Title: The forgotten network : DuMont and the birth of American television /
Authors: Weinstein, David, 1967-
Publisher: Temple University Press,
Year: 2004
Subjects: Du Mont, Allen B.; Du Mont Television Network History.
Abstract: "During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the name "DuMont" was synonymous with the new medium of television. Many people first watched TV on DuMont-brand sets, the best receivers money could buy. Even more viewers enjoyed their first programs on the DuMont network, which was established in 1946. Network founder Allen B. DuMont became a folk hero for his entrepreneurial spirit in bringing television to the American people. Yet, by 1955, the DuMont network was out of business and its founder and namesake was forced to relinquish control of the company he had spent a quarter century building."
Contents: My father was an engineer -- From basement to Broadway -- Who is in charge here? -- The DuMont daytime experiment -- Captain video : protector of the free world and the DuMont network -- What'd he say? Morey Amsterdam meets Norman Rockwell -- And away he went ... Jackie Gleason and the cavalcade of stars -- Law and order, DuMont style -- A bishop for Berle fans -- Ernie Kovacs and the DuMont legacy -- Appendix : DuMont chronology.