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The Day Local TV First Debuted In Toronto: Sept. 8, 1952
This ad appeared in local newspapers on Sept. 8, 1952. It was a big deal, because it was Toronto's first TV station. Before that date, viewers only had what was then called WBEN-TV from Buffalo to watch. 
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The CBC had a great TV exclusive on the arrests of the Boyd Gang in North York on Sept 8. They had escaped the Don Jail after notorious bank robber Edwin Alonso Boyd had been apprehended (in March) at 42 Heath St, not far from my place in Midtown Toronto and next to where my friend rented for 20 years and had been where the cops set up their surveillance of Boyd's house next door. The CBC TV coverage was a big deal at the time.
Where was Boyd Gang in September 1952?
I found a video of the first news cast and it had to do with the Boyd arrests. Unfortunately CBC posted it to their Facebook page but it still plays without having an account.
CBC's first televised news report - Sept. 8, 1952
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Re: The Day Local TV First Debuted In Toronto: Sept. 8, 1952
And of course, the debut of Uncle Chichimus!