Telepoll
≈ 1 min read
Names in other languages
No names in other languages are held for this entry yet.
Article bodies are English and are not machine-translated. A name in another language is not a translation of the article.
Telepoll is a Canadian talk show television series which aired on CTV between 1961 and 1965. It was hosted by Royce Frith.
Telepoll is a Canadian talk show television series which aired on CTV between 1961 and 1965. It was hosted by Royce Frith. ==Premise== Each week, a guest panel was invited to discuss a current event. Pre-selected viewers were also polled and their responses were tabulated and presented on the next show. Each episode cost an estimated $3500 ( ), among the most expensive domestic CTV productions. CNCP Telecommunications was Telepolls sponsor. Peter Jennings, then based at CTV's Ottawa affiliate CJOH-TV, was a correspondent for the program. ==Notable episodes== Glen Haw, a lawyer for the Jehovah's Witnesses sect appeared on 14 January 1961 to discuss their doctrine against blood transfusions. Haw stormed off the set following a statement by Kildare Dobbs, another panelist on that episode. The newspaper industry was the subject of a 3 January 1965 episode. The poll on that occasion found that three-quarters of respondents felt that Canada's papers did a "good job" covering the news, although 55% of those polled indicated the papers placed too much emphasis on sensationalism. ==Broadcast== Telepolls debut was on 3 December 1961, two months after the CTV network began its broadcasts. ==References== ==External links== Telepoll at Canadian Communications Foundation Telepoll at TVArchive.ca
Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378086236 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.