Atlantic Summer

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Atlantic Summer
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducersJack O'Neil (Halifax)
Wayne Guzwell (St. John's, 1978)
Leo Williams (St. John's, 1979)
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release9 August 1978 (1978-08-09) 
27 July 1979 (1979-07-27)

Atlantic Summer was a Canadian informational television series which aired on CBC Television from 1978 to 1979.

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Premise

This talk show originated from Atlantic Canada. In the first season, two weeks were produced from Halifax, Nova Scotia while another two weeks was produced from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Halifax hosts were Denny Doherty and Sharon Dunn while Shirley Newhook of St. John's daytime series Coffee Break was the host from that city. The second season originated from St. John's. [1]

Scheduling

The series aired throughout the national CBC network weekdays at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 9 August to 1 September 1978. The second season was broadcast 3:00 p.m. weekdays from 16 to 27 July 1979.

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References

  1. Corcelli, John (August 2005). "Atlantic Summer". Canadian Communications Foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2010.