tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post6925459259012189423..comments2024-01-02T03:25:05.523-05:00Comments on Cleveland Classic Media: DuMont TV History site returns..Tim Loneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15208281099970788558noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-39568660943584189322009-02-20T16:35:00.000-05:002009-02-20T16:35:00.000-05:00This is a New York question regarding DuMont. In w...This is a New York question regarding DuMont. In what New York Wanamaker Store were the DuMont television studios (for instance, where Captain Video came from)? Were they in Wanamaker's old store (9th/10th Sts) or in the new Annex (8th/9th Sts). <BR/><BR/>If anybody knows, please come forth.<BR/><BR/>GintGothamAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01011832332529065344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-57297214114831273142009-01-31T00:07:00.000-05:002009-01-31T00:07:00.000-05:00There is the possibility that Fox has some kind of...There is the possibility that Fox has some kind of ancestry in DuMont. Channel 5 in New York was DuMont's key station, and is now a Fox owned and operated station. The route went as follows: DuMont sold the majority of its broadcasting interests to Metromedia, which was later bought out by 20th Century Fox.Bill Wickline Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15110733279224833346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3943321092483498805.post-77373374325184424262009-01-10T13:57:00.000-05:002009-01-10T13:57:00.000-05:00Welcome back, Mr. Ingram! It's truly great to see ...Welcome back, Mr. Ingram! It's truly great to see your unique DuMont historical website return, after being "lost" due to AOL's continuing implosion.<BR/><BR/>The only thing that appears to be missing from the new site is the old link to an external webpage explaining "whatever happened to Channel 1?" in the early history of television broadcasting. On the plus side, scanned images which headed up a couple of chapters, but wouldn't display properly for years on AOL, are now visible again.<BR/><BR/>I've tried for several years to generate interest in the Dayton and Cincinnati area for our TV/radio journalists to write something -- ANYTHING -- about DuMont's history. Those who were part of TV broadcasting then, or even remember that DuMont existed, are rapidly passing away. Soon these first-hand memories will be gone forever, and it will be too late.<BR/><BR/>Since many pioneering TV stations are celebrating 60th anniversaries during 2009, wouldn't it be the perfect time for deep reflection on the history of network broadcasting, including not only CBS, NBC and ABC -- but DuMont too, since they were the 2nd network, behind only NBC? Here's a request to all our great Ohio newspapers -- Cleveland Plain Dealer, Akron Beacon Journal, Columbus Dispatch, Toledo Blade, Dayton Daily News and Cincinnati Enquirer -- please write some in-depth stories on TV broadcasting from 1949 to now, and include something about DuMont, one of the real pioneers!emery_rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870661804526939428noreply@blogger.com