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One night, Kanal handed Dumont a cassette tape. It had two songs on it, and he told him to write his guitar parts so they could demo them the next day in the garage, which had been turned...
Jun 24, 2023 · In 1942, Dr. DuMont decided to venture into the world of TV broadcasting by creating the DuMont network. To give his network a chance against the giants of CBS and NBC, DuMont partnered with Paramount, who purchased a 40% share in the company and helped generate capital for the fledgling network.
The forgotten fourth network lives on. Although DuMont pre-dated videotape many programs were saved on kinescope films. The television show archives were stored in a warehouse until the 1970s when the stored kinescopes were loaded into three trucks and dumped into Upper New York Bay.
Forced to rely on UHF to expand, DuMont saw one station after another go dark due to dismal ratings. [37] It bought small, distressed UHF station KCTY (channel 25) in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1954, but ran it for just three months before shutting it down at a considerable loss [52] after attempting to compete with three established VHF ...
Oct 3, 2022 · Early television set manufacturers like DuMont Laboratories had a challenge, however: There was a lack of regularly scheduled programming and local channels were few and far between.
- Barry Silverstein
Back in the 80's, Cassette tapes had two sides to them. One side might have one song, and the other might have another song. In this case, side A had the song "the man who sold the world"...
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Jul 15, 2024 · In 1946 the world's first commercial television network, DuMont Television Network, began operation in the United States. "It was owned by DuMont Laboratories, a television equipment and set manufacturer.
