Prior to 1976, it was known as the Canadian Radio and Television Commission, which was established in 1968 by the Parliament of Canada to replace the Board of Broadcast Governors.

Prior to the NES version, Nintendo also made a Duck Hunt game based on Laser Clay Shooting System released in 1976.

* A. N. Prior ( 1976 ) Papers in Logic and Ethics.

Prior to 2005, after the top two cars were set, the top 14 cars in the qualifying races advanced to the field, and then between six ( 1998 – 2003 ), eight ( 1995 – 97, 2004 ), or ten ( until 1994 ) fastest cars which did not advance from the qualifying race were added, and, since 1976, between one and seven cars were added by previous year's points performance and or championship, except for 1985, when no such car was eligible for a provisional starting spot, the only time that happened in the Daytona 500 from when the provisional was added in 1976 through 2004.

Prior also sang backing vocals on the title track of Jethro Tull's 1976 album Too Old To Rock and Roll, Too Young To Die.

Prior to 1976, Alaska's personal income tax rate was 14. 5 percent — the highest in the United States.

Prior to 1976 it was part of the Diwaniya Province, which also included present day Al Muthanna Governorate and Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.

Prior to 1976 the province was known as Muntafiq Province.

Prior to 1976 it had been named Kirkuk Province.

Prior to 1976, it was called Mosul Province and also included the present-day Dohuk Governorate.

Prior to Keith's signing with Sparrow Records and two years before the release of " No Compromise ", Tommy James ( of Tommy James and the Shondells ) released " Don't Wanna Fall Away From You " on his 1976 Fantasy album titled " In Touch ".

Prior to 1976, Cuba was divided into the following provinces ( from west to east ):

Prior to the launch of Major League Soccer in 1996, teams from Los Angeles played in the Western American Soccer League, the North American Soccer League and the American Soccer League / A-League, winning ten league championships ( 1955, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1974, 1976 ), seven Lamar Hunt US Open Cups ( 1958, 1964, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1981 ), four regional championships ( 1955, 1956, 1958, 1961 ) and one international championship ( 1975 ).

I. M. Bochenski ( Turin, 1947 ) – also quoted in Prior 1976

Prior to modern times, the three main branches of the current corporate family tree were for many years themselves systems: Norfolk and Western, formed in 1881, Southern Railway System in 1894, and Conrail, formed much later, in 1976 .< ref name = trainsmag >

Prior to his election to Congress, Castle served as a member of the Delaware General Assembly, first in the State House of Representatives ( 1966 – 1967 ) and then in the State Senate ( 1968 – 1976 ).

Prior to 1976, this is also the business section's name of New Straits Times.

Prior to 1976 it was known as Kut Province.

Prior to 1976 it was part of Ninawa Governorate, which was called Mosul Province.

Prior to 1976 the province was known as Amara Province.

Prior to the 1976 season, Lemon was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Prior to the perihelion passage, and using 28 positions obtained between 1975 August 10 and 1976 January 27, Comet West was estimated to have an orbital period of about 254 thousand years.

Note: Prior to approximately 1976, most Nikon lenses had a suffix appended directly after the " Nikkor " name that was used to denote the number of optical elements in the lens design.

Prior to the 1976 – 77 NHL season, Charron signed as a free agent with the Washington Capitals, where he played until he retired following the 1980 – 81 NHL season.

Prior to the development of DTMF, numbers were dialed on automated telephone systems by means of pulse dialing ( Dial Pulse or DP in the U. S .) or loop disconnect ( LD ) signaling, which functions by rapidly disconnecting and re-connecting the calling party's telephone line, similar to flicking a light switch on and off.

Prior to this, the goal line and end line were the same, and players scored a touchdown by leaving the field of play through that line.

Prior to the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 2007, the state-owned Liberia Telecommunications Corporation ( LIBTELCO ) held a legal monopoly for all fixed line services in Liberia, and remains the sole licensed fixed line telephone service provider in the country.

Prior to the outbreak of World War I in 1914 detachable black or white plumes were worn with the pickehaube in full dress by German generals, staff officers, dragoon regiments, infantry of the Prussian Guard and a number of line infantry regiments as a special distinction.

Prior to the release of the TV series, the name Robotech was used by model kit manufacturer Revell on their Robotech Defenders line in the mid-1980s.

But two plays later, Packers defensive back Mike Prior intercepted a long pass that was intended for wide receiver Shawn Jefferson, and returned it 8 yards to the Green Bay 26-yard line.

Prior to 1958, Oregon practiced a form of fusion that required the state to list multiple nominating parties on the candidate's ballot line.

Prior to the Russo-Japanese War, countries constructed their battleships with mixed batteries of mainly 152 mm ( 6-inch ), 203 mm ( 8-inch ), 254 mm ( 10-inch ) and 305 mm ( 12-inch ) guns, with the intent that these battleships fight on the battle line in a close-quarter, decisive fleet action.

Prior to the widespread use of word processors, bullets were often denoted either by a lower-case “ o ” filed-in with ink or by asterisks (*), and several word processors automatically convert asterisks to bullets if used at the start of line.

Prior to 13 December 2009, the Circle line formed a simple loop with 27 stations and of track, as shown below:

Prior to this they had reportedly saved an episode of Saturday Night Live by breaking through a picket line and hosting the show against the union's wishes ; the episode was a ratings smash the likes of which the series had not seen since the 1970s.

Prior to its incorporation, the City of Calimesa existed as an unincorporated census designated town that straddled the Riverside – San Bernardino County line at the location where Interstate 10 climbs the San Gorgonio Pass going eastward from Redlands, California.

Prior to the opening of the Cherokee Strip in 1893, Capron, Oklahoma was first known as " Warren ", a small cattle station on the main line of the Santa Fe railroad.

Prior to 1966 road traffic between the southern counties of Wales and the southern counties of England either had to travel via Gloucester or take the Aust Ferry, which ran roughly along the line of the Severn Bridge, from Old Passage near Aust to Beachley.

Prior to preservation, the Severn Valley line was never financially successful.

* Prior to the special's airing, the Kenner toy company considered creating a toy line based on the special.

Prior to the arrival of the European settlers in the 1870s, the line of descent for Maori in the area was from the Takitimu / Kurahaupo waka.

Prior to confirmation of the merger, the GN & SR had sought permission to extend its line southwards from the future junction of Kingsway and Aldwych, under Norfolk Street to a new interchange under the Metropolitan District Railway's station at Temple.

Prior to this, Cwmbrân had been without a train service for 24 years, its original station having been on the Newport-Blaenavon branch line which ran to the west of the town centre.

Prior to this extension the line was called the Nishi-Ōsaka Line.

However, on May 27, Prior was hit on his right ( pitching ) elbow by a 117-mph comeback line drive off the bat of Brad Hawpe, giving him a compression fracture.

Prior to the integration of the Eastern Suburbs line into the Illawarra Line in 1980, Illawarra line trains also operated around the City Circle.