KMBC in Kansas City pre-empted the show in the late 60s-early 70s, Dick still opened an AB grill there
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Places where American Bandstand was pre-empted
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Most of its run in mid 60s-early 70s was pre-empted by ch 10 Miami, although indie WAJA 23 picked it up for a few months circa 1969. And, yes, the late Dick Clark had an AB Grill here too!
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cd637299 said:
but Miami has a lot of people from places that didn't pre-empt it
Here's some I know. Then-ABC (sadly FOX O&O) WHBQ 13 in Memphis dropped Bandstand in 1972 which shocked a lot of viewers in Memphis (aka home of Elvis' Graceland, that was 5 years before the King died) for professional wrestling telecasts before moved to WMC-TV later on. Sadly they didn't get to see hometown folks like Rita Cooledge, Rick "Disco Duck" Dees, Anita Ward, The Sylvers, and the late great Issac Hayes (who died in Memphis in 2008) perform on American Bandstand. They aired rival Soul Train hosted by the late Don Cornelius (who died from suicide 2 months/18 days earlier) on WHBQ until newly-indie (now current ABC station) WPTY picked up Soul Train for September 1983. Gladly, WHBQ recleared Bandstand in 1984 and aired it until it ended their ABC run in 1987.
Also same story in New Orleans, LA when then-ABC WVUE 8 (sadly FOX) pre-empted Bandstand around circa 1960s and substitued with Soul Train in the early 1970s.
Boston was one of the affiliates to passed on Bandstand, first then-ABC WNAC 7 (now NBC affiliate WHDH) and later current-ABC WCVB 5. Bostonians missed that eras run unless they picked up OTA stations from Providence like ABC station WLNE 6 (later WPRI 12 when it was ABC) or alternate ABC station from New Hampshire (in the Boston DMA) WMUR 9.
BTW, now-defunct Indie KCIT 50 in KC carried Bandstand in place of ABC station KMBC around 1969-1971.
Also same story in New Orleans, LA when then-ABC WVUE 8 (sadly FOX) pre-empted Bandstand around circa 1960s and substitued with Soul Train in the early 1970s.
Boston was one of the affiliates to passed on Bandstand, first then-ABC WNAC 7 (now NBC affiliate WHDH) and later current-ABC WCVB 5. Bostonians missed that eras run unless they picked up OTA stations from Providence like ABC station WLNE 6 (later WPRI 12 when it was ABC) or alternate ABC station from New Hampshire (in the Boston DMA) WMUR 9.
BTW, now-defunct Indie KCIT 50 in KC carried Bandstand in place of ABC station KMBC around 1969-1971.
spencerkarter85 said:
The ABC station out of St Joseph carried it also
It was also pre-empted in Dallas and until like 1984 in Houston but by then the glory days were gone
In Memphis nothing pre-empted Memfus Rasslin', which pre-empted AB on WHBQ. When they moved to WMC in the mid 70's nothing pre-empted it there either. The usual victim was some of NBC's cartoon lineup and sometimes the pre-game and early innings of Major League Baseball when it was on NBC.
...for a spell, Milwaukee's WITI/6 pre-empted American Bandstand, and it was picked up by indie WVTV/18. And for a couple of stretches, WLUK/11 Green Bay, WKOW-TV/27 Madison, WAOW/9 Wausau and WXOW/19 La Crosse delayed the show to a Sunday afternoon slot...
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John-Summers
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What could be called the "classic" incarnation of American Bandstand was never seen on Baltimore's then-ABC affiliate, WJZ 13. The reason was that JZ had it's own dance party show every afternoon, the Buddy Deane Show, fictionally immortalized in John Waters' "Hairspray." Buddy was on JZ until 1964, during all of Bandstand's glory years, and was finally cancelled by management who refused to integrate the show, so the story goes. Anyone in Baltimore who preferred Bandstand had to watch it on Washington's Channel 7.
About 1958 or so, WCPO-TV, Channel 9, in Cincinnati did not carry 30 minutes of American Bandstand when it was on ABC-TV Monday - Friday afternoons to air the local program - "Our Gang Clubhouse" (later called "Bean's Clubhouse") starring Bud Chase. This did bring mail to the station from teenagers complaining of losing that half-hour of Dick Clark's show.
Interestingly, WCPO-TV originated some shows in the 1950's that were picked up by ABC-TV and shown of their network, like: "Uncle Al", "Girl Alone" and "This Is Music".
Interestingly, WCPO-TV originated some shows in the 1950's that were picked up by ABC-TV and shown of their network, like: "Uncle Al", "Girl Alone" and "This Is Music".
Rita Coolidge's connection to Memphis is negligible, at best. She lived there for a while after college, singing jingles or what-not, but that is about it. She has stronger connections to the rest of the great state of Tennessee, being born here in the midstate, and living in east Tennessee for a while as well. The others that you mentioned have a stronger Memphis connection than Coolidge. I don't remember seeing Bandstand much while I was growing up, and those pre-emptions may have been part of the reason why. I don't recall if channel 7 in Jackson (nearest ABC affiliate to me during my teen years) carried Bandstand or not, but I definitely recall watching Solid Gold there quite a bit during the '80s. I only recall Bandstand from primetime specials, and from its reairing during the '90s over VH-1.spencerkarter85 said:
I think WBBJ carried AB in the 70's, but I was working by then and didn't see it much, or ended up watching rasslin'. I knew it was fake and stupid, but it was hilarious. 
Also weren't there times that ABC pre-empted or shortened AB for college football?
Also weren't there times that ABC pre-empted or shortened AB for college football?
Believe it or not, WKRC Cincinnati used to pre-empt 'New Year's Rockin' Eve' back in the late '80s or early '90s. They considered it too controversial and replaced it with a very tame local New Year "celebration."
No, I'm not making this up.
This is the same station that preempted Alice Cooper's appearance on ABC back in the '70s.
No, I'm not making this up.
This is the same station that preempted Alice Cooper's appearance on ABC back in the '70s.
An earlier poster mentioned that AB was pre-empted in Boston for years. I don't remember what WNAC aired in its place, but when WCVB took over the affilliation, they pre-empted it for a local bowling show that ran for years (originating on WCVB's predecessor on channel 5, the first WHDH-TV) and which was very popular. Depending on where you lived in the Boston area, you could still get Bandstand if you could pick up WTEV New Bedford or WMUR Manchester.
And yes, Bandstand was frequently shortened or pre-empted in the fall for ABC's college football. It was eventually a factor in Clark deciding, by 1987, to leave ABC and take Bandstand to syndication.
And yes, Bandstand was frequently shortened or pre-empted in the fall for ABC's college football. It was eventually a factor in Clark deciding, by 1987, to leave ABC and take Bandstand to syndication.
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Hal Erickson
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Milwaukee's then-ABC affiliate WITI stopped carrying AMERICAN BANDSTAND in early 1963, in favor of movies and syndicated reruns. The daily show was picked up by independent WUHF-TV (Channel 18), which prompted the station to sign on earlier than its standard 4PM. The following year, WUHF continued running the weekly Saturday BANDSTAND, meaning that the station now extended its broadcast day to 12 noon on Saturdays. 18 stayed with the weekly version for several years, even after a change of call letters (to WVTV) and management.
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Not a pre-emption, but interesting to note that WPVI (nee WFIL) didn't carry the syndicated version of Bandstand--after all those years and after being born out of Philadelphia's channel 6, it moved over to KYW (then NBC).
As I think everybody knows, WFAA Dallas/Ft. Worth pre-empted
"Bandstand" (why was the most frequent question asked on Mike
Shapiro's "Inside Television" on the same station, and he never gave
a satisfactory answer), but rival KXAS had no problem with "Soul Train."
"Bandstand" aired in the Central time zone from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
on Saturdays, but with it absent in the Metroplex, KXAS aired "Soul
Train" from 12-1, immediately following NBC's Saturday-morning kids' block.
Somebody mentioned "Bandstand" being pre-empted on WLCY/WTSP Tampa/
St. Petersburg. Not when my parents lived there from 1973-76, and "Bandstand"
on Channel 10 and "Soul Train" on WTOG/44 usually either went head-to-head,
or the second half of "Bandstand" was up against the first half of "Soul Train."
Same thing in Orlando, where "Bandstand" was on WFTV and "Soul Train" on
WESH; they usually went head-to-head or overlapped.
"Bandstand" (why was the most frequent question asked on Mike
Shapiro's "Inside Television" on the same station, and he never gave
a satisfactory answer), but rival KXAS had no problem with "Soul Train."
"Bandstand" aired in the Central time zone from 11:30 AM-12:30 PM
on Saturdays, but with it absent in the Metroplex, KXAS aired "Soul
Train" from 12-1, immediately following NBC's Saturday-morning kids' block.
Somebody mentioned "Bandstand" being pre-empted on WLCY/WTSP Tampa/
St. Petersburg. Not when my parents lived there from 1973-76, and "Bandstand"
on Channel 10 and "Soul Train" on WTOG/44 usually either went head-to-head,
or the second half of "Bandstand" was up against the first half of "Soul Train."
Same thing in Orlando, where "Bandstand" was on WFTV and "Soul Train" on
WESH; they usually went head-to-head or overlapped.
I don't think it was uncommon to see Bandstand and Soul Train compete against each other, either directly or partially. As I can to speak Los Angeles and Chicago in the 80s, there was that 11:30am half-hour where they did air against each other--Soul Train at 11am local time on KTTV and WGN, American Bandstand at 11:30am on ABC. When AB went into syndication, KTLA picked it up here in L.A., and aired at directly against Soul Train at 11am. I don't remember who picked-up the syndicated AB in Chicago, other than I'm certain it wasn't WGN.
Twin Cities: the last year or two (at least) it was not cleared by KSTP, but ended up on indy KXLI (now ion's KPXM).
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