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"Bandstand" Turns Big Five-0

TV icon popped up on the schedule a half-century ago

Posted Aug 5, 2007 1:35 PM CDT

(Newser) – Fifty years ago today at 3 pm in Philadelphia, what is now known as a summer replacement program debuted on the ABC TV network. That show, "American Bandstand," ran for 30-plus years. Its host, Dick Clark, frequently referred to as the oldest living...   Read full story »

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