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Atlantic Summer

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Country of origin
  
Canada

No. of seasons
  
1

Original network
  
CBC Television

Final episode date
  
27 July 1979

Number of seasons
  
1

Original language(s)
  
English

Running time
  
30 minutes

First episode date
  
9 August 1978

Network
  
CBC Television

Language
  
English

Producer(s)
  
Jack O'Neil (Halifax) Wayne Guzwell (St. John's, 1978) Leo Williams (St. John's, 1979)

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 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.

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.

References

Atlantic Summer Wikipedia