''Where It's At'' is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
music television series which aired on
CBC Television
CBC Television (also known as CBC TV) is a Canadian English-language broadcast television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster. The network began operations on September 6, 1952. Its French-l ...
from 1968 to 1969.
Premise
Episodes featured rock and pop music selections, produced in various CBC production cities:
* Halifax: host Frank Cameron, producer Paul Baylis
* Montreal: host Robert Demontigny, producer Ed Mercel
* Toronto: host Jay Jackson with The Majestics, producer Allan Angus.
* Vancouver: host
Fred Latremouille, producer Ken Gibson
* Winnipeg: producer Larry Brown
Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer. Her albums, consisting primarily of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.
Murray was the fir ...
and The Lincolns were regularly featured on the Halifax episodes, while
The Guess Who
The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 1965. The band originated in 1962 and achieved an international hit single with a cover of "Shakin' All Over" in 1965 under the name Chad Allan and the Expressions. After c ...
were frequently seen from Winnipeg and
Susan Jacks
Susan Jacks ( Pesklevits; 19 August 1948 – 25 April 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter and record producer.
Career
Susan Pesklevits was born on 19 August 1948 to a family of eight children in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her family moved to ...
(Pesklevits) a regular performer on the Vancouver editions.
Production
Black-and-white episodes were produced from Halifax and Vancouver while colour broadcasts originated from the other production cities.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast weekdays at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern time) from 30 September 1968 to 23 June 1969.
See also
* ''
Music Hop
''Music Hop'' is a Canadian music television series that aired on CBC Television from 1963 to 1967.
Premise
Pop and rock music was featured in this series for youth, essentially a Canadian version of '' American Bandstand''.
Production
The fi ...
''
* ''
Let's Go''
* ''
One More Time (Canadian TV series)''
References
External links
*
Jimi Hendrix, Vanilla Fudge, Northwest Company on WHERE IT'S AT
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CBC Television original programming
1968 Canadian television series debuts
1969 Canadian television series endings