Bob Horn (broadcaster)

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.

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.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.

Robert Horn (disambiguation)

Robert Horn (or variants) may refer to:

See also

Bob Horn (American football)

Robert "Bob" Horn (born February 6, 1954 in Salem, Oregon), was an National Football League linebacker from 1976-1983. He was a member of 1971-1972 class 3 high school football championship team at South Salem High School. He played college football at Oregon State University and was selected in the 4th round (95th overall) by the San Diego Chargers in the 1976 NFL Draft. He would play for the Chargers until the 1982 season, where he played for the San Francisco 49ers in his last two seasons.

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Bob Horn (music engineer)

Bob Horn (born circa 1970) is an American mixer and music engineer known for working with Grammy Award-winners Usher, Timbaland, Ashanti, Dave Koz and Akon, among others. He’s also worked with Lupe Fiasco, Chinx, Ne-Yo as well as Brian Culbertson, Everclear, Faith Evans, Trace Adkins, LeAnn Rimes.

Early Life and Career

Horn attended the Berklee College of Music in the mid- to late-'90s. He relocated to Nashville in 1998 and learned how to engineer music, then moved to Los Angeles in 2001 to become an audio mixer.

Discography