At my former cottage in northern New Hampshire, I could view the Sherbrooke Station on Vhf, I can't remember the channel. I found the CBC news very professional. This was in the 1980's. I no longer have the cottage.
Yep, you're right, TV Guy. CFAC-TV Ch 2 was the CBC affiliate until CBRT was put on the air in 1975. CFAC became independent and I assume it somehow morphed into Global Calgary.
I lived in London, and we received CTV from Kitchener.
Until 1960, EVERY TV station in Canada was required to be a CBC affiliate, including CKCO Kitchener, CHCH Hamilton, CFCN Calgary, CJON Newfoundland, CKMI Quebec City. Then, CTV was created, CHCH went independent, and CKCO switched to CTV; it and CFPL then boosted their signal strength to reach each other's city.
Actually, CHCT (now CICT, Global Calgary) was the original Calgary CBC affiliate. CFCN started out in 1960 as an independent (it was never affiliated with CBC) before it joined CTV a year later.
I saw this all the time back in the late 60s-early 70s, preceding TV shows like "U.F.O." from Britain, or The Starlost. The jingle that went with it was briefly used on CFPL London to indicate one of their on-air contests (at which point people immediately start phoning the station to try to get to play the contest).
I think, for the time, it was okay. Not as complex as NBC's peacock or CBS's logo (which you can see on DVDs of Hogans Heroes first season).
It reminds me of a time when you could get lots of good shows without a cable or satellite hookup. My family lived in the Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario, so we were able to get excellent signals from Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo, and hit-or-miss signals from Rochester, Kitchener and Barrie. Today, all the good shows (and there aren't as many out there as there was 30 or 40 years ago) could only be found on cable or satellite. Local TV's full of infomercials and crap.
i remember how exciting ti was when this intro came on...well when we finally had a color tv that it is...before that i used to get so frustrated...my first tv program in color was I dream of Jeanie...but the most exciting of all was the first Hockey night in canada game i saw in color...Montreal vs Boston on a then wednesday night HNIC broadcast....used to be two games a week back then SAT and WED.
Actually, the letters would appear within those shapes at the end of a show, with the words Television Network underneath. This was before the lower-right-hanging shadow took over for the words.
Sometimes, the words "The Color Network" appeared under the letters (in place of "Television Network") and the voice over (same announcer you heard on this clip) would say "This is the Canadian Television Network, CTV".
Earl Mann had a wonderful speaking voice. It's slightly raspy, but it was distinctive and memorable as far as I'm concerned. It was a comforting presence while I was growing up.
I'm sure that his voice also appeared on other projects. As for CTV, his voice was about as ubiquitous as Nick Hollinrake's and Dave Devall's for many years. At my household, the Canadian network that was on almost all the time was CTV for a whole host of reasons. (We only tuned in to CBC for its kids shows and The National with Lloyd Robertson, who is now a prominent fixture on CTV.)
Though I respect today's innovations in graphic design, there was nothing quite like the announcements we saw back in the day. Some scared little kids, yes, but those same now-grown young viewers fondly remember them today.
I'm too young to remember this bumper slide when it first came out, but once I saw it, I liked it. However, it pales by comparison with the NBC Peacock from the same era. (LOL, NBC considered using a butterfly rather than the peacock circa 1954, predating the CBC's "in color" bumper by about 10 to 12 years.)
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I remember that logo, & hated it even then! I suppose it's abstract or something rediculously indicative of the era. It looks like blobs & boxes of nothing.
The five Ws of investigative reporting...Who, What, Where, When and Why. It premiered not long after the demise of a similar program that aired on rival network CBC called "This Hour Has Seven Days".
An actual answer: W5 is a newsmagazine on CTV that's been on the air since 1966, two years before 60 Minutes, making it North America's oldest newsmagazine show.
With several format changes nonetheless. The first seasons looked similar to This Hour Has Seven Days, which was an innovative if controversial and rather cheeky show for its time.
"A CTV program in colour"...very beautiful sounder from 1969...and a great find! In fact, when colour TV came to Canada in 1966, CTV was more serious about colour than CBC, even though CBC was first to put out a colour program on Canada Day of that year. CTV waited three more months to put out its first colour program.
I agree, mrceleb2006. I heard somewhere that CTV was on the verge of bankruptcy around 1965, but it must have rebounded enough by 1969-70 to afford color productions that more than matched CBC's offerings. Since CTV was also a private broadcaster (the CBC was and still is a Crown Corporation), it eventually had the means to buy the then-more expensive color television technology. However, it wasn't to the level of American television until the early 1970s, especially at some local stations
In 1958, the Conservative government under John Diefenbaker created the Board of Broadcast Governors, the CRTC's predecessor. The CBC at the time had a monopoly in Canadian television, which irked a private broadcasters and others who supported private (as opposed to government) enterprise. Only three years later, CTV was established as something of a consortium of private TV stations, including Toronto's CFTO.
Even with the private competition, CBC stations still attracted large audiences into the late 1960s and early 1970s. For a time, CTV had to make-do with lower-budget programming or American imports, and almost went under around 1965. Even around the time this animation aired, CTV was looking for ways to save money. (That's why you had, well, gems like The Trouble with Tracy around 1970 or 1971.) But, as they say, the best was yet to come.
someone should try to reverse that one
lpbgtr 8 months ago
how did you taped this?
in the 60s no vcrs until late 70s
cameron20101000 8 months ago
@cameron20101000
When W5 was celebrating its 25th anniversary, they aired a special which I taped. The CTV Colour bumper came from that.
xanthochromic 8 months ago
Holy fuc**ng shit. Since when did they start broadcasting tv in colour.
vistarox 10 months ago
That accent! Gotta do something about that accent.
quantumleap7219 11 months ago
At my former cottage in northern New Hampshire, I could view the Sherbrooke Station on Vhf, I can't remember the channel. I found the CBC news very professional. This was in the 1980's. I no longer have the cottage.
jimbobubbadj 2 years ago
Yep, you're right, TV Guy. CFAC-TV Ch 2 was the CBC affiliate until CBRT was put on the air in 1975. CFAC became independent and I assume it somehow morphed into Global Calgary.
qudskabp 2 years ago
Yeah...they were independent and were known as Calgary 7 in the 1990s under WIC ownership, and then were sold to Global in 2000.
tvlondon 2 years ago
@tvlondon Global bought WIC in 2000.
denelson83 1 year ago
I lived in London, and we received CTV from Kitchener.
Until 1960, EVERY TV station in Canada was required to be a CBC affiliate, including CKCO Kitchener, CHCH Hamilton, CFCN Calgary, CJON Newfoundland, CKMI Quebec City. Then, CTV was created, CHCH went independent, and CKCO switched to CTV; it and CFPL then boosted their signal strength to reach each other's city.
qudskabp 2 years ago
Actually, CHCT (now CICT, Global Calgary) was the original Calgary CBC affiliate. CFCN started out in 1960 as an independent (it was never affiliated with CBC) before it joined CTV a year later.
VancouverTVGuy 2 years ago
I saw this all the time back in the late 60s-early 70s, preceding TV shows like "U.F.O." from Britain, or The Starlost. The jingle that went with it was briefly used on CFPL London to indicate one of their on-air contests (at which point people immediately start phoning the station to try to get to play the contest).
I think, for the time, it was okay. Not as complex as NBC's peacock or CBS's logo (which you can see on DVDs of Hogans Heroes first season).
qudskabp 2 years ago
1865
trishagg 2 years ago
Daswe 1800
InlandRCG 2 years ago
where did you find this
prckay 2 years ago
Oh Wow!! I was hoping to see this
again one day. It reminds me of the
year 1966 when our family first got
Cablevision. :)
yockybunny 2 years ago
It reminds me of a time when you could get lots of good shows without a cable or satellite hookup. My family lived in the Golden Horseshoe area of Ontario, so we were able to get excellent signals from Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo, and hit-or-miss signals from Rochester, Kitchener and Barrie. Today, all the good shows (and there aren't as many out there as there was 30 or 40 years ago) could only be found on cable or satellite. Local TV's full of infomercials and crap.
markojameow 2 years ago
The network around that time had a promotional jingle with the tagline "It's happening... on CTV" that used the same tune.
brithgob 3 years ago
i remember how exciting ti was when this intro came on...well when we finally had a color tv that it is...before that i used to get so frustrated...my first tv program in color was I dream of Jeanie...but the most exciting of all was the first Hockey night in canada game i saw in color...Montreal vs Boston on a then wednesday night HNIC broadcast....used to be two games a week back then SAT and WED.
ldhorricks 3 years ago 2
Look, ma, no letters!
Actually, the letters would appear within those shapes at the end of a show, with the words Television Network underneath. This was before the lower-right-hanging shadow took over for the words.
AllRequired 3 years ago
Sometimes, the words "The Color Network" appeared under the letters (in place of "Television Network") and the voice over (same announcer you heard on this clip) would say "This is the Canadian Television Network, CTV".
xanthochromic 3 years ago
This ident likely ran from 1966-1970.
Neville6000 3 years ago
Or "This is the CTV Television Network."
AllRequired 3 years ago
I remember Earl Mann saying that aforementioned phrase during a 1979 CTV network ID without any music or animation.
mrceleb2006 2 years ago
Earl Mann had a wonderful speaking voice. It's slightly raspy, but it was distinctive and memorable as far as I'm concerned. It was a comforting presence while I was growing up.
markojameow 2 years ago
He was also one of the voices of NFL Films during the 1980s and 1990s.
mrceleb2006 2 years ago
I'm sure that his voice also appeared on other projects. As for CTV, his voice was about as ubiquitous as Nick Hollinrake's and Dave Devall's for many years. At my household, the Canadian network that was on almost all the time was CTV for a whole host of reasons. (We only tuned in to CBC for its kids shows and The National with Lloyd Robertson, who is now a prominent fixture on CTV.)
markojameow 2 years ago 2
I like the music,cool fanfare!Never even heard of this channel til recently.I remember watching CBC though,at my Grandma's in Detroit.
PreviewSubscription 3 years ago
i really enjoy these graphics as opposed to the ultra clean CGI stuff from today.
twinpinesmall 3 years ago 14
Note how the circle fits nicely in the square, but all three vertices of the triangle fall outside the square's boundaries.
88HJS 3 years ago
Though I respect today's innovations in graphic design, there was nothing quite like the announcements we saw back in the day. Some scared little kids, yes, but those same now-grown young viewers fondly remember them today.
markojameow 3 years ago 3
Man, do I remember this opening when I was a kid.
sarniatownreggae 3 years ago
I'm too young to remember this bumper slide when it first came out, but once I saw it, I liked it. However, it pales by comparison with the NBC Peacock from the same era. (LOL, NBC considered using a butterfly rather than the peacock circa 1954, predating the CBC's "in color" bumper by about 10 to 12 years.)
markojameow 3 years ago 2
Looks very much like the ABC in Color logo!
mr3urious 4 years ago 2
My family didn't have a colour TV until about the mid-way through the 1980s.
CelesteK 4 years ago
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I remember that logo, & hated it even then! I suppose it's abstract or something rediculously indicative of the era. It looks like blobs & boxes of nothing.
beenie3 4 years ago
Fair comment.
tvlondon 3 years ago
I haven't seen this since 1974! That was first introduction to the CTV logo!
diesfaustus 4 years ago 5
OOPS! I meant to say "my first introduction".
diesfaustus 4 years ago
"W5" that sounds soooo friggin cool. Its sounds like car lubricant...which would be perfect for a hard-hitting no holds barred type talk show.
RideMyBMW 4 years ago 2
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Sorry, but the CBC butterfly opening it's wings was a better gimic....
Fooblestheclown 4 years ago
OMG, I remember this!!
Oh, NO, I'm soooooo OLD!
vickster304 4 years ago 3
What CTV show did this "In Colour" promo bumper come from?
heine71 4 years ago
This came from a W5 episode from, I believe, 1968.
xanthochromic 4 years ago 2
What is W5 on CTV?
heine71 4 years ago
The five Ws of investigative reporting...Who, What, Where, When and Why. It premiered not long after the demise of a similar program that aired on rival network CBC called "This Hour Has Seven Days".
mrceleb2006 4 years ago
An actual answer: W5 is a newsmagazine on CTV that's been on the air since 1966, two years before 60 Minutes, making it North America's oldest newsmagazine show.
RetroWinnipeg 4 years ago
I know.
mrceleb2006 4 years ago
With several format changes nonetheless. The first seasons looked similar to This Hour Has Seven Days, which was an innovative if controversial and rather cheeky show for its time.
markojameow 2 years ago
"A CTV program in colour"...very beautiful sounder from 1969...and a great find! In fact, when colour TV came to Canada in 1966, CTV was more serious about colour than CBC, even though CBC was first to put out a colour program on Canada Day of that year. CTV waited three more months to put out its first colour program.
mrceleb2006 4 years ago 13
I agree, mrceleb2006. I heard somewhere that CTV was on the verge of bankruptcy around 1965, but it must have rebounded enough by 1969-70 to afford color productions that more than matched CBC's offerings. Since CTV was also a private broadcaster (the CBC was and still is a Crown Corporation), it eventually had the means to buy the then-more expensive color television technology. However, it wasn't to the level of American television until the early 1970s, especially at some local stations
markojameow 2 years ago
Really?
mrceleb2006 2 years ago
In 1958, the Conservative government under John Diefenbaker created the Board of Broadcast Governors, the CRTC's predecessor. The CBC at the time had a monopoly in Canadian television, which irked a private broadcasters and others who supported private (as opposed to government) enterprise. Only three years later, CTV was established as something of a consortium of private TV stations, including Toronto's CFTO.
markojameow 2 years ago
Even with the private competition, CBC stations still attracted large audiences into the late 1960s and early 1970s. For a time, CTV had to make-do with lower-budget programming or American imports, and almost went under around 1965. Even around the time this animation aired, CTV was looking for ways to save money. (That's why you had, well, gems like The Trouble with Tracy around 1970 or 1971.) But, as they say, the best was yet to come.
markojameow 2 years ago
I see. It indeed was true that CBC was Canada's most-watched TV network until the mid-1970s.
mrceleb2006 2 years ago