DuMont Evening News [SEP] original network
DuMont Evening News
The DuMont Evening News was an American news program which aired Monday through Friday at 7:15pm ET on the DuMont Television Network during the 1954–1955 season. Presented by Morgan Beatty, 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 "The Walter Compton News" (June 1947 to 1948, moving from WTTG in Washington DC to the network on August 25, 1947) and "I.N.S. Telenews" /
Smith served as the station manager for several decades. He was a lifelong resident of Harrisburg, beginning his career at WHP-AM in the early 1930s. (Harrisburg Evening News, September 8, 1954)
Rossmoyne added a television station, WCMB-TV, in 1954. It was the original channel 27 in Harrisburg. (WTPA was on channel 71 at the time, starting in July 1953.) WCMB-TV was an affiliate of the DuMont network. (Harrisburg Evening News, September 8, 1954)