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447: 1811: 602: 1607:, a service that provided local television stations with filmed television programs. Paramount's network "undercut the company that it had invested in." Paramount did not share its stars, big budgets, or filmed programs with DuMont; the company had stopped financially supporting DuMont in 1941. Although Paramount executives indicated they would produce programs for DuMont, the studio never supplied the network with programs or technical assistance. The acrimonious relationship between Paramount and DuMont climaxed during the 1953 FCC hearings regarding the ABC– 622: 1916: 598:(channel 9) in Chicago and WABD in New York were able to share programs through a live coaxial cable feed when WDTV signed on in Pittsburgh, because the station completed the East Coast-to-Midwest chain, allowing stations in both regions to air the same program simultaneously, which is still the standard for US TV. It was another two years before the West Coast got live programming from the East (and the East able to get live programming from the West), but this was the beginning of the modern era of network television. 2308: 2159: 2294: 361: 1632:

granted to established radio broadcasters, and many longtime relationships with radio networks carried over to the new medium. As CBS and NBC (and to a lesser extent, ABC) gained their footing, they began to offer programming that drew on their radio backgrounds, bringing over the most popular radio stars. Early television station owners, when deciding which network would receive their main affiliation, were more likely to choose CBS's roster of Lucille Ball,

2039:, filed a U.S. trademark application for "The Dumont Network." The application by Lightning One was very likely associated with its ownership of the "National Wrestling Alliance" trademark, the moniker of one of the oldest wrestling promotions in the United States. However, according to the registration filing, the trademark for "The Dumont Network" as owned by Lightning One was allowed to lapse on July 2, 2020, rendering the trademark dead. 2322: 1620: 1929:. While this gave DuMont a short-term cash infusion, it eliminated the leverage the network had to get program clearances in other markets. Without its de facto monopoly in Pittsburgh, the company's advertising revenue shrank to less than half that of 1953. By February 1955, DuMont realized it could not continue as a television network. The decision was made to shut down network operations and operate WABD and WTTG as 1807:, and move it to Pittsburgh so Steubenville had a chance to have its own television station. As a result, no other commercial VHF station signed on in Pittsburgh until WIIC-TV in 1957, giving WDTV a de facto monopoly on television in the area. Since WDTV carried secondary affiliations with the other three networks, DuMont used this as a bargaining chip to get its programs cleared in other large markets. 2336: 1727:

dollars, a contest neither underfunded DuMont nor ABC could hope to win. According to author Dennis Mazzocco, "NBC tried to make an arrangement with ABC and CBS to destroy the DuMont network." The plan was for NBC and CBS to exclusively offer ABC their most popular series after they had aired on the bigger networks. ABC would become a network of re-runs, but DuMont would be shut out. ABC president

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Paramount essentially controlled DuMont, which effectively placed the network at the five-station cap. Paramount's exertion of influence over the network's management and the power of its voting stock led the FCC to its conclusion. Thus, DuMont was unable to open additional stations as long as Paramount owned stations or owned a portion of DuMont. Paramount refused to sell.

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original 1937 acquisition proposal required Paramount to expand its television interests "through DuMont". Paramount representative Paul Raibourn, who also was a member of DuMont's board of directors, denied that any such restriction had ever been discussed, but Dr. DuMont was vindicated by a 1953 examination of the original draft document.

1012:, have had a small number of surviving episodes released commercially by at least one major distributor of public domain programming. Because so few episodes remain of most DuMont series, they are seldom rerun, even though there is no licensing cost to do so. There also is a small collection of various DuMont programs available via the 996:, which also makes a collection of them available on DVD (in the biographical information about Fulton J. Sheen added to the end of many episodes, a still image of Bishop Sheen looking into a DuMont Television camera can be seen). Several companies that distribute DVDs over the Internet have released a small number of episodes of 520:), began broadcasting. CBS also waited until 1948 to begin full network operations, because it was waiting for the Federal Communications Commission to approve its color television system (which it eventually did not, due to its mechanical nature and incompatibility with black and white receivers). Other companies, including 1965:.) According to one source, the final program aired on only five stations nationwide. It appears that the boxing show was syndicated to a few other east coast stations until 1958, but likely not as a production of DuMont or its successor company. Likewise, the remains of DuMont were used to syndicate a 1599:

on channel 2) in Chicago – the descendants of the two experimental stations that rankled DuMont in 1940. Although these stations generally did not carry DuMont programming (KTLA did for just one year, 1947 to 1948), and, in fact, competed against DuMont's affiliates in those cities the FCC ruled that

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At its peak in 1954, DuMont was affiliated with around 200 television stations. In those days, television stations were free to "cherry-pick" which programs they would air, and many stations affiliated with multiple networks, depending mainly on the number of commercial television stations available

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links owned by AT&T. The service provider did not have enough circuits to provide signal relay service from the four networks to all of their affiliates at the same time, so AT&T allocated times when each network could offer live programs to its affiliates. In 1950, AT&T allotted NBC and

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The '57 Thanksgiving game at Foley Field was televised live and in color (both rarities in those early TV days) on Channel 5 via the old Dumont Television Network, which was under the leadership of Dr. Dumont, who – by the way – was a Montclair resident. Also, the late, great Chris Schenkel did the

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On April 1, 1955, most of DuMont's entertainment programs were dropped. Bishop Sheen aired his last program on DuMont on April 26 but later moved it to ABC. By May, just eight programs were left on the network, with only inexpensive shows and sporting events keeping the remains of the network going

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ABC's fortunes were dramatically altered in February 1953, when the FCC cleared the way for UPT to buy the network. The merger provided ABC with a badly needed cash infusion, giving it the resources to mount "top shelf" programming and to provide a national television service on a scale approaching

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During the early years of television, there was some measure of cooperation among the four major U.S. networks. However, as television grew into a profitable business, an intense rivalry developed among the networks, just as it had in radio. NBC and CBS competed fiercely for viewers and advertising

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The name of the network has been spelled both "DuMont" and "Du Mont". "Dumont" and "DUMONT" are generally considered incorrect. Weinstein (2004) uses "DuMont" for the name of the network. Bergmann (2002) prefers "Du Mont". For the purposes of this article, the Weinstein spelling is used. (The name

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efforts to locate or recover the DuMont archive. If it survived in that environment, most of the films have likely been damaged. Other kinescopes were put through a silver reclaiming process, because of the microscopic amounts of silver that made up the emulsion of black-and-white film during this

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itself from NBC and CBS. It allowed its advertisers to choose the locations where their advertising ran, potentially saving them millions of dollars. By contrast, ABC followed NBC's and CBS's practice of forcing advertisers to purchase a large "must-buy" list of stations, even though it was only a

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did receive Nielsen ratings of up to 11.1, meaning that it attracted more than 10 million viewers. Bishop Sheen's one-man program – in which he discussed philosophy, psychology, and other fields of thought from a Christian perspective – was the most widely viewed religious series in the history of

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A merged ABC-DuMont would have been an entity rivaling CBS and NBC, as it would have owned stations in five of the six largest U.S. television markets (excluding only Philadelphia) as well as ABC's radio network. It also would have inherited DuMont's de facto monopoly in Pittsburgh and would have

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Realizing that ABC had more resources than they could even begin to match, DuMont officials were receptive to a merger offer from ABC. Goldenson quickly brokered a deal with Ted Bergmann, DuMont's managing director, under which the merged network would have been called "ABC-DuMont" until at least

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DuMont's biggest corporate hurdle may have been with the company's own partner, Paramount. Relations between the two companies were strained as early as 1939 when Paramount opened experimental television stations in Los Angeles and Chicago without DuMont's involvement. Dr. DuMont claimed that the

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through the summer. The network also largely abandoned the use of the intercity network coaxial cable, on which it had spent $ 3 million in 1954 to transmit shows that mostly lacked station clearance. The company only retained network links for live sports programming and utilizing the company's

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DuMont began with one basic disadvantage: unlike NBC, CBS and ABC, it did not have a radio network from which to draw big-name talent, affiliate loyalty, or radio profits to underwrite television operations until the television medium itself became profitable. Most early television licenses were

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In August 1955, Paramount, with the help of other stockholders, seized full control of DuMont Laboratories. Shareholders approved a split of the manufacturing and broadcasting operations of the company in August 1955, and the sponsored shows on the network were discontinued. The last non-sports

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from which to draw talent, affiliate loyalty, and generate income to subsidize television operations. However, ABC had only 14 primary stations, while CBS and NBC had over 40 each. By 1951, ABC was badly overextended and on the verge of bankruptcy. That year, the company announced a merger with

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network service, but gave ABC 53 hours, and DuMont 37. AT&T also required each television network to lease both radio and television lines. DuMont was the only television network without a radio network, so it was the only network forced to pay for a service it did not use. DuMont protested

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DuMont programs were by necessity low-budget affairs, and the network received relatively few awards from the TV industry. Most awards during the 1950s went to NBC and CBS, who were able to out-spend other companies and draw on their extensive history of radio broadcasting in the relatively new

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has this as exactly two months; DuMont closed on the acquisition at the start of January 1, 1954, and took the station dark at the end of February 28, 1954. It lost DuMont $ 250,000 and lost Empire Coil, the original proprietor, $ 750,000. It was the third of a long list of UHF pioneers to

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With no other way to readily obtain cash, DuMont sold WDTV to Westinghouse for $ 9.75 million in late 1954, after Westinghouse decided to give public backing to the public interest groups for the channel 13 allocation in Pittsburgh, allowing the station to launch that spring as educational

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DuMont spun off WABD and WTTG as the DuMont Broadcasting Corporation; in requesting the FCC's approval of the reorganization, it told the commission that the network "could not be operated profitably under the existing system of allocation and control of television broadcast stations and

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Despite its severe financial straits, by 1953 DuMont appeared to be on its way to establishing itself as the third national network. despite a smaller footprint than ABC. While DuMont programs aired live on 16 stations, the network could count on only seven primary stations – its three

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Despite no history of radio programming, no stable of radio stars to draw on, and perennial cash shortages, DuMont was an innovative and creative network. Without the radio revenues that supported mighty NBC and CBS, DuMont programmers relied on their wits and on connections with

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DuMont survived the early 1950s only because of WDTV in Pittsburgh, the lone commercial VHF station in what then was the sixth-largest market in the country after New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Washington. WDTV's only competition came from UHF stations

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to several different advertisers, freeing producers of its shows from the veto power held by sole sponsors. This eventually became the standard model for U.S. television. Some commercial time was sold regionally on a co-op basis, while other spots were sold network-wide.

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in a market at a given time (markets where only one commercial station was available carried programming from all four major networks). Many of DuMont's "affiliates" carried very little DuMont programming, choosing to air one or two more popular programs (such as

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Early sales of television receivers were hampered by the lack of regularly scheduled programming then being broadcast. A few months after selling his first set in 1938, DuMont opened his own New York-area experimental television station (W2XVT) in

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Table showing primary station affiliation for each of the four U.S. commercial television networks in 1954. DuMont had primary affiliation agreements with 39 stations in the largest markets, but most of these stations were poorly watched UHF

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The network was a pioneer in TV programming aimed at minority audiences and featuring minority performers, at a time when the other American networks aired few television series for non-whites. Among DuMont's minority programs were

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In its later years, DuMont was carried mostly on poorly watched UHF channels or had only secondary affiliations on VHF stations. DuMont ended most operations on April 1, 1955, but honored network commitments until August 1956.

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been one of two networks, along with NBC, to have full ownership of a station in the nation's capital. However, it would have had to sell a New York station – either DuMont's WABD or ABC's flagship WJZ-TV (channel 7, now

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from 24 to 1,000 hours, making television sets a more practical product for consumers. The company's television receivers soon became the standard of the industry. In 1942, DuMont worked with the U.S. Army in developing

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The FCC's Hyman H. Goldin said in 1960, "If there had been four VHF outlets in the top markets, there's no question DuMont would have lived and would have eventually turned the corner in terms of profitability."

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Peabody were the only national awards the DuMont Network received. Though DuMont series and performers continued to win local TV awards, by the mid-1950s the DuMont network no longer had a national presence.

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became a minority shareholder in DuMont Laboratories when it advanced $ 400,000 in 1939 for a 40% share in the company. Paramount had television interests of its own, having launched experimental stations in

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1958 and would have honored all of DuMont's network commitments. In return, DuMont would get $ 5 million in cash, guaranteed advertising time for DuMont sets, and a secure future for its staff.

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The network largely ignored the standard business model of 1950s TV, in which one advertiser sponsored an entire show, enabling it to have complete control over its content. Instead, DuMont sold

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channels during an era when UHF tuning was not yet a standard feature on television sets, DuMont fought an uphill battle for program clearances outside its three owned-and-operated stations:

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bought out the Hooper ratings system. DuMont did not fare well with the change: none of its shows appeared on Nielsen's annual top 20 lists of the most popular series. The aforementioned

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or are mentioned briefly in books about U.S. television history. In addition, a collection of programs and promos is available on the Roku streaming channel under the DuMont name.

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on the preservation of television and video. Adams claimed that so little value was given to these films that the stored kinescopes were loaded into three trucks and dumped into

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concerns. A few months earlier, the FCC had ruled that Paramount controlled DuMont, and there still were some questions about whether UPT had really separated from Paramount.

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comedy sketches from 1951-1952. Most of the existing episodes are believed to have come from the personal archives of DuMont's hosts, such as the late Gleason and

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had just come into existence as a radio network in 1943 and did not enter network television until 1948 when its flagship station in New York City, WJZ-TV (now

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next Friday (14). Master control will begin operating at the Du Mont's Tele-Center the next day. Among the shows that had been originating at Wanamaker's was "

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DuMont struggled to get its programs aired in many parts of the country, in part due to technical limitations of network lines maintained by telephone company

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hookups between his laboratories in Passaic and his two stations. It is said that one of those broadcasts on the hookup announced that the U.S. had dropped an

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affiliations". The name was later changed to "Metropolitan Broadcasting Company" to distance the company from what was seen as a complete failure. In 1958,

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process to produce studio-based programming. Electronicam is best remembered for being used by Jackie Gleason's producers for the 39-half-hour episodes of

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with only $ 1,000, and a laboratory in his basement. He and his staff were responsible for many early technical innovations, including the first consumer

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In contrast, by 1953 ABC had a full complement of five O&Os, augmented by nine primary affiliates. ABC also had a radio network descended from NBC's

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spectrum. The FCC, however, did not require television manufacturers to include UHF capability. To see UHF stations, most consumers had to buy expensive

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in 1957; that telecast, the only DuMont broadcast to have been sent in color, was a personal project of Allen DuMont himself, whose hometown team in

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kinescopes eventually wound up in the hands of "a successor network" (Most likely Metromedia) that reportedly disposed of them in New York City's

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of their respective networks, just as when they were part of DuMont. Of the three, only Washington's WTTG still has its original call letters.

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WTTG and New York's WABD (later WNEW-TV, and now WNYW) survived as Metromedia-owned independents until 1986, when they were purchased by the

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Forced to rely on UHF to expand, DuMont saw one station after another go dark due to dismal ratings. It bought small, distressed UHF station

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by the 1970s, has prompted TV historian David Weinstein to refer to it as the "forgotten network". A few popular DuMont programs, such as

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merger when Paul Raibourn, an executive at Paramount, publicly derided the quality of DuMont television sets in court testimony.

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Bergmann, Ted; Skutch, Ira (2002). The DuMont Television Network: What Happened?, pp. 16–18. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press.

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had also measured TV viewership. The chart in this section comes from Videodex's August 1950 ratings breakdown, as reported in

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in many cities, becoming the first show to compete successfully in the ratings against "Mr. Television". In 1952, Sheen won an

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on West 49th Street gave the network a site for variety shows. In 1954, the lavish DuMont Tele-Centre opened in the former

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DuMont produced more than 20,000 television episodes from 1946 to 1956. Because they were created prior to the launch of

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DuMont also holds another important place in American TV history. WDTV's sign-on made it possible for stations in the

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immediately after the sale. Westinghouse's acquisition of CBS in 1995 made KDKA-TV a CBS owned-and-operated station.

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Although nearly the entire DuMont film archive was destroyed, several surviving DuMont shows have been released on

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A DuMont Telecruiser, circa 1953. This mobile TV unit, Model B, Serial Number 101, was built by DuMont Labs for

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had attracted an audience estimated at 16 million viewers. Similarly, DuMont's summer 1954 replacement series,

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headquarters. It soon found additional space, including a fully functioning theater, in the New York branch of

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Although NBC in New York was known to have station-to-station television links as early as 1940 with WPTZ (now

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Hess, Gary Newton (1979). A Historical Study of the DuMont Television Network. New York: Ayer Publishers.

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It is estimated that only about 350 complete DuMont television shows survive today, including Seven Early

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in 1938. Their most revolutionary contribution came when the team successfully extended the life of a

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at 515 Madison Avenue in New York, with the original WABD broadcast tower still standing, April 2008.

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AT&T's actions with the Federal Communications Commission, and eventually reached a compromise.

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company of New York. DuMont performed well in the Hooper ratings; in fact, DuMont's talent program,

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DuMont aspired to grow beyond its three stations, applying for new television station licenses in

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For 50 years, DuMont was the only major broadcast television network to cease operations, until

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a warm look at an immigrant Jewish family in New York City, starring its creator and writer

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in late 1956, they were initially broadcast live in black and white, then recorded on film

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allocations in medium- and smaller-sized markets. Meanwhile, television sets would not be

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did have some limited success in network operations in the late 1940s and early 1950s.

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in 1940. DuMont's association with Paramount would later come back to haunt DuMont.

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for West Coast rebroadcasts and reruns. By the early 1970s, their vast library of

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for "Most Outstanding Personality". The network's other notable programs include:

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antitrust decision), but it was not until 1953 that the FCC approved the merger.

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for the distinction of being first overall in the United States. It was owned by

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feed stretched from Boston to St. Louis. Other stations received programs via

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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network Cable and TV Shows, 1946–Present

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Hollywood's Attempt to Appropriate Television: The Case of Paramount Pictures

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Honeymooners episodes at DuMont's Adelphi Theater studio in 1955–56). Bishop

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before NBC resumed its previously sporadic network broadcasts after the war.

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Although films submerged for decades have been successfully recovered (see

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bought Paramount's shares for $ 4 million, and in 1961 renamed the company

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was pronounced on-air to sound like DOO-mont, with an accent on the "Du".)

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was not the only DuMont program to achieve double-digit ratings. In 1952,

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DuMont Television Network Historical Web Site. Accessed January 21, 2010.

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Nielsen was not the only company to report TV ratings. Companies such as

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Something on My Own: Gertrude Berg and American Broadcasting, 1929–1956

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was the most popular series of the 1947–48 season. Two seasons later,

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During the 1952–53 TV season, the aforementioned Bishop Sheen won an

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department store at Ninth Street and Broadway. Later, a lease on the

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skits (Gleason took his variety show to CBS in 1952, but filmed the

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DuMont was the first network to broadcast a film production for TV:

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The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television

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The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television

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The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television

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The earliest measurements of TV audiences were performed by the

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declined to renew the copyrights. A large number of episodes of

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However, Paramount vetoed the plan almost out of hand due to

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license. The FCC also denied CBS's request to be granted the

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All three DuMont-owned stations still are operating and are

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of the same name, and switched its primary affiliation to

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to receive live network programming from stations on the

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that aired on CBS during the 1955–56 television season.

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over the channel 4 license that eventually would become

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in 1952 in the Education category. Sheen's Emmy and the

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Television channels and stations disestablished in 1956

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UHF television broadcasting § UHF reception issues

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recording ("tele-transcriptions," in DuMont parlance).

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James Caddigan (director of programming and production)

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Passaic: Birthplace of Television and the DuMont Story

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Networks of Power: Corporate TV's Threat to Democracy

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The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows

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Remembering the DuMont Network: A Case Study Approach

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DuMont programs aired in 32 cities by 1949. The live

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Television channels and stations established in 1946

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An Historical Study of the DuMont Television Network

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An Historical Study of the DuMont Television Network

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An Historical Study of the DuMont Television Network

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On February 22, 2018, Lightning One, Inc., owned by

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DuMont's latter-day obscurity, caused mainly by the

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Du M. Tele-Center To Be Officially Opened on Monday

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List of former DuMont Television Network affiliates

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Best Audience Participation, Quiz, or Panel Program

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(1982). 4099: 3872:"Reminiscing: Channel 2, Your Du Mont Station" 3597:IEEE History Center: Thomas Goldsmith Abstract 3389:Chicago Television: And Then There Was… DuMont 2760:DuMont: The Original Fourth Television Network 2733: 2417: 2042: 4544: 4415:DuMont Television Network Historical Web Site 4323: 4020:The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? 3999:The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? 3978:The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? 3937:The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? 3818:The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? 3736:The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? 3619:(pp. 24–25). Philadelphia: Temple University. 3479: 3465:. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press. 3308: 3306: 3119:(4th ed.), p. 1040. New York: Penguin Books. 2636: 2420:The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? 2084: 4203: 4201: 4089:(4th ed.), p. 907. New York: Penguin Books. 3812: 3810: 3808: 3806: 3657:, Vol. 31, No. 3. (Spring, 1992), pp. 19–36. 3237:(4th ed.), p. 479. 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These two DuMont 252:) was one of America's pioneer commercial 125:Don McGannon (general manager of O&Os) 4198: 4012: 3929: 3908: 3896:Chicago Television: My Afternoon With Red 3803: 3728: 3722:https://uhfhistory.com/articles/kcty.html 3660: 3213:(3rd ed.). New York: Ballantine. p. xiv. 3205: 3203: 3149: 2941:"The Golden Age of Pittsburgh Television" 2927: 2915: 2873: 2682:"Jan. 29, 1901: DuMont Will Make TV Work" 2667: 2594: 2582: 2521:. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. 2514: 1858:United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. 1603:In 1949, Paramount Pictures launched the 828:, the latter featuring matches staged by 687:, as well as the first network-televised 5032:1946 establishments in the United States 4160: 3958:"Flashback: The 50th Anniversary of ABC" 3857:Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982) 3772: 3749: 3669:The Museum of Broadcast Communications. 3501: 3499: 3497: 3383: 3381: 3379: 3377: 3375: 2889: 2798: 2786:DuMont: America's First "Fourth Network" 2745:Castleman, H. & Podrazik, W. (1982) 2709: 2707: 2157: 1914: 1809: 1618: 929:Although DuMont's programming pre-dated 677:in 1944. DuMont also aired the first TV 640:The first broadcasts came from DuMont's 620: 600: 550:, one of DuMont's most popular programs. 539: 445: 359: 121:Chris Witting (director of broadcasting) 3970: 3885:Online. Retrieved on December 28, 2006. 3864: 3679: 3633:. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI. pp. 117–118. 3401: 3352: 3224: 3209:Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1964). 2827: 1477:ranked DuMont's popular variety series 1061:). The network was nominated twice for 1051:DuMont received an Emmy nomination for 1036:. Sheen beat out three CBS nominees -- 27:American television network (1942–1956) 14: 4999: 4989:- Now cable-only, - Now internet-only 4404: 4389:See the individual station histories, 3622: 3536:from the original on September 4, 2011 3252: 3250: 3200: 2752: 2692:from the original on December 28, 2017 2493: 2472: 2436: 2386:(1951 TV special on history of DuMont) 2170:. It was in use until the early 1970s. 2011:merged two other struggling networks, 1484:In February 1950, Hooper's competitor 817:, a camera's-eye-view detective series 4532: 4524:Western States Museum of Broadcasting 4169: 3831: 3637: 3628: 3569: 3548: 3494: 3460: 3454: 3372: 3268:. Library of Congress. 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January 11, 1949. p. 29 2764:The Journal of Popular Culture 2673: 2630: 2600: 2203:The Adventures of Ellery Queen 1835:, and WTVN-TV (channel 6, now 918:, starring pianist and singer 861:, the first network-televised 778:, a hugely popular children's 535: 13: 1: 4320:Retrieved on January 6, 2007. 4305:Ryan, J. (January 24, 2006). 4287:. April 3, 1961. p. 56. 3870:Grace, R. (October 3, 2002). 3486:"Videodex 62-Market Survey". 2458:. New York: Ayer Publishers. 2411: 2190: 2147: 992:-oriented cable network, the 843:Wrestling from Marigold Arena 191:(9 years, 357 days) 4713:Paramount Television Network 4307:"Exit WB, UPN; Enter the CW" 3883:Metropolitan News-Enterprise 3839:Pittsburgh Area Radio and TV 3837:O'Brien, E. (July 1, 2003). 3461:Smith, Glenn D. Jr. (2007). 3026:Wanamaker's department store 2971:Observer-Reporter Publishing 2645:. Beginnings. 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(June 2003). 2758:Auter, P. & Boyd, D. 2515:Weinstein, David (2004). 2352:Fourth television network 2021:The CW Television Network 1853:United Paramount Theaters 1791:(owners of radio pioneer 1609:United Paramount Theaters 1467:The Original Amateur Hour 1257:The Original Amateur Hour 1103:First week of August 1950 1101: 1097:Videodex 62 City Ratings 1096: 1019: 752:The Original Amateur Hour 316:, until the founding of 199:DuMont Television Network 178: 168: 157:August 15, 1946 153: 138: 133: 98: 88: 83: 75: 70: 62: 49: 40: 36:DuMont Television Network 4312:October 1, 2007, at the 4154:www.newspaperarchive.com 4136:www.newspaperarchive.com 3877:August 25, 2007, at the 3650:October 7, 2016, at the 3394:October 5, 2006, at the 3296:January 3, 2011, at the 3043: 2988:January 7, 2007, at the 2390: 2357:Golden Age of Television 2233:The Morey Amsterdam Show 2075:pioneering radio station 1697:All-Channel Receiver Act 1002:The Morey Amsterdam Show 908:, starring film actress 763:The Morey Amsterdam Show 711:, was the birthplace of 182:August 6, 1956 142:April 13, 1940 103:Thomas T. 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