''Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date'' was a Canadian

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series which aired on

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from 1963 to 1975.

Elwood Glover William Elwood Glover (11 May 1915 - 14 November 1990) was a Canadian radio and television broadcaster who was best known as host of ''Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date''. Born in Carmel, Saskatchewan on 11 May 1915, Glover began his 46-year broadcas ...

had hosted noon-time programming on

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from 1956. A new studio was set up at the

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, near the CBC broadcast headquarters on Jarvis Street in Toronto. The following year, ''Luncheon Date'' made its CBC television debut while the audio portion was simultaneously broadcast on CBC Radio. ''Luncheon Date'' featured

Leon Mangoff Leon Mangoff (April 1, 1931 – June 2, 2000) was a Canadian radio and television announcer and broadcaster best known as the host of ''Elwood Glover's Luncheon Date''. Mangoff worked as a CBC TV and radio announcer during the 1960s and 1970 ...

as announcer and sidekick. Glover announced in February 1975 that he would leave the programme, after conducting more than 10 000 interviews. Glover had worked for the CBC a total of 37 years at that point, but wanted to continue with the CBC in a less intensive role. Glover left the CBC on 1 June 1975 for a weekend host job at CKEY radio (the station today is dispersed as

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and

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). The CBC began a new noon-time talk show program in September 1975, the ''

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''.

References

External links

Queen's University Directory of CBC Television Series
via archive.org)
CBC Archives: ''Luncheon Date''
interview with

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