March 26, 2005 marked fifty years since the first broadcast of CHEX Television.
To commemorate the event, we produced a series of one minute vignettes which you can view online by selecting the links below:
50 Years Vignettes:
It's 2005 - CHEX Turns 50
Television Comes to Peterborough
The Early Years - Shows
Faces Then and Now
The First Telethon
News through the Years
Old Shows 70's and 80's
Bloopers from the Past
Local Music Shows
Why are we called "CHEX"
How Marie Callaghan got her own show
Veteran Staff Profiles
Graham Hart has prepared a 15-part series looking back on the early days of CHEX Television.
Each night, from March 4 to 24, Newswatch @ 6 presented a new installment of this series.
These segments have been produced to give you a sense of our earlier era, through the recollections of former employees, some dating back to our very beginnings. Select from the liks provided below to view these video files online.
Profiles:
Frank Schoales
Bill Spenceley
Al Simmons
Sylvia Sutherland
Don Harte-Maxwell, Wayne Hamilton, Hal Sloan
Bill Juby
Al Porteous
Dale Sproule
Tom Nisbett & Gary Jones
Kelly Richardson
Neil Boughen
Len Arminio
Ron Johnston
Don Alexander
Sean Eyre
Behind the scenes production of these profiles