Atlantic Canada

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.

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.)

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.

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)