Talk:List of former DuMont Television Network affiliates

Affiliates
Ted Bergmann's book The DuMont Television Network, shows a map of DuMont affiliates in 1955. It shows which cities were part of the DuMont Network during 1955. It also shows which stations were connected to the intercity coaxial cable at that time. Unfortunately, it only lists the city of the station, not the call signs. I've been unable to find the call signs for the following cities:


 * Alabama: Montgomery, Alabama
 * Arizona: Yuma, Arizona (non-interconnected)
 * Arkansas: Little Rock, Arkansas, Ft. Smith, Arkansas (non)
 * California: Bakersfield, California (may have been served by Tulare station), San Luis Obispo, California (non), Fresno, California (may have been served by Tulare station), Stockton, California, Chico, California, Eureka, California (non)
 * Colorado: Grand Junction, Colorado (non)
 * Georgia: Albany, Georgia (non), Columbus, Georgia
 * Indiana: Fort Wayne, Indiana, Muncie, Indiana, Elkhart, Indiana, South Bend, Indiana
 * Iowa: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Waterloo, Iowa
 * Kansas: Hutchinson, Kansas, Topeka, Kansas
 * Louisiana: Lake Charles, Louisiana, Monroe, Louisiana
 * Michigan: Saginaw, Michigan
 * Mississippi: Meridian, Mississippi
 * Missouri: Springfield, Missouri
 * Montana: Billings, Montana (non), Butte, Montana (non), Great Falls, Montana (non)
 * Nevada: Las Vegas, Nevada
 * New Mexico: Roswell, New Mexico
 * North Carolina: Raleigh, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina
 * North Dakota: Bismarck, North Dakota (non)
 * Oklahoma: Muscogee, Oklahoma
 * Pennsylvania: New Castle, Pennsylvania, Altoona, Pennsylvania
 * Texas: Beaumont, Texas (non), Abilene, Texas, Lubbock, Texas, Amarillo, Texas, Midland, Texas (non), El Paso, Texas, Wichita Falls, Texas , Texarkana, Texas
 * Virginia: Lynchburg, Virginia, Harrisonburg, Virginia
 * Washington: Tacoma, Washington
 * Wisconsin: La Crosse, Wisconsin

Any help folks can provide on the missing station call signs is greatly appreciated. Firsfron of Ronchester 02:27, 15 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Found WLVA-TV Lynchburg "Radio and TV Programs The Bee Danville, VA p B11, 1954-8-26. Firsfron of Ronchester  22:39, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

1952
I have a copy of the Hollywood Reporter's 1952 Motion Picture/TV Production Encyclopedia, which lists the following as Du Mont affiliates:

Birmingham: WAFM-13 (C-A-D) Phoenix: KPHO-5 (A-C-N-D) San Diego: KFMB-8 (A-C-N-D) San Francisco: KPIX-5 (C-D-Paramount) New Haven: WNHC-6 (A-C-Mutual-N-D) Wilmington: WDEL-7 (N-D) Washington: WTTG-5 (D) Jacksonville: WMBR-4 (A-C-N-D) Miami: WTVJ-4 (A-C-N-D) Atlanta: WAGA-5 (C-D) Chicago: WGN-9 (D) Rock Island: WHBF-4 (A-C-D) Bloomington: WTTV-10 (A-C-N-D) Indianapolis: WFBM-6 (A-C-N-D) Louisville: WAVE-5 (A-N-D) New Orleans: WDSU-6 (A-C-N-D) Baltimore: WAAM-13 (A-D) Boston: WNAC-7 (A-C-D-Yankee) Detroit: WJBK-2 (C-D) Grand Rapids: WOOD-7 (A-C-N-D) Kalamazoo: WKZO-3 (A-C-N-D) Lansing: WJIM-6 (A-C-D-N) Minneapolis: WTCN-4 (A-C-D) Kansas City: WDAF-4 (A-C-N-D) St. Louis: KSD-5 (A-C-N-D) Omaha: WOW-6 (N-D) Albuquerque: KOB-4 (A-C-N-D) Binghamton: WNBF-12 (A-C-N-D) Buffalo: WBEN-4 (A-C-N-D) New York: WABD-5 (D) Rochester: WHAM-6 (A-C-N-D) Syracuse: WHEN-8 (A-C-D) Utica: WKTV-13 (A-C-N-D) Charlotte: WBTV-2 (A-N-D) Greensboro: WFMY-2 (A-C-N-D) Cincinnati: WCPO-7 (A-D) Cleveland: WXEL-9 (A-C-D) Columbus: WTVN-6 (A-D) Dayton: WHIO-13 (A-C-D) Toledo: WSPD-13 (A-C-M-N-D) Oklahoma City: WKY-4 (A-C-N-D) Tulsa: KOTV-6 (A-C-N-D-Paramount) Erie: WICU-12 (A-C-N-D) Johnstown: WJAC-13 (A-C-N-D) Lancaster: WGAL-4 (A-C-N-D) Philadelphia: WFIL-6 (A-D) Pittsburgh: WDTV-3 (A-C-N-D) Providence: WJAR-11 (A-C-N-D) Memphis: WMCT-4 (A-C-N-D) Nashville: WSM-4 (A-C-D) Brownsville (Matamoros): XELD-7 (A-C-N-D) Dallas: WFAA-8 (A-N-D) Houston: KPRC-2 (A-C-N-D) San Antonio: KEYL-5 (A-C-D) Salt Lake City: KSL-5 (A-C-D) Norfolk: WTAR-4 (A-C-N-D) Seattle: KING-5 (A-C-N-D) Huntington: WSAZ-5 (A-C-N-D) Milwaukee: WTMJ-3 (A-C-N-D)

And the pièce de resistance: a network interconnect map. Du Mont's only full-time circuits ran: WABD-WFIL-WAAM, and WFIL-WJAC-WDTV-WXEL-WSPD-WGN, and WSPD-WJBK.

-- Gridlock Joe 00:37, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

WWOR/WJZB
Your table has these as two separate stations. In reality, it is one station. It started out as WWOR, and later changed its calls to WJZB.
 * Fixed, thank you. Firsfron of Ronchester  01:31, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Louisiana and Texas small-market stations
Excellent piece of work getting all those references corralled! DTN was a pioneer, good to see a reference work like this. On the Louisiana stations, the 54/55 Telecasting Yearbook confirms KNOE as the DuMont affiliate in Monroe http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1954-1955%20TV/BC%20TV%20Annual%201954-55.pdf The Lake Charles affiliate was KTAG Channel 25, confirmed by the 55/56 edition: http://www.davidgleason.com/Archive%20BC-YB/1954-55%20TV/Telecasting%20YB%2055-56.pdf The Beaumont, TX affiliate was KBMT Channel 31 (the first incarnation of KBMT), per the 55/56 Telecasting Yearbook. The Texarkana, TX/AR affiliate was KCMC Channel 6 (later moved transmitter to Vivan, LA and became KTAL), per the 55/56 Telecasting Yearbook The Tyler, TX affiliate was KETX Channel 19 until they went dark, ref, 54/55 Telecasting Yearbook.Sparky4853397 (talk) 01:41, 15 August 2010 (UTC)

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