The ''DuMont Evening News'' was an American

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which aired Monday through Friday at 7:15pm ET on the

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during the 1954–1955 season. Presented by

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, the 15-minute show was the network's third and final attempt at a nightly news broadcast.

History

The network's previous attempts at successful news broadcasts were ''

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'' (June 1947 to 1948, moving from

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in Washington DC to the network on August 25, 1947) and ''

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'' / ''

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'' (January 1948 to 1949). The ''DuMont Evening News'' was shown from 7:15-7:30 PM ET, immediately following the popular ''

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''. The show was one of the many axed due to the network's financial problems. Beatty had been lured over from

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. After DuMont's newscast folded, he returned to NBC. He is best known for being the first to broadcast a news bulletin announcing that the Russians had launched

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on October 4, 1957, over the

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Episode status

As with most DuMont programs, no episodes are known to exist. Kinescopes were not available until the fall of 1947, and were used sparingly in its early years.

Bibliography

* David Weinstein, ''The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television'' (Philadelphia:

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, 2004) * Alex McNeil, ''Total Television'', Fourth edition (New York:

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, 1964) {{ISBN, 0-345-31864-1

External links

''DuMont Evening News'' at IMDB

Early TV Anchors

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History

Episode status

See also

Bibliography

External links