Bandstand (Australia)
Overview
Bandstand was an Australian musical/variety television show which screened from November 1958 to 1972. It was produced at the studios of TCN-9
in Sydney and eventually became a national program as Nine Network
expanded into other Australian cities in the early 1960s.
Bandstand was created by Nine executive Bruce Gyngell
, who based it on the American show of a similar name, American Bandstand
. The host for virtually the entire run of the series was Brian Henderson, who was also the chief newsreader for TCN-9
in Sydney.
The series is closely associated with the group of performers who regularly appeared on the show, and became known as The Bandstand Family.
TCN-9
TCN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia and is located at Willoughby. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Frank Packer, was one of the first four licences to be issued for commercial television stations in...
in Sydney and eventually became a national program as Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
expanded into other Australian cities in the early 1960s.
Bandstand was created by Nine executive Bruce Gyngell
Bruce Gyngell
Bruce Gyngell was a hugely influential Australian television executive, prominent for 50 years in both Australian and U.K. television. Although Gyngell began his career in radio, in the 1950s he stepped into the arena of early television broadcasting, helping to set up Channel 9, the first...
, who based it on the American show of a similar name, American Bandstand
American Bandstand
American Bandstand is an American music-performance show that aired in various versions from 1952 to 1989 and was hosted from 1956 until its final season by Dick Clark, who also served as producer...
. The host for virtually the entire run of the series was Brian Henderson, who was also the chief newsreader for TCN-9
TCN-9
TCN is the Sydney flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia and is located at Willoughby. The licence, issued to a company named Television Corporation Ltd headed by Frank Packer, was one of the first four licences to be issued for commercial television stations in...
in Sydney.
The series is closely associated with the group of performers who regularly appeared on the show, and became known as The Bandstand Family.
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