DuMont Television Network
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The DuMont Television Network was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being first overall in the United States. It was owned by Allen B
Still from Rocky King, Inside Detective, one of DuMont's most popular programs.
WDTV broadcast of We, the People on April 18, 1952. The tall guest is New York Yankees player Bill Bevens.
Benny Goodman and his band on the DuMont show Star Time, circa 1950.
The DuMont Building at 515 Madison Avenue in New York, with the original WABD broadcast tower still standing, April 2008.
Allen B. DuMont
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Allen Balcom DuMont was an American electronics engineer, scientist, and inventor who improved the cathode-ray tube in 1931 for use in television receivers. Seven years later he manufactured and sold
DuMont Television Network
…and promos is available on the Roku streaming television channel under the DuMont name. Allen B. DuMont Laboratories was founded with $1,000 in 1931 by Allen B. DuMont in a laboratory in his basement. He and his staff were responsible for such early technical innovations as the first consumer electronic television…
DuMont 164 Oscillograph (1939-40), an early general purpose oscilloscope
Magic Eye tube used for tuning in a 1939 Mission Bell Model 410 radio. (green glow)