Expo '67 Report

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Expo '67 Report
Presented byBob MacGregor
Norman Kiehl
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
ProducersDavid Bloomberg
Frank Williams
Production locationMontreal
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network CBC Television
Release5 July (1966-07-05) 
6 September 1966 (1966-09-06)
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Expo '67 Report was a Canadian news television series which aired on CBC Television in 1966.

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Premise

This series was a preview of Expo 67, the World's Fair in Montreal featuring news and interviews relating to the progress on planning and development of the Expo site. People associated with the event from architects to dignitaries of participating nations were interviewed.

For example, the 20 July 1966 episode featured interviews with Montreal mayor Jean Drapeau and journalist Charles Lynch on their impressions of the development of Expo 67. A news item also reported that apartments with a view to the Expo site had monthly rents of $1500 compared to typical Montreal rents of $40 to $400 per month. [1]

The CBC's international broadcast centre at Expo 67 was budgeted at $10 million. [2]

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 5 July to 6 September 1966.

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References

  1. Lacosta, Walt (20 July 1966). "Televiews - Picking up the pieces". Ottawa Citizen. p. 31. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
  2. Rutherford, Paul (1990). When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967 . University of Toronto Press. ISBN   0-8020-5830-2.