DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS, I AM HOPING TO RESUME UPDATING THIS WEBSITE AROUND FEB. 11/11.
THANK YOU FOR CHECKING OUT THE VANCOUVER RADIO MUSEUM.
My name is Brian Walks.
This website
is dedicated to the history of radio and
television surrounding Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. This
includes the Lower Mainland area from Hope to Powell River and Whistler
BC, all of Vancouver Island and stations in Blaine, Bellingham and
Lynden, Washington, USA. This website is not meant in any way to
compete with any individual websites or radio or TV websites that
service this area. In fact, I welcome your input. You can
e-mail me at my HOTMAIL
account and
title each correspondence "Vancouver Radio Museum".
brianwalks@hotmail.com or try my new
e-mail address: brian.walks@gmail.com.
Featured in the Vancouver Radio Museum:
The Time Tunnel:
The Time Tunnel is a chronological
history of radio and television
in the Greater Vancouver area.
Updated: Nov.
21, 2010 (2005.html)
RADIO
STATION GALLERIES:
CJOR Updated: Feb. 8, 2010
CISL Updated: Jan. 6,
2010
CBU AM
Updated Sept. 8, 2008
CKLG Updated:
Oct. 21, 2008
Fraser Valley Radio Updated
March 9, 2010
CJVI
Updated Oct. 22, 2008
CKNW Updated:
Sept. 4, 2008
CFAX Updated Oct. 21, 2008
CKWX Updated:
Feb. 8, 2010
CKDA Updated Oct. 22, 2008
CHQM
Updated: Oct. 7, 2008
CFUN Updated: Sept. 3, 2008
CFMS-CIOC Updated
Nov. 4, 2005
CFOX Updated:
Dec. 3,
2005
CFMI
Updated: Feb. 26,
2009
CBU FM
Updated: Dec. 1, 2005.
TV STATION GALLERIES:
CHEK TV Updated: Aug. 21, 2009
CHAN/BCTV Updated:
Aug. 8, 2009
CKVU TV Updated Oct.
21, 2009
The
Pioneer Years now has
its own
page with 34 photos from
Vancouver Radio's early years 1922-1950.
Updated: Feb. 8,
2010
A big thank you to Gord
Lansdell, Chuck Davis
and Christopher Walks
for their support and encouragement in launching this website. Also
thanks for contributions to Jack
Bennest, Alan Newberry, Joseph Planta, Wilf Ray and
Major Pash for their
contributions.
VANCOUVER CLASSIC RADIO/TV GRIDS:
In the past we have featured weekly TV grids from Dec. 1956-May, 1986. The Classic TV grids have also covered:
Most Christmas Eve/Christmas Day/New Year's Eve/New Year's Day holiday programing grids.
Dec. 11, 1953: KOMO TV Ch. 4 Seattle signed on. 9:50 am (4)
Nov. 27, 1955: "Wide Wide World" looks at Vancouver 1 pm (2,4)
Dec. 1, 1956: CHEK TV Ch. 6 Victoria signed on. 5 pm (6) Opening Ceremonies at 6:30 pm
July 1, 1958 "Memo to Champlain" a celebration of live coast-to-coast TV coverage in Canada.
12:30 (2) CBC
Dec. 13, 1959: The first annual presentation of "The Wizard of Oz" on CBS (7) at 6 pm. The movie had been first telecast 3 years earlier.
Oct. 31, 1960: CHAN TV Ch. 8 Vancouver signs on 4:45 pm (8)
June 28, 1962: The signing on of CBUT-1 in Courtenay. 7 pm (2)
Dec. 1, 1962. Grey Cup Game. "The Fog Bowl" First of 25 consecutive years that CBC and CTV shared the telecast. (2,6,8)
The Victoria Day Parade from 1963 (6). CHEK TV has telecast this special event since 1958.
Nov. 30, 1963: B.C. Lions first appear in the Grey Cup at Empire Stadium. 12:30 pm (2,6,8) 4 pm (4)
CBC Radio, CKNW, CKWX
Feb. 7, 1964: The Beatles' first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show 8:00 (2,6,7,12)
Nov. 28, 1964: B.C. Lions win their first Grey Cup. 9:30 am (2,6,8) 4 pm (4). CBC Radio, CKNW, CKWX.
April 28, 1965: Barbra Streisand's first TV special. 9 PM (7,12)
Dec. 9, 1965: "Charlie Brown Christmas" first telecast 7:30 (7,12)
Sept. 8, 1966: The launch of the first "Star Trek" series at 7:30 pm (8)
Jan. 25, 1967: The first Super Bowl. 1:00 (2,5,6,7,12) CBC,CBS,NBC
April 27, 1967: Expo 67 opens in Montreal 11:30 am (2,6,8) CBC/CTV
Oct. 7-8, 1967: The first "Variety Club Telethon" which ran from Oct. 7 11:15 pm-Oct. 8, 1967 4 pm on Ch. 8.
Dec. 3, 1968: Elvis Presley's 1968 Comeback Special 9:00 (2,6). KING TV Ch.5 pre-empted the special for a Seattle Super Sonics basketball game.
July 20-21, 1969: All TV networks pre-empted regular programming from July 20 9 am-July 21 3 pm to cover man's first landing on the moon. Some TV grids published regularly-scheduled programming while others just listed: "Apollo XI" all day on the grids. Most radio stations also carried this historic event.
Sept. 8, 1972: Vancouver hosts Game 4 of the Canada/U.S.S.R. Summit series. 5:00 (2,6) CBC/CBC Radio.
Oct. 1, 1972: The launch of the locally-produced program "The Beachcombers" 7:00 (2,6) CBC
Feb. 1973: The rivalry between Vancouver and Seattle in Feb. 1973 on the Variety Club Telethon Sat. 9 pm-Sun. 4 pm (6,7,8).
April 4, 1973: NBC delayed telecast of Elvis Presley: Aloha from Hawaii 8:30 (5). It was delayed because the concert was on at the same time as the Super Bowl in January.
Feb. 29, 1976: The TV launch of "The Sound of Music" at 4:30 pm (8) & 7 pm (4).
July 17, 1976: The Opening Ceremonies of the Montreal Olympics 10:00 (2,6); 11:30 (4) & noon (8).
Sept. 5 & 6, 1976: CKVU TV signs on Sept. 5 4 pm (21).
Jan. 25, 1977: Vancouver hosted its first NHL All Star Game. 6:00 (2,6,11,26) CBC, Ind, SRC, CKNW
Sept. 8, 1979: The Vancouver Whitecaps win Soccer Bowl. 11:00 (4,6,8) Also CJOR.
Feb. 28, 1983: The final 2 1/2 hour movie of M*A*S*H on CBC & CBS 8:30 pm (2,7).
May 2, 1986: The Opening of Expo 86 in Vancouver. 10:30 am (2,21,26) 2:00 (2,6,8,21,26,KNO); 3:00 (4,5) 7:30 (7); 8:00 (2) & 10:00 (9). CJOR, CBC, CKNW.
Also various Grey Cup and World Series grids and early grids of the Academy Awards and Emmy Awards from 1959.
The Classic radio grids have also covered:
Nov. 2, 1935: The earliest radio grid that has appeared.
Oct. 30, 1938: "War of the Worlds" 5 pm KVI & KIRO Seattle.
Dec. 14, 1938: Live coverage of the Vancouver city election 8 pm CJOR
Jan. 18, 19, 20, 1950: Sign on of CKDA Victoria.
Aug. 2,3,4, 1954: CKDA switches frequencies again!!
Feb. 14, 1955: CKMO 1410 becomes CFUN.
Aug. 18, 1958: CKLG 1070 moves to AM 730 and CKNW moves from 1320 to 980.
Sept. 1959: Island radio listings