Promenade Concert | |
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Genre | music |
Country of origin | Canada |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
Production | |
Producer | David Marcus-Roland |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Release | |
Original network | CBC Television |
Original release | 28 May 1953 – 13 September 1956 |
Promenade Concert is a Canadian music television series which aired on CBC Television from 1953 to 1956.
This series featured the Promenade Concert series in Toronto, recorded at Varsity Arena. These concerts were also broadcast on CBC Radio. [1]
This hour-long series was broadcast as follows (times in Eastern):
Day | Time | Season run | |
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Thursdays | 9:00 p.m. | 28 May 1953 | 4 June 1953 |
Thursdays | 9:30 p.m. | 11 June 1953 | 24 September 1953 |
Sundays | 11:00 a.m. | 6 June 1954 | 13 June 1954 |
Thursdays | 8:30 p.m. | 1 July 1954 | 23 September 1954 |
Sundays | 3:30 p.m. | 12 June 1955 | 26 June 1955 |
Thursdays | 8:30 p.m. | 7 July 1955 | 15 September 1955 |
Thursdays | 8:30 p.m. | 7 June 1956 | 13 September 1956 |
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