''Encounter'' is a Canadian talk show television program which aired on

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in 1960.

Premise

Nathan Cohen hosted this interview program with guests such as

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Marshall McLuhan Herbert Marshall McLuhan (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. He studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridge. He began his ...

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and E. W. R. Steacie (

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president).

Scheduling

This half-hour program was broadcast on Sundays at 10:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 9 October to 18 December 1960. ''Encounter'' temporarily replaced ''

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'', also hosted by Cohen.

References

External links

* {{Cite web , url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/E.html , first=Blaine , last=Allan , title=Encounter , publisher= Queen's University , year=1996 , accessdate=7 May 2010 , url-status=dead , archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100311081340/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/E.html , archivedate=11 March 2010 , df=dmy-all CBC Television original programming 1960 Canadian television series debuts 1960 Canadian television series endings 1960s Canadian television talk shows