1956 in Canadian television

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	Timmins, Ontario	CFCL-TV	6	CBC Television	Shut down October 27, 2002
July 1	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island	CFCY-TV	13
August 12	Sherbrooke, Quebec	CHLT-TV	7	Radio-Canada (primary) CBC Television (secondary)
December 1	Victoria, British Columbia	CHEK-TV	6	CBC Television	[1]

Network affiliation changes

Date	Market	Station	Channel	Old affiliation	New affiliation	Source
Unknown	Wingham, Ontario	CKNX-TV	8	CBC Television	CBC Television (primary) CBS (secondary)	[2] [3]

See also

• 1956 in Canada
• 1956 in television

References

1. CHEK Gallery at Vancouver Radio Museum
2. "Television Station Histories - Canadian Communications Foundation | Fondation des Communications Canadiennes". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
3. "Television Station Histories - Canadian Communications Foundation | Fondation des Communications Canadiennes". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2019-02-07.

External links

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