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The DuMont Television Network was an American television network, beginning operation in 1946. Parent company DuMont Laboratories, a broadcasting-equipment and set manufacturer, had begun experimental broadcasts in 1938. Founded by Dr. Allen B. DuMont, generally considered one of the inventors of television, DuMont Laboratories was incorporated in 1935; Dr. DuMont and his staff were responsible for many early technical innovations, and the company's sets, offered from 1938, were said to be superior to those of rival RCA.

In 1946, CBS and NBC had not resumed their pre-war experimental efforts. ABC had only begun its radio network, and had no television plans.

A minority shareholder in DuMont Laboratories was Paramount Pictures, which had advanced $400,000 in 1938 for a 40% share in the company. Paramount had television interests of its own, having launched experimental stations in Los Angeles in 1939 and Chicago in 1940. This would come back to haunt DuMont later.

When network service began in 1946, DuMont owned and operated two stations: WABD (for Allen B. DuMont) in New York City (now WNYW) and W3XWT in Washington, (later renamed WTTG for Dr. Thomas T. Goldsmith, DuMont's head of research, and Dr. DuMont's best friend.) They were joined in 1949 by WDTV in Pittsburgh (now KDKA-TV).

Prior to its beginning as a network, DuMont had conducted experimental hookups, using coaxial cable, between its laboratories in Passaic, New Jersey, and its New York and Washington stations. While regular network service didn't begin until 1946, the "official" beginning of the network was said to be on August 9, 1945, with the announcement of the U.S.'s dropping of an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. NBC had also experimented with station-to-station hookups prior to World War II.

Programming

With no history of radio programming to draw on, and always strapped for cash, DuMont was an innovative and creative network. Without the radio revenues which supported mighty NBC and CBS, DuMont programmers had to rely on their wits and on connections in New York's theatrical community to provide original programs still remembered fifty-plus years later.

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

The first broadcasts came from DuMont's Madison Avenue headquarters, but it soon found additional space (including a fully-functioning theater) in the New York branch of Wanamaker's department store. Still later, a lease on the Adelphi theater on 54th Street gave the network a site for variety shows, and in 1954, the lavish DuMont Tele-Centre was opened in the former New York Opera House at 205 East 67th Street, where WNYW, the current Channel 5 in New York, still has its studios today.

Among some of DuMont's better-remembered programs:

In addition, DuMont also offered:

Although DuMont's programming pre-dated videotape, many DuMont offerings were caught on kinescopes, films shot directly from live television screens. These kinescopes were said to be stored in an ABC network warehouse until the 1970s. Actress Edie Adams, the wife of comedian Ernie Kovacs (both regular performers on early television) testified in 1996 before a panel of the Library of Congress on the preservation of television and video. Adams claimed that so little value was given to these films that in the early 1970s the kinescopes were removed from ABC's warehouse and dumped into Upper New York Bay. Nevertheless, a number of DuMont programs survive at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City, the UCLA television archives in Los Angeles, and the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago.

Halted at the Start

DuMont began with one basic disadvantage; unlike NBC and CBS, it did not have a radio network from which to draw revenue. Also, early television licenses were granted to established radio broadcasters, and many long-time relationships with radio networks carried over to the new medium. As CBS and NBC gained their footing, they began to offer programming that drew on their radio backgrounds, bringing over the most popular radio stars. Early television stations, when asked to choose between an affiliation with CBS offering Jack Benny, Lucille Ball and Ed Sullivan, or DuMont with an unknown Jackie Gleason and Bishop Sheen, chose the well-travelled route. In smaller markets, with a limited number of stations, DuMont and ABC were often relegated to secondary status, so their programs got clearance only if the primary network was off the air or on a delayed basis via a kinescope recording (or "teletranscriptions" as they were referred to by DuMont).

DuMont aspired to grow beyond its three stations, applying for licenses in Philadelphia and Cincinnati; this would have given the network five VHF stations, the maximum allowed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) at the time. However, DuMont was hampered by minority owner Paramount's two stations, KTLA-TV in Los Angeles and WBKB-TV (now WBBM-TV) in Chicago. Although these stations never carried DuMont programming (with the exception of 1 year on KTLA from 1947-48), the FCC ruled that Paramount's two licenses were in theory DuMont owned and operated stations, which effectively placed DuMont at the five-station cap.

Adding to DuMont's troubles was the FCC's 1948 "freeze" on television-license applications. This was done to sort out the thousands of applications that had come streaming in, but also to rethink the allocation and technical standards laid down prior to World War II. It became clear soon after the war that 12 channels (channel 1 had been removed from commercial use) were not nearly enough for national television service. What was to be a six-month freeze lasted until 1952, when the FCC opened the UHF spectrum. However, the FCC didn't require television manufacturers to include UHF capability. In order to see UHF stations, most people had to buy an expensive converter. Even then, UHF signals were just barely viewable. Tied to this was a decision to restrict VHF allocations in medium- and smaller-sized markets. Television sets weren't required to have all-channel tuning until 1964.

Forced to rely on UHF to expand, DuMont saw one station after another go dark due to dismal ratings. DuMont bought a small, distressed UHF station in Kansas City in 1954, but ran it for just two months before shutting it down at a considerable loss, after attempting to compete with three established VHF stations.

The FCC's Dr. Hyman 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. I have no doubt in my mind of that at all."

The End

DuMont only survived the early 1950s because of WDTV in Pittsburgh, the nation's sixth-largest market at the time. WDTV's only competition came from UHF stations and PBS pioneer WQED-TV (no other commercial VHF station signed on until 1957), giving it a de facto monopoly on television in Pittsburgh. 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.

But by 1953 DuMont was in severe financial straits. That year, the struggling ABC (with only fourteen primary affiliates) was bought by United Paramount Theaters (recently spun off from Paramount Pictures). Until then, ABC was widely considered a distant fourth behind DuMont, even though it was descended from NBC's Blue Network. The merger provided ABC with a huge cash infusion, and effectively placed DuMont on life support.

ABC approached DuMont about a possible merger, offering $5 million in cash, promotional time for DuMont receivers, and a secure future for DuMont's staff. ABC head Leonard 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 1958, and honored all of DuMont's network commitments. However, Paramount vetoed the plan almost out of hand due to antitrust concerns. A few months earlier, the FCC had ruled that Paramount controlled DuMont, and there were still some questions about whether UPT had really separated from Paramount.

With no other way to readily obtain cash, DuMont sold WDTV to Westinghouse for $9.75 million. While this gave DuMont a short-term cash infusion, it eliminated the leverage DuMont had to get clearances in other markets. By February 1955, DuMont realized it could not continue as a television network. It decided to shut down network operations and operate WABD and WTTG as independents. On April 1, 1955, most of DuMont's entertainment programs were dropped. Bishop Sheen aired his last program on DuMont on April 26 and later moved to ABC. By May, only eight programs were left on the network, with only inexpensive shows and sporting events keeping what was left of the network going through the summer. The network also 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.

In August, Paramount, with the help of other stockholders, seized full control of DuMont Laboratories. The last non-sports program on DuMont aired on September 23, 1955. After that, DuMont used its network feed only for occasional sporting events. DuMont's last broadcast, a boxing match, occurred on August 8, 1956.

DuMont spun off WABD and WTTG as the "DuMont Broadcasting Corporation." It later changed its name to "Metropolitan Broadcasting" to distance itself from what was seen as a complete all-around failure. John Kluge bought Paramount's shares for $4 million in 1958, changing the company's name to Metromedia (media company) in 1960.

What About the DuMont Stations?

All three DuMont-owned stations are still operating, though they are now affiliated with other networks. (Coincidentally, all three are O&O stations of their respective affiliations, just as when they were part of DuMont.) Of the three, only Washington's WTTG still has its original call letters. New York's WABD (later WNEW-TV, and now WNYW) and D.C.'s WTTG survived as independents in the Metromedia Group before being bought by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation for its Fox Broadcasting Company, in 1986. Clarke Ingram, who maintains a DuMont memorial site, has suggested that Fox is a revival or at least a linear descendant of DuMont. [1] Westinghouse changed WDTV's calls to KDKA-TV, and switched its primary affiliation to CBS immediately after the sale. Westinghouse's acquisition of CBS in 1995 made KDKA-TV a CBS owned-and-operated station.

List of DuMont Affiliates

This is a partial list of DuMont affiliate stations. At its peak in 1954, DuMont was affiliated with around 200 TV stations[2][3]. In its later years, DuMont was carried mostly on poorly-watched UHF channels or had only secondary affiliations on VHF stations. The DuMont affiliation ending dates listed here are somewhat tentative in several cases; DuMont ended most operations on April 1, 1955, but honored network commitments until August 1956.

Station Channel City Affiliation On air now? Frequency Now
WBRC 4/6 Birmingham, AL NBC(primary)/ABC/DuMont
(July 1949-1953);
CBS thereafter [4] 		yes VHF
KTVA 11 Anchorage, AK NBC/DuMont/ABC
(Dec 1953-1956?)[5] 		yes VHF
KPHO-TV 5 Phoenix, AZ ABC/CBS/DuMont
(Dec 1949-1956?)[6] 		yes VHF
KEYT-TV 3 Santa Barbara, CA NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(circa 1954)[7] 		yes VHF
KTLA-TV 5 Los Angeles, CA DuMont (1947-1948);
independent thereafter. 		yes VHF
KLAC-TV 13 Los Angeles, CA Ind/DuMont
(Sept 1948-1956?)[8] 		yes VHF now KCOP-TV
KTSL-TV 2 Los Angeles, CA DuMont (1948-1951);
thereafter CBS [9] 		yes VHF now KCBS-TV
KTTV 11 Los Angeles, CA DuMont (1951-1954)[10] yes VHF
KFI-TV / KHJ-TV 9 Los Angeles, CA DuMont (Feb 1949-1955) [11] yes VHF now KCAL-TV
KFMB-TV 8 San Diego, CA CBS(primary)/ABC/NBC/DuMont
(May 1949-1956?) 		yes VHF
KCCC 40 Sacramento, CA ABC/DuMont (1953-1956);
ABC thereafter 		yes UHF now KTXL
KPIX-TV 5 San Francisco, CA NBC/DuMont
(Dec 1948-Apr 1949) [12] 		yes VHF
KVVG 27 Tulare, CA DuMont [13] no UHF
KFEL-TV 2 Denver, CO DuMont (1952-1956)[14] yes VHF now KWGN-TV
KKTV 2 Colorado Springs, CO DuMont/NBC/CBS (Dec 1952-1955) [15] yes VHF
KDZA 3 Pueblo, CO DuMont (1955-1955)[16] no VHF reassigned to Sterling (now KUPN)
WICC-TV 43 Bridgeport, CT ABC/DuMont
(1953-1956)[17] 		yes UHF now WSAH
WGTH-TV 71/18 Hartford, CT ABC/DuMont(secondary) (1954-1956);
thereafter CBS [18] 		yes UHF now WUVN
WNHC-TV 8 New Haven, CT CBS/DuMont (Jun 1948-1955);
ABC/DuMont (1955-1956?) [19] 		yes VHF now WTNH
WATR-TV 53 Waterbury, CT ABC/DuMont
(June 1953-1955)[20] 		yes UHF now WTXX on channel 20
WDEL 7/12 Wilmington, DE NBC/DuMont
(1949-1956?) 		yes VHF now WHYY-TV
WTTG 5 Washington, DC DuMont (1946-Aug 1956)[21] yes VHF
WTVJ 4 Miami, FL primary NBC/CBS, but also
carried DuMont (Mar 1949-1956?) [22] 		yes VHF now on channel 6
WJHP-TV 36 Jacksonville, FL ABC/NBC/DuMont
(1953-1956)[23] 		no UHF reassigned to Fort Myers (now WFTX)
WJXT 4 Jacksonville, FL CBS/ABC/NBC/DuMont
(1949-1955)[24] 		yes VHF
WSUN-TV 38 Tampa Bay, FL CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(May 1953-1954);
CBS/ABC/DuMont
(1954-1955) [25] 		yes UHF now WTTA-TV
WAGA-TV 5 Atlanta, GA CBS (primary)/DuMont
(Mar 1949-1955)[26] 		yes VHF
WJBF 6 Augusta, GA NBC (primary)/ABC/DuMont
(Nov 1953-1956?) 		yes VHF
WROM 9 Rome, GA CBS/DuMont
(Mar 1953-Feb 1954) 		yes VHF now WTVC-TV in Chattanooga
KBOI-TV 2 Boise, ID CBS/DuMont
(Nov 1953-1955)[27] 		yes VHF now KBCI-TV
KIDO 7 Boise, ID NBC/CBS/DuMont
(July 1953-Nov 1953);
NBC/CBS/ABC thereafter[28] 		yes VHF now KTVB
WTVP 17 Decatur, IL ABC(primary)/DuMont
(1953-1955); ABC thereafter [29] [30] 		yes UHF now WAND
WCIA 3 Champaign, IL CBS/NBC/DuMont
(1953-1956?) 		yes VHF
WREX-TV 13 Rockford, IL ABC/CBS/DuMont
(Oct 1953-1955)[31] 		yes VHF
WGN-TV 9 Chicago, IL Ind/DuMont/CBS
(Apr 1948-1956)[32] 		yes VHF
WTVH 19 Peoria, IL CBS/DuMont
(Nov 1953-1955) [33] 		yes UHF now WHOI-TV
KHQA-TV 7 Quincy, IL CBS/DuMont
(Sept 1953-1956?)[34] 		yes VHF
WHBF-TV 4 Rock Island, IL CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont
(July 1950-1955);
CBS (primary)/ABC thereafter 		yes VHF
WICS 20 Springfield, IL NBC/CBS/DuMont/ABC
(Sept 1953-1956?)[35] 		yes UHF
WTTV 10 Bloomington, IN ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(Nov 1949-1956?)[36] 		yes VHF now on channel 4
WFIE 62 Evansville, IN NBC/DuMont/ABC
(Nov 1953-1956?)[37] 		yes UHF now on channel 14
WISH-TV 8 Indianapolis, IN ABC (primary)/CBS/NBC/DuMont
(July 1954-1955) 		yes VHF
WFBM 6 Indianapolis, IN ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(May 1949-1956?)[38] 		yes VHF now WRTV
WTHI-TV 10 Terre Haute, IN CBS/ABC/NBC/DuMont
(July 1954-1956?)[39] 		yes VHF
WOC 6 Davenport, IA NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1949-July 1950);
NBC (primary)/ABC/DuMont
(July 1950-1955) 		yes VHF now KWQC-TV
WOI-TV 5 Des Moines, IA CBS (primary)/ABC/NBC/DuMont
(Feb 1950-1954);
CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont
(1954-1955);
ABC/DuMont (1955-1956) 		yes VHF
KVTV 9 Sioux City, IA CBS(primary)/DuMont/NBC/ABC
(1953-1956?)[40][41] 		yes VHF now KCAU-TV
WAVE-TV 3 Louisville, KY NBC (primary)/DuMont
(Nov 1948-1956?)[42] 		yes UHF
WDSU 6 New Orleans, LA NBC (primary)/DuMont
(Dec 1948-1951)[43] 		yes VHF
WABI 5 Bangor, ME NBC (primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Jan 1953-1955);
CBS (primary)/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(1955-1956) [44] 		yes VHF
WLAM 17 Lewiston, ME DuMont [45] no UHF
WMTW-TV 8 Poland Spring, ME CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1954-1956?) [46] 		yes VHF
WMPT 53 Portland, ME DuMont [47] no UHF
WAAM-TV 13 Baltimore, MD ABC (primary)/DuMont
(1948-1956?)[48] 		yes VHF now WJZ-TV
WBOC-TV 16 Salisbury, MD DuMont (primary)/CBS/NBC/ABC
(July 1954-1956?) 		yes UHF
WMGT 74 Adams, MA ABC (primary)/DuMont
(Mar 1954-1956) 		yes UHF now WCDC-TV on channel 19
WJZB-TV 14 Worcester, MA ABC/DuMont/NBC (secondary)
(Dec 1953-December 1955) [49] 		no UHF
WTAO-TV 56 Cambridge, MA ABC/DuMont
(Sept 1953-Mar 1956) [50] 		yes UHF now WLVI-TV
WHYN-TV 55 Holyoke, MA CBS/DuMont (Jan 1953)[51] yes UHF now WGGB-TV on channel 40
WNAC-TV 7 Boston, MA ABC/CBS/DuMont
(June 1948-1955)[52] 		yes VHF now WHDH-TV
WWOR-TV 14 Paxton, MA ABC/DuMont/NBC (secondary)
(Dec 1953-Sept 1955)[53] 		no UHF
WWTV 13 Cadillac, MI CBS(primary)/ABC/DuMont
(1954-1956);
CBS(primary)/ABC thereafter 		yes VHF now on channel 9
WJBK 2 Detroit, MI CBS (primary)/DuMont
(Oct 1948-1955) [54] 		yes VHF
WWDT / WWJ 4 Detroit, MI DuMont (Mar 1947-1948) yes VHF now WDIV-TV
CKLW 9 Detroit, MI (Windsor, ONT) DuMont/CBC
(Sept 1954-1956?)[55] 		yes VHF now CBET
WTAC-TV 16 Flint, MI DuMont/ABC
(1953-June 1954) [56] 		no UHF reassigned to South Bend (now WNDU-TV)
WOOD-TV 7 Grand Rapids, MI ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(Aug 1949-1956?)[57] 		yes VHF now on channel 8
WKZO-TV 3 Kalamazoo, MI ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(July 1950-1956?)[58] 		yes VHF now WWMT
WJIM 6 Lansing, MI ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(May 1950-1956?)[59] 		yes VHF now WLNS-TV
WILS / WTOM-TV 54 Lansing, MI DuMont (Oct 1953-1956?)[60][61] no UHF reassigned to Muskegon (now WTLJ)
KMMT 6 Austin, MN ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont
(Aug 1953-1956?)[62] 		yes VHF now KAAL
WFTV 38 Duluth, MN ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont
(circa 1954)[63] 		no UHF reassigned to Green Bay (now WPNE)
KSTP-TV 5 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN NBC(primary)/DuMont
(Apr 1948-1956?)[64] 		yes VHF
KEYD-TV 9 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN DuMont (1954-1955)[65] yes VHF now KMSP-TV
WCOW 17 Minneapolis-St Paul, MN DuMont (never signed on) yes UHF now KTCI-TV, a PBS member station
WMIN 11 (with WTCN) Minneapolis-St Paul, MN ABC/DuMont
(1953-1956?)[66] 		yes VHF now KARE
WTCN 11 (with WMIN) Minneapolis-St Paul, MN ABC/CBS/DuMont
(July 1949-1956?)[67] 		yes VHF now KARE
KROC 10 Rochester, MN ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont
(1953-1956?)[68] 		yes VHF now KTTC
WDAM-TV 9 Hattiesburg, MS NBC/ABC/DuMont(secondary)
(1954-1956) 		yes VHF now on channel 7
KCTY-TV 25 Kansas City, MO DuMont (Jan-Feb 1954)[69] no UHF reassigned to Jefferson City (now KNLJ)
WDAF-TV 4 Kansas City, MO NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1949-1952) 		yes VHF
KMBC-TV 9 Kansas City, MO DuMont (1952-Dec 1953) yes VHF
KCMO 5 Kansas City, MO ABC/DuMont (1953-1955);
CBS thereafter 		yes VHF now KCTV
KSD-TV 5 St Louis, MO NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont(secondary)
(Feb 1947-1956?)[70] 		yes VHF now KSDK
KTVI 54 St Louis, MO ABC/DuMont
(Aug 1953-1956?)[71] 		yes UHF now on channel 2
KOMU-TV 8 Columbia, MO NBC/ABC/CBS/DuMont
(1953-1956);
thereafter NBC (primary)/ABC[72] 		yes VHF
KOLN 12/10 Lincoln, NE CBS (primary)/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(Feb 1953-1956?) 		yes VHF
KMTV 3 Omaha, NE ABC/CBS/DuMont
(Sept 1949-1956?)[73] 		yes VHF
WFPG-TV 46 Atlantic City, NJ NBC(primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Dec 1952-1956?)[74], [75] 		no UHF
KOB-TV 4 Albuquerque, NM NBC (primary)/DuMont
(Sept 1948-1956)[76] 		yes VHF
WNBF 12 Binghamton, NY ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(Dec 1949-1956)[77] 		yes VHF now WBNG
WBEN-TV 4 Buffalo, NY CBS/ABC/DuMont
(1949-1956?)[78][79] 		yes VHF now WIVB-TV
WGR-TV 2 Buffalo, NY ABC/DuMont/NBC
(Aug 1954-July 1955)[80][81] 		yes VHF now WGRZ-TV
WTVE 24 Elmira, NY DuMont (until 1954) no UHF reassigned to Syracuse (now WCNY-TV)
WABD-TV 5 New York City, NY Dumont (1946-Aug 1956)[82] yes VHF now WNYW
WIRI 5 Plattsburgh, NY DuMont (Dec 1954-1956?)[83] yes VHF now WPTZ
WHAM-TV 6/5 Rochester, NY NBC/DuMont
(June 1949-1956?)[84] 		yes VHF now WROC-TV on channel 8
WRGB 4/6 Schenectady, NY NBC(primary)/DuMont [85] yes VHF
WHEN-TV 5/8 Syracuse, NY CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont
(Dec 1948-1956?)[86][87] 		yes VHF now WTVH
WSYR-TV 3 Syracuse, NY NBC/ABC/DuMont
(Feb 1950-1956?)[88] 		yes VHF now WSTM-TV
WKTV 13 Utica-Rome, NY CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(1949-1956?)[89] 		yes VHF now on channel 2
WCNY-TV 7 Watertown, NY CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1954-1956?)[90] 		yes VHF now WWNY-TV
WBTV 3 Charlotte, NC ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(July 1949-1956?)[91] 		yes VHF
WFMY-TV 2 Greensboro, NC CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1949-1953);
CBS/ABC/DuMont
(1953-1956?) 		yes VHF
WNCT-TV 9 Greenville, NC CBS/DuMont
(Dec 1953-1956?)[92] 		yes VHF
WLOK-TV 73/35 Lima, OH ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont
(Apr 1953-1956?)[93] 		yes UHF now WLIO, NBC
WKBN-TV 27 Youngstown, OH CBS/DuMont/ABC
(Jan 1953-1956?)[94][95] 		yes UHF
WCPO-TV 7/9 Cincinnati, OH ABC/DuMont
(July 1949-1956?)[96] 		yes VHF
WLWT 4/5 Cincinnati, OH CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont
(Feb 1948-1949)[97] 		yes VHF
WEWS-TV 5 Cleveland, OH CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont
(Dec 1947-1956?)[98] 		yes VHF
WXEL-TV 8/9 Cleveland, OH CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Dec 1949-1956?)[99] 		yes VHF now WJW on channel 8
WLWC-TV 3/4 Columbus, OH DuMont/NBC
(Apr 1949-1956?)[100] 		yes VHF now WCMH-TV
WTVN-TV 6 Columbus, OH ABC/DuMont
(Sept 1949-1956?)[101] 		yes VHF now WSYX
WLWD-TV 2 Dayton, OH DuMont (Mar 1947-1949);
NBC thereafter[102] 		yes VHF now WDTN
WSPD-TV 13 Toledo, OH NBC (primary)/DuMont
(July 1948-1955)[103] 		yes VHF now WTVG
WHIZ-TV 50/18 Zanesville, OH NBC(primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(May 1950-1956) 		yes UHF
WKY-TV 4 Oklahoma City, OK ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(June 1949-1956?)[104] 		yes VHF now KFOR-TV
KCEB-TV 23 Tulsa, OK NBC/DuMont
(Mar-Dec 1954) [105] 		yes UHF now KOKI-TV
KPTV 27 Portland, OR NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont/Mutual
(Sept 1952-Sept 1953);
NBC/ABC/DuMont
(Sept 1953-1955) [106] 		yes UHF now on channel 12
WGLV-TV 57 Allentown-Easton, PA ABC/DuMont (circa 1955)[107] no UHF reassigned to Philadelphia (now WPSG)
WHP-TV 55 Harrisburg, PA DuMont(primary)/CBS
(July 1953-1956?);
CBS thereafter 		yes UHF now on channel 21
WGAL 4 Lancaster, PA ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(June 1949-1956?)[108] 		yes VHF now on channel 8
WDTV 3/2 Pittsburgh, PA DuMont/NBC/CBS/ABC
(1946-1955)[109] 		yes VHF now KDKA-TV
WFIL-TV 6 Philadelphia, PA CBS/DuMont (Sept 1947-1948);
ABC/DuMont
(1948-1955)[110] 		yes VHF now WPVI-TV
WICU-TV 12 Erie, PA NBC (primary)/DuMont
(Mar 1949-1956?)[111] 		yes VHF
WJAC 6 Johnstown, PA NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(1949-1956?)[112] 		yes VHF
WILK-TV 34 Wilkes-Barre, PA ABC/DuMont
(Sept 1953-1956)[113] 		yes UHF now WNEP-TV on channel 16, channel 34 reassigned to Binghamton (now WIVT)
WNOW 49 York, PA DuMont [114] yes UHF now WGCB-TV in Red Lion
WNET-TV 16 Providence, RI ABC/DuMont
(1953-1956)[115] 		yes UHF now WNAC-TV on channel 64
WJAR 11/10 Providence, RI NBC (primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(July 1949-1953);
NBC/CBS thereafter [116] 		yes VHF
WCSC-TV 5 Charleston, SC CBS (primary)/DuMont
(1953-1956);
CBS thereafter [117] 		yes VHF
WNOK-TV 67 Columbia, SC CBS (primary)/DuMont
(Sept 1953-1956);
CBS thereafter 		yes UHF now WLTX on channel 19
WGVL 23 Greenville, SC DuMont (circa 1955)[118] no UHF reassigned to Conway (now WHMC)
KDLO 3 Florence, SD NBC (primary)/ABC/CBS/DuMont
(Sept 1955-1956?) 		yes VHF
KELO-TV 11 Sioux Falls, SD NBC (primary)/ABC/CBS/DuMont
(May 1953-1956?) 		yes VHF
WDEF-TV 12 Chattanooga, TN CBS(primary)/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(Apr 1954-1955);
CBS(primary)/NBC/ABC thereafter 		yes VHF
WJHL-TV 11 Johnson City, TN CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1953-1955) 		yes VHF
WTVK 26 Knoxville, TN CBS(primary)/DuMont/ABC
(Oct 1953-1956) [119] 		yes UHF now on channel 8
WMCT 5 Memphis, TN NBC(primary)/DuMont
(Dec 1948-1956)[120] 		yes VHF now WMC-TV
WSM-TV 4 Nashville, TN ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(Sept 1950-1956?)[121] 		yes VHF now WSMV-TV
KTBC-TV 7 Austin, TX CBS(primary)/ABC/DuMont/NBC
(Nov 1952-1956?) 		yes VHF
XELD 7 Brownsville, TX ABC/CBS/DuMont/NBC
(Sept 1951-1956?)[122] 		yes VHF now XHAB-TV
KVDO 22 Corpus Christi, TX NBC/CBS/DuMont
(June 1954-1956?)[123] 		no UHF reassigned to Galveston (now KLTJ)
KLEE-TV 2 Houston, TX NBC (primary)/DuMont
(Jan 1949-1956?)[124] 		yes VHF now KPRC-TV
KNUZ 39 Houston, TX DuMont (to Nov 1954) yes UHF now KHCW
KBTV 8 Dallas-Ft Worth, TX DuMont (1949-1950);
ABC thereafter[125] 		yes VHF now WFAA-TV
KEYL 5 San Antonio, TX ABC/CBS/DuMont
(Feb 1950-1956?)[126] 		yes VHF now KENS-TV
KSL-TV 5 Salt Lake City, UT CBS (primary)/DuMont
(June 1949-1956?)[127] 		yes VHF
WTAR-TV 4/3 Norfolk, VA NBC (primary)/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Apr 1950-1952);
CBS (primary)/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(1952-1953);
CBS (primary)/ABC/DuMont
(1953-1955?) 		yes VHF now WTKR
WTOV 27 Norfolk, VA DuMont (Dec 1953-1955);
Independent thereafter [128] 		yes UHF now WGNT
WTVR-TV 6 Richmond, VA CBS (primary)/DuMont/NBC/ABC
(Apr 1948-1956)[129] 		yes VHF
KRSC-TV 5 Seattle, WA DuMont (Nov 1948-1953)[130][131] yes VHF now KING-TV
KXLY-TV 4 Spokane, WA CBS/DuMont
(Feb 1953-Oct 1954) 		yes VHF
KREM-TV 2 Spokane, WA ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1954-1956) 		yes VHF
WSAZ-TV 3 Huntington, WV NBC/CBS/ABC/DuMont
(Nov 1949-1954);
CBS/ABC/DuMont
(1954-1955);
NBC thereafter [132] 		yes VHF
WKNA-TV 49 Charleston, WV ABC/DuMont
(Mar 1953-Feb 1955)[133] 		no UHF
WEAU-TV 13 Eau Claire, WI ABC/CBS/NBC/DuMont
(Dec 1954-1956?)[134] 		yes VHF
WMTV 33 Madison, WI ABC/DuMont/NBC
(July 1953-1956?) 		yes UHF now on channel 15
WTMJ-TV 4 Milwaukee, WI NBC (primary)/DuMont
(Dec 1947-1953)[135] 		yes VHF
WOKY-TV 19 Milwaukee, WI ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1953-Oct 1954) [136] 		yes UHF now WVTV on channel 18
WTVW / WISN 12 Milwaukee, WI ABC/DuMont
(Oct 1954-1956)[137] 		yes VHF now WISN-TV
WNAM / WFRV-TV 5 Green Bay, WI NBC/ABC/DuMont
(May 1955-1956?) [138] 		yes VHF
WBAY-TV 2 Green Bay, WI CBS, but cleared some DuMont programs (Mar 1953-1956?)[139] yes VHF
WSAU-TV 7 Wausau, WI CBS/ABC/DuMont/NBC
(Oct 1954-1956?) 		yes VHF now WSAW-TV
KGWN-TV 5 Cheyenne, WY CBS/NBC/ABC/DuMont
(Mar 1954-1956?)[140] 		yes VHF
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