American Bandstand - Local musical show first aired on WFIL-TV (now WPVI), Channel 6
in Philadelphia on October 7, 1952. Originally hosted by
Bob Horn (called Bob Horn's Bandstand), the show
changed hosts on July 9 of 1956 with 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. The show moved to Los Angeles in 1964 and
ran until 1987 (David Hirsh later hosted the show on the
USA Network in 1989). The NBC series AMERICAN DREAM that
aired in the fall of 2002, used clips of the old
American Bandstand program as part of their plotline
as a young Philadelphia teenage girl aspires to be one of
the dancers on the program. See also
Retroland,
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the official site for
Dick Clark Production, Inc.
CMT - Country Music Television's official site
with extensive coverage of country music, recording
artists, news, audio/video content, and internet radio.
Country Music Television, Inc. is a
Viacom company and a division of MTV Networks. It features
the best music videos from the country music charts.
Billed as "Country's home on the web."
GMTN - The Gospel Music Television Network is the world's only 24
hour a day 7 day a week Gospel Music network. GMT is a
one-of-a-kind Gospel Music television experience with all
of the most beloved spiritual uplifting songs of yesterday
and today. The GMT features all of today's hottest Gospel artists performing
all of your favorite songs and offers special concert
events and other special programs with various Christian
Entertainers.
Lawrence Welk Show - Perennial favorite since
1955, the Lawrence Welk Show still airs in syndication on
the
PBS stations nationwide. The legacy of Lawrence Welk
has spawned a resort in Palm Springs & Sand Diego
California and a theatre in Branson, Missouri where former
cast members of the show perform their nostalgic routines
to devoted fans of the program. For more check out
Welk Resorts Online,
Planet Welk,
Stars of the Lawrence Welk Show, and
The Lawrence Welk Museum.
MTV - The Music Television Network debuted at midnight August 1,
1981 as John Lack one of the MTV creators spoke the words
"Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll" and then played the
music video "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles.
The MTV Network has been consistently ranked the No. 1
music content site for music fans in their teens and
twenties, according to Media Metrix. MTV was also
responsible for such pop culture oddities as BEAVIS &
BUTT-HEAD/MTV/1993-1997 that combined animation and
music videos with the rude, crude, lude comments of two
twisted teenagers named
Beavis and Butt-head. As the Millennium rounded the
corner, MTV offered up the wacky and weird family
documentary series THE OSBOURNES/MTV/2002-2005
that followed the home and family life of rock star Ozzie
Osbourne (where family conversations averaged
1.5 swear words per sentence).
Music from TV Commercials - Archives goes back to
1996. Provides the name of the company, artist/composer,
name of Spot and links to Amazon.com which gives "Listen
to Music" samples. See also
Sounds Familiar
VH1
- VH1 is simply an acronym for
"Video Hits 1."VH1 focuses on music fans in the 25-plus age range and
brings you innovative convergent programming like the VH1
My Music Awards. VH1 is an affiliate of the MTV Music
Network.
