''Disco Step-by-Step'' was a local television show in
Buffalo, New York
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York (behind only New York City) and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Sou ...
which featured
disco music, dance instruction, and
hustle dancing. The show was created, written, produced and first hosted by
Marty Angelo.
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Taped during 1975 and 1976, the show was seen on local
Public-access television
Public-access television is traditionally a form of non-commercial mass media where the general public can create content television programming which is narrowcast through cable television specialty channels. Public-access television was creat ...
cable TV channels in Buffalo and western New York State from January 1, 1977 to June 30, 1977; the program was shot in black and white.
On September 23, 1977, the show moved to
WBEN-TV (channel 4, now WIVB), where the show saw various technical improvements, including color. The show's host changed with the move, with the duties now passed to
Kevin O'Connell, who at the time was also WBEN-TV's weatherman. The program ran in the form of first-run and repeat telecasts on WBEN-TV until January 15, 1980.
Various video clips of the show were featured in 2005 in the Experience Music Project's travellin
a VH1 television
When Disco Ruled the World, disco special, and a DV
disco documentary
References
Dance television shows
Disco
1970s American television series
1980s American television series
1977 American television series debuts
1980 American television series endings
American public access television shows