary program in Orillia, Ont., on July 29-30, he is going to give the audience a chance to pick what Dave and Morley stories they want to hear. Read More »
Posted on Jul 5, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Ernie Coombs does a drawing while filming an episode of Mr. Dressup. Mr. Dressup was produced by CBC Television from 1967-1996. Read More »
Posted on Jul 4, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Paul Martin turns the camera on Rick Mercer while filming a segment for the Rick Mercer Report. Mercer visited the then-prime minister at 24 Sussex in Ottawa in 2005. Read More »
Posted on Jul 3, 2011 6:00:00 AM
The crew works to film a scene for Canada: A People's History. The 17-episode, 32-hour documentary series aired on CBC Television from October 2000 - November 2001. Read More »
Posted on Jul 2, 2011 6:00:00 AM
CBC reporters gather at the farewell dinner for Queen Elizabeth in 1959. During the 45-day tour the Queen visited every province and territory and made her first live appearance on Canadian television. Read More »
Posted on Jul 1, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Teacher Robert Kennedy was one of the first teachers involved with CBC's school telecasts. The Canadian School Telecasts were broadcast twice a week during the academic year from 1954-1984 Read More »
Posted on Jun 30, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Donna Lajeunesse and Tamara Fifield are bid farewell by the top 4 finalists contending for the coveted role of Maria von Trapp in the musical The Sound of Music. Read More »
Posted on Jun 29, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Bruno Gerussi and Robert Clothier play the characters of Nick Adonidas and Relic on the Beachcombers. The popular series aired on CBC Television from 1972-1990. Read More »
Posted on Jun 28, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Guillaume Cote dances in Moving to His Music: The Two Muses of Guillaume Cote on Opening Night on CBC Television. Read More »
Posted on Jun 27, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Colin Mochrie (left) and his real-life pal guest star Wayne Brady take a photo break in full-costume ahead of a 2005 shooting of an episode of Getting Along Famously. Read More »
Posted on Jun 24, 2011 6:00:00 AM
Space Command was CBC Television's first dramatic series. The science fiction adventure series aired in 1953-54 and featured life on the fictional space station of XSW1. Read More »
Posted on Jun 23, 2011 6:00:00 AM
In this 1975 photo, Al Waxman goofs around in Kensington Market while taking a break on-location in the Toronto production of the King of Kensington. The popular series aired on CBC Television from 1975-1980. Read More »
Posted on Jun 22, 2011 6:00:00 AM
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