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Buddy Deane Show

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How it feels

A teenager dance show hosted by Buddy Deane aired in Baltimore from 1957 to 1964. It featured teens dancing to popular music. The show was taken off the air due to a conflict over integrating black dancers.

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What happens

The Buddy Deane Show is an American teen dance television show, created by Zvi Shoubin, hosted by Winston "Buddy" Deane (1924–2003), and aired on WJZ-TV (Channel 13), the ABC affiliate station in Baltimore from 1957 until 1964. It is similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand. The Buddy Deane Show was taken off the air because of a feud Deane had with WJZ-TV regarding the integration of African-American dancers on the program; WJZ-TV wanted virulently to have said dancers booked for his program, but Deane felt that the city of Baltimore had Southern orientations and that its white population would be greatly resistant to the inclusion of those dancers as a result. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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