Atlantic Canada

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Summary

For the purposes of this guide, Atlantic Canada covers:

  • New Brunswick
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Nova Scotia
  • Newfoundland and Labrador

(see full list of stations below)


This page does not include CFLA Goose Bay, which is dealt with in the Kinescopes Canada section, which covers those stations that did not have any access to the live network feeds.

For all these stations, the series started on Saturday, 23 January 1965 and ended on Friday, 9 July 1965. (No episode aired 6 February 1965 due to coverage of the Bob Hope Desert Golf Classic.)

For the ten Saturday episodes (up to 3 April) the broadcasts were via the live microwave network feed from Toronto.

For the remaining 16 episodes that started on Wednesday, 21 April 1965 the broadcast was via a week-delayed kinescope film transmitted from CBHT Halifax and relayed to all of Atlantic Canada. (For more on the use of kinescope, see our separate coverage of Kinescope Stations.)


AIRDATES

Atlantic Canada Saturday listings at 6.00pm; Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 30 Jan 1965
Atlantic Canada Wednesday listings at 5.00pm; Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 17 April 1965
Listing showing 9 July 1965 end date for Atlantic Canada; Halifax Chronicle-Herald, 3 July 1965

The ten Saturday episodes were seen in Atlantic Canada via the live microwave network. With the one hour time zone difference (90 minutes for Newfoundland), Doctor Who appeared at 6:00 PM (6:30 PM in Newfoundland). When the series moved to Wednesdays on 21 April 1965 (a week later than the main network), the time switched to 5:00 PM (5:30 PM in Newfoundland). This meant that Doctor Who went to air an hour earlier than Toronto, which is only possible if a recording was employed. As the last 16 episodes started a week later, and the series ended a week later relative to the main network, the recording was from the previous week (a one week delay).

Episode breakdown per air date follows the CBLT Toronto transmission, accounting for the extra week delay for the Wednesday/weekday episodes with corroboration from episode summaries listed in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.

TV listings for Station CFSN Stephenville were in Atlantic Time even though the station is in Newfoundland. Like CFLA Goose Bay, CFSN was operated by the United States Air Force and the two air bases needed to have a common clock. Goose Bay AFB was the home of the strategic bomber fleet and Ernest Harmon AFB (Stephenville) was the home of the air refueling fleet.

Legend

  • AT: Atlantic Time (New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and Labrador)
  • NT: Newfoundland Time (Newfoundland); 30 minutes ahead of AT
  • Live: Microwave TV feed (no delay)
  • Kine: Kinescope (delayed programming)


No Date Day Time [AT/NT] Signal Feed Ep
1 23 Jan 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live A1
2 30 Jan 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live A2
3 13 Feb 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live A3
4 20 Feb 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live A4
5 27 Feb 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live B1
6 6 Mar 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live B2
7 13 Mar 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live B3
8 20 Mar 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live B4
9 27 Mar 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live B5
10 3 Apr 1965 Sat 18:00/18:30 Live B6
11 21 Apr 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine B7
12 28 Apr 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine C1
13 5 May 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine C2
14 12 May 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine D1
15 19 May 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine D2
16 26 May 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine D3
17 2 Jun 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine D4
18 9 Jun 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine D5
19 16 Jun 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine D6
20 23 Jun 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine D7
21 30 Jun 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine E1
22 5 Jul 1965 Mon 17:00/17:30 Kine E2
23 6 Jul 1965 Tue 17:00/17:30 Kine E3
24 7 Jul 1965 Wed 17:00/17:30 Kine E4
25 8 Jul 1965 Thu 17:00/17:30 Kine E5
26 9 Jul 1965 Fri 17:00/17:30 Kine E6


CBC stations covered by this Profile

Station Ch City Prov # of eps Signal Source Ownership
CBHT 3 Halifax NS 26 Live/Kine CBC
CJCB 4 Sydney NS 26 Live/Kine Private
CFXU 9 Antigonish NS 26? Live/Kine Private
CKCW 2 Moncton NB 26 Live/Kine Private
CHSJ 4 Saint John NB 26 Live/Kine Private
CFCY 13 Charlottetown PE 26 Live/Kine Private
CFSN 8 Stephenville NL 26 Live USAF
CBNT 8 St. John's NL 26 Live CBC
CJCN 4 Grand Falls NL 0 Live Private
CBYT 5 Corner Brook NL 26 Live CBC

Regional Variations

  • Stations operating under Atlantic Time [AT]:
    • CBHT Halifax
    • CJCB Sydney
    • CKCW Moncton
    • CHSJ Saint John
    • CFCY Charlottetown
    • CFXU Antigonish
    • CFSN Stephenville
  • Stations operating under Newfoundland Time [NT]:
    • CBNT St. John's
    • CBYT Corner Brook
  • Station CJCN Grand Falls did not transmit any episodes (shared CBC/CTV transmitter)


Research and Text © Randy Howell