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Donald Loyd "Bob" Horn (born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania; February 20, 1916 – July 31, 1966) was an American radio and television personality in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, best known for being the original host of ''Bandstand'' (which later became ''American Bandstand''.) According to academic records from his youth, Horn sometimes spelled his surname ''Horne''. In addition, Horn initially replaced his first name with "Robert"; after landing a disk jockey job at Houston's KILT, Horn became known as Bob Adams. ==Philadelphia== In the late 1940s, Horn was hired by Jack Steck, Program Manager for Philadelphia's WFIL radio station, to be a daytime announcer and late night DJ for Walter Annenberg's Triangle Publications' WFIL-AM.〔(History of Rock, ''Bob Horn'' )〕 After several years in Philadelphia (and a brief stint in Los Angeles), Horn had a popular show as a DJ on WIP called ''C'mon and Dance''. Since Horn wanted to appear on television, WFIL was able to woo him to its station, to create a daytime radio show, ''Bob Horn's Bandstand'', and a TV version of the show.〔Scott Bruce, ''It Happened in Philadelphia''. Globe Pequot, 2008, p.87. ISBN 0-7627-3989-4〕〔(Penn State Center for the Book, ''Philadelphia’s Teens Take a “Stand” '' )〕 ''Bob Horn's Bandstand'' premiered on WFIL-TV (Channel 6) in late September 1952 as a replacement for a weekday movie. Originally, ''Bob Horn's Bandstand'' was mostly short musical films (the ancestors of music videos); there also were studio guests.〔Ben Fong-Torres, ''Not fade away: a backstage pass to 20 years of rock & roll''. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1999, p.152. ISBN 0-87930-590-8 Recollections of Dick Clark〕 Horn was disenchanted with the film-based program and sought to have it changed to teens dancing along, live on camera - live - as popular records played, based on an idea from WPEN's ''950 Club'', hosted by Joe Grady and Ed Hurst.〔 Since the film idea was going nowhere, WFIL began advertising for dancers.〔Scott Bruce, p.89.〕 The ''Bandstand'' makeover debuted on October 7, 1952, with hundreds dancing on live TV. ''Bandstand'' sometimes drew over 60 percent of the daytime audience, making Horn wealthy.〔 On July 9, 1956, Horn, fired after a drunk driving arrest, was replaced by Dick Clark after a period of on-air tryouts from various DJs. (Horn also had been charged with statutory rape, and was acquitted.) Clark had shared afternoon DJ duties with Horn on WFIL-AM (Horn had been working radio ''and'' TV simultaneously, and wasn't happy about it.)〔 ''Bandstand'' was picked up by ABC (becoming ''American Bandstand'') on August 5, 1957 and went on to great success with Dick Clark as host. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bob Horn (broadcaster)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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