1976 in Canadian television

The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1976. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.

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Events

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Date Event
July 17 Lloyd Robertson leaves CBC Television's The National to become co-anchor (with Harvey Kirck) and later solo anchor of the CTV National News.
August 1 The 1976 Summer Olympics are broadcast worldwide, from Montreal, Quebec, drawing an estimated 1 billion viewers.
October 21 The 1976 Canadian Film Awards airs on CTV.

Debuts

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Show Station Premiere Date
90 Minutes Live CBC Television April 19
Pencil Box
The New Avengers CTV
Let's Go September 1
Second City Television Global September 21
Bluff October 6
A Gift to Last CBC Television December 19

Ending this year

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Show Station Cancelled
This Is the Law CBC Television April 6
House of Pride Unknown
Excuse My French CTV

Television shows

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1950s

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1960s

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1970s

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TV movies

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  • The Insurance Man from Ingersoll
  • Kathy Karuks Is a Grizzly Bear
  • A Nest of Shadows
  • Of the Fields, Lately
  • A Thousand Moons
  • What We Have Here Is a People Problem

Television stations

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Debuts

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Date Market Station Channel Affiliation Notes/References
July 16 Windsor, Ontario CBEFT 78 Radio-Canada (O&O) Shut down August 1, 2012
July 28 Lloydminster, Alberta-Sask. CITL-TV 4 CTV [1]
August 29 Trois-Rivieres, Quebec CHEM-TV 8 TVA [2]
September 1 Vancouver, British Columbia CKVU-TV 21 Independent [3]
September 27 CBUFT 26 Radio-Canada (O&O) [4]
Regina, Saskatchewan CBKFT 13 [5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ “CITL-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. ^ “CHEM-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  3. ^ “CKVU-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  4. ^ “CBUFT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  5. ^ “CBKFT-DT Station History”. Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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