Ballads and Bards explained

Genre:	country music
Presenter:	Reg Gibson Jim Pirie
Country:	Canada
Language:	English
Channel:	CBC Television
Num Seasons:	1
Num Episodes:	9
Runtime:	15 minutes

Ballads and Bards is a Canadian country music television series which aired nationally on CBC Television in 1963.

Premise

Country music was featured in this Winnipeg-produced series, adapted from the radio series Shenandoah. Hosts were musicians Reg Gibson (Swingalong) and Jim Pirie (Red River Jamboree).^[1]

Scheduling

This series was initially broadcast from June 1962 on CBC's Winnipeg and Edmonton stations. The 15-minute series was broadcast nationally on CBC Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. from 4 May to 29 June 1963.

External links

• Web site: Ballads and Bards . Blaine . Allan . . 1996 . 7 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100311074231/http://www.film.queensu.ca/cbc/B.html . 11 March 2010 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ballads and Bards . John . Corcelli . April 2005 . Canadian Communications Foundation . 7 May 2010 .