Mining the Archive Mondays: Episode 02: The DuMont Network: 1946-1956

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Inside the Box: The TV History Podcast

jonathan.m.bullinger@gmail.com

57 episodes

9 months ago

Inside the Box: The TV History podcast discusses a particular era, innovation, trend, or program and spends an episode discussing it. Hosted by Jonathan Bullinger, Andrew Salvati, and Steve Voorhees, they apply their scholarly work in media studies to provide the history of TV, critique it at times, and just try to have some fun as they explore inside the box. Be sure to also check our supplementary content that accompany each episode on our home page www.tvhistorypod.com.

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Mining the Archive Mondays: Episode 02: The DuMont Network: 1946-1956

Inside the Box: The TV History Podcast

37 minutes 42 seconds

2 years ago

Mining the Archive Mondays: Episode 02: The DuMont Network: 1946-1956

In this episode Steve, Andrew, and Jonathan discuss the often forgotten DuMont television network. Innovative, with stations in key east coast major markets, the DuMont network was ultimately done in by a combination of forces — the least of which being its uncooperative partner, Paramount Studios. Join us as we discuss DuMont and its legacy upon others’ later attempts at establishing a fourth network.

The show that helped launch Jackie Gleason

Comedian Ernie Kovacs in action

Bishop Sheen from popular DuMont program Life is Worth Living on the cover of TV Guide

Popular DuMont children’s program Captain Video

The electronicam shooting an episode of Captain Video

A great resource for the story of DuMont: http://www.dumontnetwork.com/index.html