One Night Stand (TV series)
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One Night Stand is 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...

 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 1976.

Premise

This series featured Toronto concerts in the rock and pop genres, presented by either Rob Parker and Mel Profit
Mel Profit
Mel Profit was a football player in the CFL for six years. He was selected originally by the Los Angeles Rams in the 1963 NFL Draft. He starred as a tight end for the Toronto Argonauts....

 who alternated as episode hosts. Featured artists included Dianne Heatherington
Dianne Heatherington
Dianne Mae Heatherington was a Canadian singer of several genres, particularly rock, whose musical career spanned nearly two decades...

, Joe Mendelson
Mendelson Joe
Mendelson Joe is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, painter and outspoken political activist and uses his art to express political themes. His most famous painting depicted Prime Minister Brian Mulroney with his face superimposed on a pair of human buttocks...

 of Mainline, Domenic Troiano
Domenic Troiano
Domenic Troiano was a Canadian rock guitarist, most notable for his contributions to Mandala, The James Gang, The Guess Who and as a solo artist.-History:...

 Band and the Christopher Ward
Christopher Ward (songwriter)
Christopher William Ward is a Canadian songwriter and broadcaster, known as a former long-standing on-air personality at MuchMusic, Canada's music video network, where he and J.D. Roberts were among the first video jockeys in 1984...

 Band.

John Martin
John Martin (Canadian broadcaster)
John Martin was a Canadian broadcaster, credited with "almost single-handedly" creating music television in Canada.-Early life and career:...

, later of MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...

, produced One Night Stand.

Scheduling

This half-hour series was broadcast on Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 17 April to 26 June 1976, with two final broadcasts aired Fridays at 7:00 p.m. on 10 and 17 September 1976.
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