Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin Eve is a television program, which airs every New Year's Eve on the United States television network ABC. It has been hosted by Dick Clark since its first airing in the early 1970s, or December 31, 1971, also titled New Years? Rockin Eve 1972.

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Television program - New Year's Eve - ABC - Dick Clark - 1970s - December - 31 - 1971

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The program has typically consisted of live remotes of Dick Clark in Times Square in New York City, counting down until the New Year ball comes down. After the ball drops, the focus of the program switches to pre-taped musical segments taped in Los Angeles.

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Times Square - New York City - Los Angeles

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The special is live in the Eastern Standard Time zone, and it is delayed for the other three time zones so that they can ring in the New Year with Clark when midnight strikes in their area.

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The special was not broadcast in 1999 because ABC 2000 Today, ABC News's coverage of the millenium, hosted by Peter Jennings, was broadcast live throughout the country. However, Dick Clark was part of the program.

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1999 - ABC News - Peter Jennings

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Regis Philbin hosted the December 31st, 2004 broadcast because Dick Clark was in the hospital with a stroke. In August 2005 it was announced that Ryan Seacrest would become the executive producer, the co-host with Clark, and eventually the sole host, of the show.

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Regis Philbin - Stroke - Ryan Seacrest

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