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Retro: Southern Quebec/Seaway Valley/Burlington-Plattsburgh Sun, Nov 24, 1963

B

Bluenoser

bpatrick's listing from this date in Central Virginia reminded me I had this...
What would have aired, from Montreal newspaper Dimanche-Matin

CBFT 2-SRC Montreal
8:15 Musique
8:45 Cours universitaire: Geographie physique
9:30 Cours universitaire: Precis d'histoire du Canada
10:15 Cours universitaire: Histoire de l'art
11:00 Le Jour du Seigneur (from College St-Laurent chapel)
noon F=ma
1:00 Vu d'Ottawa
1:30 Les travaux et les jours
2:00 CFL Eastern Final: Ottawa vs Hamilton, Game 2 (conflicting info on this in Montreal...CFTM's half-page ad on the TV page has them airing the game)
4:30 L'echo du sport
5:00 A l'heure du concile
5:30 L'heure des quilles (bowling)
6:30 Presence de l'art
7:00 Camera 63
7:30 Robin des Bois (Robin Hood)
8:00 7ieme nord
8:30 Soiree au theatre Alcan "La nuit du 16 janvier"
10:30 Telejournal
10:45 Supplement regional
10:54 Nouvelles du sport
11:00 Sport Eclair
11:30 Conference

WCAX 3-CBS Burlington
9:30 Christophers
9:45 Living Word
10:00 Lamp Unto My Feet
10:30 Look Up & Live
11:00 Camera Three
11:30 Faith for Today
noon This is the Life
12:30 Face the Nation
1:00 Big Picture
1:30 Skiing
1:45 Pro Football Kickoff
2:00 NFL Football
5:00 Sport Spectacular
5:30 Ted Mack's Amateur Hour
6:00 20th Century
6:30 Mr. Ed
7:00 Lassie
7:30 My Favorite Martian
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Judy Garland
10:00 Candid Camera
10:30 What's My Line?
11:00 News
11:15 Sunday Night Classic

CFCM 4-SRC Quebec City
8:15 Musique
8:45 Cours universitaires (as ch 2)
11:00 Le Jour du Seigneur
noon test pattern/music
1:00 Sourire en coin
1:15 Ralliement des Creditistes (the Creditistes were the Quebec offshoot of the Western-based Social Credit Party)
1:30 Les travaux et les jours
2:00 CFL Eastern Final-Game 2
4:30 L'echo du sport
5:00 A l'heure du concile
5:30 L'heure des quilles
6:30 Destination danger
7:00 Camera 63
7:30 Robin des Bois (Robin Hood)
8:00 7ieme nord
8:30 Soiree au theatre Alcan "La nuit du 16 janvier"
10:30 Telejournal
10:45 Reportage
11:00 Sport Eclair
11:30 Conference

CKMI 5-CBC Quebec City (sister station of ch 4)
10:58 sign-on
11:00 Church Service
11:30 test pattern
11:58 sign-on
noon Sacred Heart
12:15 Living Word
12:30 A Song for You
12:45 Outdoorsman
1:00 Heritage
1:30 Country Calendar
2:00 CFL Eastern Final-Game 2
4:30 Sport International
4:55 CBC News
5:00 The Sixties
5:30 Some of Those Days
6:00 World at Large
7:00 Hazel
7:30 Flashback
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Horizon
11:00 CBC News

WPTZ 5-NBC/ABC Plattsburgh
1pm Sacred Heart
1:15 Christophers
1:30 Oral Roberts
2:00 Big Picture
2:30 Public Affairs
3:00 New York State Bowling
4:00 AFL Football
6:30 Greatest Show on Earth
7:30 Walt Disney
8:30 Trails West
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Joey Bishop
10:30 Burke's Law

CBMT 6-CBC Montreal
9:00 Telecourse for Teachers
9:30 University Credit Course
10:00 Time for Sunday School
10:30 The Answer
11:00 Church Service
noon Live & Learn
12:30 A Song for You
12:45 Outdoorsman
1:00 Heritage
1:30 Country Calendar
2:00 CFL Eastern Final-Game 2
4:30 Sport International
4:55 CBC News
5:00 The Sixties
5:30 Some of Those Days
6:00 Mr. Ed
6:30 My Three Sons
7:00 Hazel
7:30 Flashback
8:00 Ed Sullivan
9:00 Bonanza
10:00 Horizon
11:00 CBC News
11:10 Final Edition
11:15 Metroscope
11:30 Sports
11:40 Shoestring Theatre

CHLT 7-SRC Sherbrooke
8:45 Cours du chimie (chemistry)
9:30 Cours de biologie
10:15 Cours d'histoire du Canada
11:00 Messe de la Basilique
noon L'heure du l'agriculture
12:45 Ralliement des Creditistes
1:00 Vu d'Ottawa
1:30 Les travaux et les jours
2:00 CFL Eastern Final
4:30 L'echo du sport
5:00 A l'heure du concile
5:30 L'heure des quilles
6:30 La famille Stone
7:00 Camera 63
7:30 Robin des Bois (Robin Hood)
8:00 7ieme nord
8:30 Soiree au theatre Alcan "La nuit du 16 janvier"
10:30 Telejournal
10:45 Vers demain
11:00 Theatre au 7 "La vie passionnee des soeurs Bronte"

CJSS 8-CTV Cornwall
10:30 En France
11:00 Venture
noon House Detective
12:30 Fashion Showcase
1:30 Football Forecast
1:45 Fashion Showcase
2:00 CFL Eastern Final-Game 2
4:55 Cartoon
5:00 Telepoll
5:30 Beany & Cecil
6:00 Walt Disney
7:00 Danny Thomas
7:30 Mr. Novak
8:30 Arrest & Trial
(nothing listed again till 11)
11:00 CTV News
11:15 Sports Final
11:25 Pierre Berton
11:55 British Calendar
12:10 News

WMTW 8-ABC Poland Spring
8:00 Fisher Family
8:30 Colby Course
9:00 Sunday Showtime
10:00 Faith for Today
10:30 Popeye
11:00 Off to Adventure
12:45 Platform
(nothing listed again til 3)
3:00 IX Winter Olympic Games
3:30 AFL Football (as listed)
6:15 All-Pro Scoreboard
6:30 Greatest Show on Earth
7:30 Travels of Jamie (sp?) McPheeters
8:30 Arrest & Trial
10:30 ABC News Report
11:00 News
11:15 World's Best Movie

CFTM 10-TM Montreal
11:00 Coquetel musical(test pattern, by sounds of things)
12:30 sign-on/schedule/news headlines
12:45 En ce temps-ci
1:15 TV Universite: Administration en enterprise
2:00 Cinema du dimanche "L'ennemi public no. 1" (see note for ch 2; football may air here)
3:30 Ma carriere
4:00 Defi du danger
4:30 Monsieur le Maire
5:00 Les petits bonshommes du dimanche
6:00 Derniere heure
6:30 Les jeunes talents Catelli
7:00 Qui dit vrai? (possible local version of To Tell the Truth?)
7:30 Cine-spectacle "Tonnerre sur l'Arizona"
9:00 Police des Plaines
9:30 Bon voyage
10:00 Decouvertes '63
10:30 Tele-charade
10:45 En premiere page
10:55 La couleur du temps (weather; TM aired this into the 80s, eventually on the full TVA network which had its roots in this year when CFTM started supplying programs to CJPM Chicoutimi, CFCM would join in the following year when SRC launched their own O&O in the capital)
11:00 La ronde des sports
11:10 Face a face
mid. sign-off

CFCF 12-CTV Montreal
11:00 The Sound of 12
11:15 Meditation
11:30 Forum
noon Italian Film (Montreal has a large Italian community)
1:30 Football Forecast
2:00 CFL Eastern Final-Game 2
4:30 TBA
5:00 Telepoll
5:30 Flintstones
6:00 Walt Disney
7:00 Danny Thomas
7:30 Mr. Novak
8:30 Arrest & Trial
(nothing listed again til 11)
11:00 CTV News
11:15 Pulse
11:30 Platform
mid. Newsroom 12/Meditation

CKTM 13-SRC Trois Rivieres
8:45 Cours universitaires (as ch 2)
11:00 Le Jour du Seigneur
noon F=ma
1:00 Vu d'Ottawa
1:30 Les travaux et les jours
2:00 CFL Eastern Final-Game 2
4:30 L'echo du sport
5:00 A l'heure du concile
5:30 L'heure des quilles
6:30 Film
7:00 Camera 63
7:30 Robin des Bois (Robin Hood)
8:00 7ieme nord
8:30 Soiree au theatre Alcan "La nuit du 16 janvier"
10:30 Telejournal
10:45 Commentaires
10:53 Nouvelles du sport
11:00 Sport Eclair
11:30 Cine-Soir
1:00 Nouvelles (likely CBC News; CKTM was one of several SRC affiliates, mainly in the eastern half of the province, that ran delayed CBC news at sign-off; others included CJBR Rimouski, CKBL Matane, and CKRS Jonquiere)
 
I'd like to know what the Canadian networks (CBC, CTV, and SRC) aired the weekend of the Kennedy assassination.

I would think CBC and CTV each probably simulcast one of the U.S. networks (likely one simulcast CBS; the other simulcast NBC).

Maybe SRC had to do it's own French-language coverage or maybe it simulcast CBS or NBC with a French-speaking interpreter translating the anchors and correspondents' commentary into French.
 
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I would have to wonder if the Canadian networks had the continuous coverage the U.S. networks had. In Britain, the BBC resumed regular programming on Saturday evening (early Saturday afternoon in the U.S.); "Doctor Who" debuted November 23, 1963.
 
bpatrick said:
In Britain, the BBC resumed regular programming on Saturday evening (early Saturday afternoon in the U.S.); "Doctor Who" debuted November 23, 1963.
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I'm surprised the coverage could last that long; I thought the early telecom satellites had short transmission windows. Was the British coverage mostly talking heads or film flown over?
 
I can't answer your question but don't forget that Britain is five hours ahead of U.S. Eastern time; JFK died at approximately 7 PM (British time or GMT) on Friday, and at what point the BBC began coverage is something somebody else will have to answer. Also, the question would have to arise: was the BBC's coverage continuous or were there times (say between 12 M and 6 AM ET or 5 AM and 11 AM British time) when the BBC might have been off the air or showing something else?

Note that I say that JFK died at "approximately" 7 PM GMT (2 PM ET); we've all seen the footage of Walter Cronkite announcing JFK's death as occurring at 1 PM CT (2 PM ET), but the fact is, that was the time placed on the death certificate; JFK was actually pronounced dead around 12:52 PM (CT), and was, according to a doctor who was at Parkland Hospital in 1963 and was interviewed on CBS this weekend, brain-dead when he was brought in, with only some shallow breathing.
 
bpatrick said:
I would have to wonder if the Canadian networks had the continuous coverage the U.S. networks had. In Britain, the BBC resumed regular programming on Saturday evening (early Saturday afternoon in the U.S.); "Doctor Who" debuted November 23, 1963.
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From a copy of the Toronto (Daily) Star, it suggests that both CBC and CTV (at least in Toronto) picked up coverage from CBS, signing-off after midnight.
 
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