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|presenter = [[Oscar Brand]]
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|channel = [[CTV Television Network]]<br />[[CBC Television]]
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|first_aired = 1963
|last_aired = 7 July 1967
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'''''Let's Sing Out''''' was a [[Television in Canada|Canadian]] music television series which aired on [[CTV Television Network|CTV]] from 1963 to 1966, then on [[CBC Television]] until 1968.

==Premise==
This series, patterned after the American ''[[Hootenanny (US TV series)|Hootenanny]]'' show, featured contemporary folk music hosted by folk musician [[Oscar Brand]].<ref name=WTWY>{{cite book | title=When Television Was Young: Primetime Canada 1952-1967 | first=Paul | last=Rutherford | publisher=[[University of Toronto Press]] | isbn=0-8020-5830-2 | page=195 | year=1990 }}</ref> Episodes were filmed on location at universities and geared towards post-secondary school audiences.<ref name=CCF />

Guests included such artists as [[Eric Andersen]], [[Phil Ochs]], [[Tom Rush]] and Josh White Jr.

==Scheduling==
''Let's Sing Out'' began in 1963 on CTV. The series was broadcast on the CBC network beginning 7 October 1966, airing Fridays at 5:30 p.m. (Eastern) until 7 July 1967. It was rebroadcast on CBC from 5 July to 20 September 1968, also in the Friday 5:30 p.m time slot. ''Let's Sing Out'' was sold to markets in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.<ref name=CCF>{{cite web | url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/programming/television/programming_popup.php?id=848 | first=John | last=Corcelli | date=May 2005 | title=Let's Sing Out | publisher=Canadian Communications Foundation | accessdate=7 May 2010 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web | url=http://www.film.queensu.ca/CBC/L.html | first=Blaine | last=Allan | title=Let's Sing Out | publisher=[[Queen's University]] | year=1996 | accessdate=7 May 2010}}

[[Category:CBC network shows]]
[[Category:CTV network shows]]
[[Category:1963 Canadian television series debuts]]
[[Category:1968 Canadian television series endings]]

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