''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 South ...

which featured

disco Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric pia ...

music, dance instruction, and hustle dancing. The show was created, written, produced and first hosted by

Marty Angelo Marty Angelo worked in the entertainment business from 1965 to 1980 as a television producer ( Disco Step-by-Step), record promoter, restaurant/nightclub owner and personal manager for rock 'n' roll bands ( Raven and Rob Grill and The Grass Roots) ...

.{{cite news , title=Dancing Queen , url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56414919/the-sun-and-the-erie-county-independent/ , accessdate=31 July 2020 , work=The Sun and the Erie County Independent , date=July 26, 2001 , page=15 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 ...

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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

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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