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''Wrestling from Marigold'' is an American sports program broadcast from the Marigold Arena in
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which aired on the
DuMont Television Network The DuMont Television Network (also known as the DuMont Network, DuMont Television, simply DuMont/Du Mont, or (incorrectly) Dumont ) was one of America's pioneer commercial television networks, rivaling NBC and CBS for the distinction of being ...
from Saturday, September 17, 1949, until March 1955. The show lasted for either 90 or 120 minutes, usually on Saturdays at 9pm ET, and continued to be broadcast on
WGN-TV WGN-TV (channel 9) is an Independent station (North America), independent television station in Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, it is sister station, sister to the company's sole radio property, talk ra ...
as a non-network show until 1957.


Overview

The show was broadcast live by WGN from Marigold in Chicago, produced by
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promoter
Fred Kohler Fred Kohler (April 20, 1888 – October 28, 1938) was an American actor. Career Fred Kohler was born in Kansas City, Missouri or in Dubuque, Iowa. As a teen, he began to pursue a career in vaudeville, but worked other jobs to support himself. ...
, with play-by-play by
Jack Brickhouse John Beasley Brickhouse (January 24, 1916 – August 6, 1998) was an American sportscaster. Known primarily for his play-by-play coverage of Chicago Cubs games on WGN-TV from 1948 to 1981, he received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Ha ...
.
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served as the announcer. Lloyd also did live commercials for such products as Aero Shave. This was the last network TV broadcast of wrestling in the US until ''
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'' on NBC in 1985.


Episode status

About 10 episodes of wrestling on DuMont are in the collection of the
UCLA Film and Television Archive The UCLA Film & Television Archive is a visual arts organization focused on the preservation, study, and appreciation of film and television, based at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Also a nonprofit exhibition venue, the archiv ...
. Four are titled ''Pro Wrestling from Chicago'' and may be from this series. However, it is unclear if the others are from the Marigold in Chicago, or ''Wrestling from Columbia Park'', or some other DuMont series.Internet Archive entry
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See also

*
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network This is a list of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network, which operated in the United States from 1942 to 1956. All regularly scheduled programs which were aired on the DuMont network are listed below, regardless of whether they orig ...
*
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts The DuMont Television Network was launched in 1946 and ceased broadcasting in 1956. Allen DuMont, who created the network, preserved most of what it produced in kinescope format. By 1958, however, much of the library had been destroyed to recover ...
* 1949-50 United States network television schedule *'' Boxing From Jamaica Arena'' (September 1948 – 1949) *''
Amateur Boxing Fight Club ''Amateur Boxing Fight Club'' was a boxing program aired on the DuMont Television Network beginning in September 1949 as part of DuMont's sports programming. Most of DuMont's boxing programs at this time were hosted by Dennis James. The 60-minute p ...
'' (September 1949 – 1950) *'' Boxing From Eastern Parkway'' (May 1952-May 1954) *''
Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena ''Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena'' was an American sports program originally broadcast on NBC from 1946 to 1948, and later on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1954 to 1956. Broadcast history Before having their own program, boxing ...
'' (1954-1956) last series to air on the DuMont network *''
Saturday Night at the Garden ''Saturday Night at the Garden'' was an American sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from October 7, 1950, to March 31, 1951. The program aired sports, primarily basketball, horse show, rodeo, and boxing live from Madison Squa ...
'' (1950-1951)


References


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 historical websiteList of DuMont and Paramount Television Network wrestling shows at UCLA Film and Television Archive list at Internet Archive blog
American professional wrestling television series 1949 American television series debuts 1955 American television series endings Black-and-white American television shows English-language television shows Chicago television shows Fred Kohler Enterprises DuMont sports programming