1960 - 1969

This era marks the first colour TV

Second TV stations licensed for Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver.

1962
July 23 : First Telstar communications satellite transmission from North America to Europe. CBC participated.

CBC FM network suspended temporarily.

1964
CBC FM network resumed operations.

June : The Canadian goverment announced the colour television policy for Canada. A reporter named J. Frank Willis broadcast for 69 hours from the scene of a mining disaster in Moose River, Nova Scotia. It was broadcast on 58 Canadian radio stations, and 650 American radio stations.

1966 jump to milestones
July 1: The start of overnight test transmission of colour television.

September 1: First colour television programming.

1967
Canadian Centennial Year. 1,500 hours of special programming on CBC Radio and Television.

April 27 : International CBC telecast, by space satellite, of Expo '67's official opening.

June 25: Our World, first live global telecast by satellite. CBC contributed sequences from Canada and carried the full program on its French and English TV networks.

July 23- August 6: CBC acted as the official broadcast agency for all Canadian and foreign coverage of the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg. The games got the highest ratings ever.

1968
March 2: All-night music and news programming on CBC Radio, it was broadcast under the Emergency Broadcasting Plan.

June 9: First television "national debate" among Canadian political party leaders. Total viewing audience was more the 9 million.

June 25: Federal Election. Total audience for CBC Radio and Television coverage was nearly 14 million.

July: Goverment policy announcement on the opening of UHF television channels.

August: Initial goverment contracts awarded for development of a Canadian communications satellite system.

September: Atlantic pre-release facilities in operation, making it possible for Maritimes and Newfoundland viewers to see most CBC network programs at local hours corresponding to other time zones.

1969
June 27: The Telesat Canada Act was passed, to "establish a Canadian corporation for telecommunication by satellite".

November: 50th anniversary of radio broadcasting in Canada.