Retro: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Saturday July 2, 1966

[MCarney]

Source: Edmonton Journal – July 2, 1966

There are no descriptions for the programming, so I can't tell if U.S. programs are direct from the networks or on tape delay. Also there is no colorcasting - that would be introduced that September.

2 – CKSA Lloydminster(CBC) – privately owned station; located on the Saskatchewan boarder
1:00p Baseball (teams not listed – possibly MLB from NBC)
No programming listed between 3:30p and 5:30p
5:30p Bugs Bunny
6:00p Meditation
6:05p Sport, News, Weather
6:30p Summer Sounds
No programming listed for 6:45p
7:00p Twelve for Summer
7:30p The Saint
8:30p The Beverly Hillbillies
9:00p Great Movies (title not listed)
11:00p News
11:10p World of Today
11:15p Meridian Movietime (title not listed)

3 – CFRN Edmonton (CTV)
1:00p Sir Francis Drake
1:30p Wrestling
2:30p Tumbleweed
3:00p Treasure Island
3:30p Kiddies on Camera
4:00p Kids Bids
4:30p Wide World of Sports
6:00p Growing Things
6:30p McCann on Sports
6:40p News, Weather
7:00p Jackie Gleason
8:00p My Favorite Martian
8:30p Windfall
9:00p Saturday Nite Movie (title not listed)
11:00p News
11:15p Telenews
11:30p Movietime (title not listed)

5 – CBXT Edmonton (CBC) – CBC O&O
9:30a Theater de Cou Cou
10:00a Les Callioux
10:30a Bobino
11:00a Cartoons
12:00p Wrestling
1:00p Baseball (teams not listed – possibly MLB from NBC)
3:30p Championship Series (sport not listed)
4:30p My Friend Flicka
5:00p Network Film Fill
5:30p Bugs Bunny
6:00p Life and the Land
6:30p Summer Sounds
6:45p News
7:00p Twelve for Summer
7:30p Danger Man
8:30p The Beverly Hillbillies
9:00p Great Movies (title not listed)
11:00p News
11:05p Metro News
11:20p Stardust Theater (title not listed)

6 – CHCA Red Deer (CBC) – only cleared part of CBC schedule; according to Wiki the calls were changed to CHRD on 9/65; station went off the air in 2009 when Canwest shut down their E! network
10:45p Coupland on Baseball
12:00p Wrestling
1:00p Baseball (teams not listed – possibly MLB from NBC)
3:30p Championship Series (sport not listed)
No programming listed for 4:30p-5:30p
5:30p Bugs Bunny
6:00p Life and the Land
6:30p Summer Sounds
6:45p Vacation Playgrounds
7:00p Twelve for Summer
7:30p The Big Valley
8:30p The Beverly Hillbillies
9:00p Great Movies (title not listed)
11:00p News
11:10p World of Today
11:15p Fireside Theater (title not listed)

 

[azumanga]

6 – CHCA Red Deer (CBC) – only cleared part of CBC schedule; according to Wiki the calls were changed to CHRD on 9/65; station went off the air in 2009 when Canwest shut down their E! network

The station actually became CKRD-TV in 1965. The station would revert to its CHCA-TV callsign in 2005, when it disaffiliated from the CBC and joined the ill-fated CH system.