1956 in Canadian television explained

This is a list of Canadian television-related events in 1956.

Notable events

• CBC-Radio Canada microwave relay reaches Winnipeg via the TransCanada Microwave System.

Births

• October 8 – Arlene Dickinson, South African-Canadian businesswoman, television personality, author and investor
• October 20 – Sonja Ball, voice actress, singer and songwriter (The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Arthur)
• November 26 – Don Lake, writer, producer and actor

Television programs

Programs on-air this year

CBC

• Country Canada (1954-2007)
• CBC News Magazine (1952-1981)
• The National (1954–present)
• The C.G.E. Show (1952-1959)
• Circle 8 Ranch (1955-1978)
• Hockey Night in Canada (1952–present)
• Maggie Muggins (1955–1962)
• Open House (1952-1962)

Television stations

Debuts

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Affiliation	Ref.
June 21			6	CBC Television	Shut down October 27, 2002
July 1	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island		13
August 12			7
December 1			6		^[1]

Network affiliation changes

See also

• • 1956 in Canada 1956 in television

External links

• CBC Directory of Television Series at Queen’s University (Archived March 4, 2016)
• List of 1956 Canadian television series at IMDb

Notes and References

1. http://www3.telus.net/vanradiomuseum/CHEKGallery.html CHEK Gallery at Vancouver Radio Museum
2. Web site: Television Station Histories - Canadian Communications Foundation | Fondation des Communications Canadiennes . 2016-02-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053542/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=14&historyID=33 . 2016-03-04 .
3. Web site: Television Station Histories - Canadian Communications Foundation | Fondation des Communications Canadiennes . 2019-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053542/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/television/histories.php?id=14&historyID=33 . 2016-03-04 . dead .