The station originally carried programming from CBS with some selections also from ABC and the defunct Dumont network.

The show finally reappeared after a long interval and only for a short time, on the small, independent Dumont network.

(Wrestling was an early favorite of network TV, but it faded when the Dumont network folded in 1956.)

The program, broadcast simultaneously on NBC and the Dumont network from January to June of 1949, was the direct progenitor of "Your Show of Shows," which made its debut on NBC the following year.

November 18 - situation comedy Mary Kay and Johnny debuts on Dumont network (1947-1950).

In the late 1940's and early 50's, Mr. Stone produced "Howdy Doody" at NBC and "Author Meets the Critics," a book-discussion program that ran for six years variously on NBC, ABC and the old Dumont network.

By his own estimate, from the live high school talent program he staged for the old Dumont network in the late 1940's to his recent string of fund-raising specials for Ford's Theater in Washington, Mr. Cates wrote, directed and produced more than 1,000 television productions.

After college, Mr. Arledge landed a short-lived job at the Dumont network in 1952.

Mr. Gleason was good for CBS, and the network is acknowledging that fact with an ingratiating two-hour special tomorrow at 8 P.M. Jackie Gleason developed his comedy talents on the old Dumont network's "Cavalcade of Stars."