Saw this on FB and it made me think of the days when I was growing up watching American bandstand on WVC channel 13 in Norfolk, Virginia..
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37 years ago today, October 7, 1989, "American Bandstand" aired its final episode on the USA Network, with the Cover Girls as the last musical guests, ending one of television's longest-running music shows.
The show began as "Bandstand," a local afternoon dance program on WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, in October 1952. Dick Clark took over as host on July 9, 1956, and ABC began airing it nationally as "American Bandstand" on August 5, 1957. It moved from weekdays to Saturday afternoons on September 7, 1963, and relocated to Los Angeles on February 8, 1964.
After ABC aired its final episode on September 5, 1987, the show moved to first-run syndication and then to the USA Network on April 8, 1989. Clark stepped down as on-camera host but stayed on as executive producer, and comedian David Hirsch took over hosting duties for the final six months.
Over its run, the show introduced generations of viewers to rock, pop and dance acts, popularized features like "Rate-a-Record," and made Clark "America's oldest teenager."
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37 years ago today, October 7, 1989, "American Bandstand" aired its final episode on the USA Network, with the Cover Girls as the last musical guests, ending one of television's longest-running music shows.
The show began as "Bandstand," a local afternoon dance program on WFIL-TV in Philadelphia, in October 1952. Dick Clark took over as host on July 9, 1956, and ABC began airing it nationally as "American Bandstand" on August 5, 1957. It moved from weekdays to Saturday afternoons on September 7, 1963, and relocated to Los Angeles on February 8, 1964.
After ABC aired its final episode on September 5, 1987, the show moved to first-run syndication and then to the USA Network on April 8, 1989. Clark stepped down as on-camera host but stayed on as executive producer, and comedian David Hirsch took over hosting duties for the final six months.
Over its run, the show introduced generations of viewers to rock, pop and dance acts, popularized features like "Rate-a-Record," and made Clark "America's oldest teenager."
