The greatest popular music programme?
by dfle3 | Public
IMDB does not have a match for all the titles that I wanted, so maybe your favourite show isn't here because of that.
Which one is/was your "go to" programme?
[This List is based on a poll I withdrew from the Polls section...it's hard getting a poll up which doesn't have "The dark knight" as an option!]
American bandstand".
1952 - 1989.
Hosted by Dick Clark.
ABC (U.S.A.)
"Bandstand (Australia)".
1958 - 1972.
Hosted by Brian Henderson.
Nine Network.
No match on this site. "Beatbox".
1985 - 1988.
ABC TV (Australia)
Again, I think that this show didn't have music as a central element and I'm not sure if the music was contemporary...definitely had a focus on more hard rock acts, if I recall. Midnight Oil's drummer Rob Hirst did the title music for this and there is a You Tube of him performing it for the show's opening credits.
1974 - 1987.
Hosted by Ian "Molly" Meldrum.
ABC TV, Australia.
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Related: "Countdown revolution"
1989 - 1990
Replaced "Countdown"...briefly.
Originally hosted by Tania Lacy and Mark Little until they were sacked over their protesting of the ABC's policy of having music acts mime to their music on their show.
1988 - 2003.
Hosted by Monika Deol et.al.
Canada.
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No match on this site for "City limits" which I would have liked to have included.
1980s.
Hosted by Christopher Ward et. al.
Canada.
No match on this site. "Flashez".
1976 - 1977.
Hosted by Ray Burgess.
ABC TV (Australia)
Not strictly a music show...has other elements too.
1959 - 1967
Hosted by Noel Edmonds, Jools Holland et. al.
BBC.
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Also, same title for U.S. version which inspired the British version...
1953 - 1954
Hosted by Peter Potter
ABC (U.S.A.)
1972 - 1981.
Hosted by Helen Reddy et.al.
NBC (U.S.A.)
"MTV (Unplugged)".
1989 - present.
Couldn't find a match for "MTV", so maybe you can count this as either a vote for "MTV Unplugged" or MTV in general?
No match on this site. "Music express".
1975 - 1984.
Hosted by Steve Curtis and later joined by Steve Witham.
Seven network, Australia.
No match on this site. "Music video".
1983 - 1987.
Hosted by Basia Bonkowski et.al.
Network Ten (Australia).
On in the air US on 1952 (originally on the NBC Radio) then on to tv from 1953-1959 on NBC then CBS.
A British version of this show appeared in 1956.
For American, British and other international versions of this show see the Wikipedia entry for that title.
1977 - 1986.
Hosted by Lee Simon.
Network Seven, Network Ten (Australia).
"No disco" (no IMDB listing, unfortunately)
1993 - 2003
Ireland
No match on this site. "Rock arena".
1982 - 1989.
Hosted by Suzanne Dowling (and others).
ABC TV (Australia).
No match on this site. "Rock around the world".
1982 - 1985.
Hosted by Basia Bonkowski.
SBS TV (Australia)
1963 - 1966.
Hosted by Keith Fordyce and Cathy McGowan, though early shows were introduced by Dusty Springfield.
ITV (U.K.).
No match on this site. "Rocturnal".
1970s
ABC TV (Australia)
This looked an excellent programme. "Rage" broadcast an old episode of this show which I've been informed was based out of Adelaide. The episode I saw a bit of had Australian punk pioneers Radio Birdman being interviewed as well as performing some songs. The show also actually made a music video for a Richard Hell song, I believe. If that episode was typical, a box set wouldn't be out of the question for me...if they made it!
1982 - 1987
TV1 & TV2 (New Zealand).
This site doesn't have entries for many New Zealand that I was hoping to include, like:
"(Vodafone) Select (live)".
2003 - 2010.
C4 (New Zealand).
"Radio with pictures".
1976 – 88 with
Hosted by Barry 'Dr Rock' Jenkin on SPTV (TV2).
No exact match at this site. "Sing sing sing".
1963 - 1965.
Hosted by Johnny O'Keefe.
Channel Seven (Australia)
Also:
"The Johnny O'Keefe show"
1961 - 1962
Channel Seven.
1980 - 1988.
Hosted by Andy Gibb, Marilyn McCoo et. al.
U.S.A.
1971 - 2006.
Hosted by Don Cornelius.
U.S.A.
No match on this site. Originally called "Sounds unlimited" but later shorted to just "Sounds".
1974 - 1987.
Hosted by Donnie Sutherland.
Seven network, Australia.
1964 - 2006.
Hosted by Jimmy Savile et. al.
BBC
(I'm bundling the Canadian and Australian versions together. Okay?)
(Canada)
1984 - 1993.
Hosted by Samantha Taylor, et.al.
CBC.
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(Australia)
1987 - 2011.
Hosted by 'Fuzzy" Agolley, et.al.
Network Ten.
1992 - present.
Hosted by Simon Evans, then Sook-Yin Lee, et. al.
Canada.
1991 - 2005.
Hosted by Danielle McGimsie et. al.
Canada.