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By August 1957, now called American Bandstand, ABC began broadcasting the show nationwide at 3 p.m. for an hour-and-a-half. Within six months of going national, American Bandstand was picked up by 101 stations. Twenty million viewers were now tuning in, half of whom were adult.
Aug 5, 2022 · The program got its start in 1952 as a Philadelphia program dubbed "Bandstand." It was hosted by Bob Horn, a popular radio DJ. He lost the job following a drunk driving arrest in 1956. Clark...
American Bandstand first aired 5 August 1957 in the 3-4:30 afternoon slot. “Dick Clark introduced records, and the camera followed teenagers as they selected partners to dance,” writes historian Matthew Delmont.
Aug 5, 2023 · Dick Clark hosted American Bandstand, which premiered on August 5, 1957 nationwide after doing well locally for years, featuring teenagers dancing to popular music. The show actually began as Bandstand in 1952 on Philadelphia’s WFIL-TV, hosted first by radio personality Bob Horn.
From its beginning as a local Philadelphia telecast called, simply, Bandstand in 1952, to its 1957 national debut as American Bandstand, and on throughout its run, the show was known for treating teenagers with deference.
American Bandstand began its life in 1952 on a local ABC affiliate station in Philadelphia. Then it was called Bandstand and its hosts were radio personality Bob Horn and former ad salesman Lee Stewart, whom, it was thought, “could bring some of his clients on board as advertisers,” as Steve Cohen writes at the Cultural Critic.
Clark's first love was radio and, in 1963, he began hosting a radio program called The Dick Clark Radio Show. It was produced by Mars Broadcasting of Stamford. Despite Clark's enormous popularity on American Bandstand, the show was only picked up by a few dozen stations and lasted less than a year.
