CBC Switchback - Get Loose Crew TV Performance (1988) (1988-03) (television appearance filmed at Flemingdon Park Resource Centre (1988))
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Annotation
A filmed segment for the CBC youth program Switchback, hosted by comedian Eric Tunney and produced within CBC’s regional weekend lineup. The episode features an on-camera performance and interview with Get Loose Crew and was shot on location at the Flemingdon Park Resource Centre in North York, Toronto.
This appearance is recognized as one of the first — and likely the earliest confirmed — national television features of a Canadian hip-hop group. Switchback aired across multiple CBC regions throughout the 1980s, giving emerging artists rare national exposure at a time when Canadian hip-hop had virtually no broadcast representation.
MC Shadow served as spokesman for the group during the interview, with the segment contributing to the early visibility and documentation of Toronto’s developing hip-hop scene.
Relationships
| main performers: | Get Loose Crew (1980s Canadian hip‐hop group) DJ Jel (Canadian hip-hop DJ, founding member of Get Loose Crew (Toronto, 1986–1989)) Mix-Master Len (Canadian DJ and founding member of Get Loose Crew (Toronto hip-hop, 1986–1989)) MC Shadow (Canadian hip-hop artist Kory Neely) |
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| hosts: | Eric Tunney (Canadian comedian and TV host) |
| presented by: | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
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| held at: | Flemindon Park Resource Centre (community (and youth centre) centre in North York, Toronto) |
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Setlist
1. Get Loose Crew