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Sunday, June 4, 1989
International headlines dominated the news on June 4, 1989; a day that otherwise could have been just another sleepy Sunday. The Ayatollah Khomeini was dead in Iran and a massacre had begun in Beijing. In Canada it was a day to celebrate as Toronto's SkyDome officially opened its famous retractable roof.
The CBC's TV schedule below is drawn from the TV Guide for June 4-11, 1989. The radio schedule originally ran in the CBC Radio Guide for June 1989.
The CBC's TV schedule below is drawn from the TV Guide for June 4-11, 1989. The radio schedule originally ran in the CBC Radio Guide for June 1989.
Time
Program
06:00 - 08:30
Local/Regional Program
08:30 - 09:00
The Food Show
Today's episode looks at the issue of global food security. This show was produced in Regina.
Today's episode looks at the issue of global food security. This show was produced in Regina.
09:00 - 12:00
The CBC looks back on the Ayatollah's impact as leader of Iran and asks who will succeed him.
10:00 - 12:00
The Max Ferguson Show
It was announcer Allan McFee's birthday today. Host Max Ferguson plays a song in his honour alongside the usual assortment of favourites and gems.
It was announcer Allan McFee's birthday today. Host Max Ferguson plays a song in his honour alongside the usual assortment of favourites and gems.
13:30 - 15:00
Musical Friends
14:00 - 16:30
The Entertainers
(CBC Stereo) Upcoming Canadian band Blue Rodeo is in session today. Also on the show: musicians Ellen McIlwaine, Matt Zimbel, Leo Kottke, and more.
(CBC Stereo) Upcoming Canadian band Blue Rodeo is in session today. Also on the show: musicians Ellen McIlwaine, Matt Zimbel, Leo Kottke, and more.
15:00 - 16:00
Simply Folk
Host Mitch Podolak, founder of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, hosts this program from Winnipeg.
Host Mitch Podolak, founder of the Winnipeg Folk Festival, hosts this program from Winnipeg.
16:00 - 17:00
Sunday Matinee
16:30 - 17:00
(CBC Stereo) Bob Robertson and Linda Cullen are the creators, writers and performers of this satirical CBC Stereo program.
17:00 - 19:00
Dale Goldhawk hosts the durable Cross Country Checkup. Today's topic: the protests in China.
18:00 - 20:00
Linda Schuyler, creator of Degrassi Junior High, talks about making good TV for kids.
19:00 - 20:00
CBC Radio's Open House gets to the bottom of well-worn wedding traditions.
20:00 - 22:00
Music Alive
22:00 - 22:30
Shelagh Rogers is host of this program that commissions Canadian writers to create original works for radio.
22:30 - 23:00
Vanishing Point
23:00 - 04:00
Host Brent Bambury uncovers undergound sounds for this CBC Stereo program based in Montreal.
The CBC in 1989
In 1989 the CBC made its foray into the ever-expanding "500-channel universe" with Canada's first 24-hour cable news channel: Newsworld. It was the world's second all-news channel after CNN in the United States. Unlike the main CBC network, Newsworld was funded not with public money but through commercial revenues and cable subscriber fees.
The year kicked off with Patrick Watson's TV series The Struggle for Democracy. The program took Watson around the globe to explore the origins of democracy, its pros and cons, its present-day condition and its future prospects.
With the launch of the 1989-90 TV season, the CBC's vice president of English Television, Denis Harvey, announced that efforts to "Canadianize" the prime time schedule were continuing. To that end, the CBC introduced The Kids in the Hall and brought back popular programs such as the comedy Codco, the drama Street Legal and the cartoon The Raccoons.
In 1989 the CBC made its foray into the ever-expanding "500-channel universe" with Canada's first 24-hour cable news channel: Newsworld. It was the world's second all-news channel after CNN in the United States. Unlike the main CBC network, Newsworld was funded not with public money but through commercial revenues and cable subscriber fees.
The year kicked off with Patrick Watson's TV series The Struggle for Democracy. The program took Watson around the globe to explore the origins of democracy, its pros and cons, its present-day condition and its future prospects.
With the launch of the 1989-90 TV season, the CBC's vice president of English Television, Denis Harvey, announced that efforts to "Canadianize" the prime time schedule were continuing. To that end, the CBC introduced The Kids in the Hall and brought back popular programs such as the comedy Codco, the drama Street Legal and the cartoon The Raccoons.
