It later changed its name to Metropolitan Broadcasting in order to distance itself from its former parent company .
In 1956 , after DuMont shut down network operations , WTTG and WABD became independent stations and were spun off from DuMont Laboratories as the DuMont Broadcasting Corporation .
WTTG later changed WTTG 's name to Metropolitan Broadcasting in order to distance itself from its former parent company .
In 1956 , after DuMont shut down network operations , WTTG and WABD became independent stations and were spun off from DuMont Laboratories as the DuMont Broadcasting Corporation .