It has been on the air since 1964 on CBC owned-operated station CBNT in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (interrupted only by a short cancellation in the early 1990s, but revived after an outcry from fans[citation needed]), and is the longest-running regional television program on CBC Television.

[1] Originally a black-and-white program, it began broadcasting in colour in the late 1960s.

There is also a Maritime version of Land and Sea which is broadcast on the full CBC network on Sunday afternoons, and episodes from that version are often alternated with Newfoundland-based episodes.

Other hosts with Quinton included Rab Carnell, Hal Andrews, Des Brown, Mike Martin, Herb Davis, and Paul Harrington.

Some episodes are narrated by Christopher Richardson or broadcaster Tom Murphy.