Question: when did american bandstand go off the air
Answer: s and thirty minutes on WFIL - TV / Philadelphia only ) Production company ( s ) Dick Clark Productions ( 1964 -- 1989 ) WFIL - TV ( 1952 -- 1964 ) Distributor LBS Communications ( 1987 -- 1988 ) Release Original network WFIL - TV ( 1952 -- 1957 ) ABC ( 1957 -- 1987 ) Syndicated ( 1987 -- 1988 ) USA Network ( 1989 ) Picture format Black - and - white ( 1952 -- 1967 ) Color ( 1967 -- 1989 ) Audio format Monaural ( 1952 -- 1983 ) Stereo ( 1983 -- 1989 ) Original release October 7 , 1952 ( 1952 - 10 - 07 ) -- October 7 , 1989 ( 1989 - 10 - 07 )