What is DuMont Television Network?
{{Infobox television channel | name = DuMont Television Network | logo = DuMont.svg | logo_size = 250px | type = [[Terrestrial television|Broadcast]] [[television network]] | country = United States | language = English | owner = [[DuMont Laboratories|Allen B. DuMont Laboratories]]<ref name=allenbdumontlabs>{{cite web |title=Allen B. DuMont {{!}} American engineer and inventor |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allen-B-DuMont |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en |access-date=July 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703222020/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allen-B-DuMont |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> | founded = {{Start date|1940|4|13}} | founder = [[Allen B. DuMont]] | launch_date = {{Start date|1946|08|15}} | closed_date = {{End date|1956|08|06}}<br />({{Age in years and days|1946|08|15|1956|08|06}}) | key_people = [[Thomas T. Goldsmith, Jr.]] ([[vice president]]; director of research)<br />Mortimer Loewi (financial consultant)<br />Ted Bergmann (director of sales, 1951–1953; [[general manager]], 1953–1955)<br />Lawrence Phillips (director of broadcasting)<br />Chris Witting (director of broadcasting)<br />Tom Gallery (director of sales)<br />Don McGannon (general manager of O&Os)<br />James Caddigan (director of programming and production)<br />Paul Raibourn (executive vice president, Paramount; Paramount liaison) }} The '''DuMont Television Network''' was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks. It was owned by Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, a television equipment and television set manufacturer. It began operations on April 13, 1940. It ceased operations on August 6, 1956, leaving only 3 main networks, rather than public broadcasting, until the founding of Fox in 1986. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{authority control}} [[Category:American television networks]] [[Category:American television channels]] [[Category:1940 establishments in the United States]] {{TV-stub}}