What year did American Band Stand make it's debut?

Hello sassysissy,  


American Bandstand made its debut on national airwaves for the first
time on August 5, 1957.
 
Here is the history of the show from the time it aired as a local
dance show in the Philadelphia area in 1952:

“In 1952 an afternoon dance show began airing on television in the
Philadelphia area. In 1956 Clark became the host of that show, and on
August 5, 1957, he brought American Bandstand to the national airwaves
for the first time. The show aired weekday afternoons and went on to
play over 65,000 records (launching a countless number of them onto
the bestseller charts) which were danced to by over 600,000 in-studio
teenagers. The program went on to log more than 6,000 hours of airtime
and present over 10,000 musical guest appearances.”

Source: ABC
http://abc.abcnews.go.com/primetime/specials/american_bandstand.html

  
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I hope this helps.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 06 Aug 2003 10:31 PDT

American Bandstand - Broadcast History 

"Bandstand began as a local program on WFIL-TV (now WPVI), Channel 6
in Philadelphia on October 7, 1952. Then it was hosted by Bob Horn and
was called Bob Horn's Bandstand.On July 9 of 1956 the show got a new
host, a clean-cut 26 year old named Dick Clark. When ABC picked the
show up, it was renamed American Bandstand, airing it's first national
show on August 5, 1957." http://www.fiftiesweb.com/bandstnd.htm