Bandstand

Al Jazeera America is ready to launch, and TV Newser has been on a tour of its temporary HQ - in various bits of the New Yorker Hotel building, not far from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden. It's an art deco monster, built in 1930.

Their main studio is in the basement. In the swing era of the 30s and 40s, this was was The Terrace Room - on May 7, 1937, the cavernous ballroom played host to the first gig by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra.

Here's a brief clip of a 1943 rehearsal in the same room by Benny Goodman and his band.

Watch for toe-tapping presenters...