Flipside was a Canadian

Television in Canada

Television in Canada officially began with the opening of the nation's first television stations in Montreal and Toronto in 1952. As with most media in Canada, the television industry, and the television programming available in that country, are strongly influenced by the American media, perhaps...

 journalistic music television series which aired on CBC Television

CBC Television

CBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...

 in 1974.

Premise

Jim McKenna produced and hosted Flipside, a Montreal-produced series concerning the music industry in Canada. Visiting artists performed on the series and were interviewed by McKenna. Guests included Jim Kale

Jim Kale

Jim Kale is the bassist for the popular band, The Guess Who. Kale left the band in 1973, after the Live at the Paramount album. He was replaced by Bill Wallace, formerly of Winnipeg band, Brother...

 (The Guess Who

The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...

), The Stampeders

The Stampeders

The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson, Ronnie King, and Kim Berly.-Career:The band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1964 as The Rebounds....

. Murray McLauchlan

Murray McLauchlan

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, a winner at the 1974 Juno Awards

Juno Awards of 1974

The Juno Awards of 1974, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 25 March 1974 in Toronto at a ceremony at the Inn on the Park's Centennial ballroom hosted by George Wilson of CFRB radio's Starlight Serenade programme.No television broadcasts had yet...

, was featured in a filmed report. The Ville Emard Blues Band was the subject of another filmed feature.

Scheduling

The half-hour series was broadcast on Saturdays at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 29 June to 14 September 1974.