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Also known as | Brian Henderson's National Bandstand |
Genre | Music television |
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Based on | American Bandstand by WFIL-TV |
Presented by | Brian Henderson |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 15 |
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Production location | Sydney |
Running time | 55 minutes |
Production company | TCN Productions |
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Release | 15 November 1958 17 June 1972 | –
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Bandstand is an Australian live pop music, variety television program screened from November 1958 to June 1972. Featuring both local and international music artists, and produced in-house at the studios of the Nine Network in Willoughby, New South Wales, it was originally broadcast only in New South Wales, It became a national program in the early 1960s as the network expanded into other Australian states. The host of Bandstand for its entire existence was radio presenter and television newsreader Brian Henderson.
Although unrelated, the program was based on the concept of the American pop music show American Bandstand.[1]