Summer Festival (TV series)

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Summer Festival
GenreCurrent affairs, entertainment
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
Production
Running time60 minutes
Release
Original network CBC Television
Original release30 June (1980-06-30) 
5 September 1980 (1980-09-05)

Summer Festival is a Canadian current affairs and entertainment television series which aired on CBC Television in 1980.

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Premise

This series featured various events throughout Canada such as a lobster festival in Prince Edward Island or Edmonton's Klondike Days. Various series hosts were assigned for each Canadian region. On Monday episodes, Geoff Gray-Cobb of British Columbia provided astrology advice. [1]

Summer Festival replaced The Bob McLean Show between June and September 1980.

Regional hosts

Scheduling

This hour-long series was broadcast weekdays at 3:00 p.m. (Eastern time) from 30 June to 5 September 1980.

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References

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