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American TV series or program
The Walter Compton News
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Starring
| Walter Compton
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Country of origin
| United States
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Running time
| 15 minutes
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Network
| DuMont
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Release
| June 16, 1947
(
1947-06-16
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January 1948
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1948-01
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The Walter Compton News
is an American
television news
series that aired from 1947 to 1948 on the
DuMont Television Network
Monday through Friday from 6:45 pm to 7 pm ET.
Broadcast history
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The Walter Compton News
premiered on DuMont station
WTTG
on June 16, 1947, then on the DuMont network on August 25, 1947, but was reportedly off the air by January 1948. This show had seasoned radio broadcaster and executive
Walter Compton
(1912-1959) reading news from a script with the occasional use of slides.
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citation needed
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Beginning on November 17,
General Electric
became a sponsor of
The Walter Compton News
.
[1]
In 1942, Compton had been host of
Quiz of Two Cities
, aired by
Mutual Radio
on
WOL-AM
in Washington DC, and on
WFBR
in Baltimore.
[2]
The program is notable for having been "the first news series on a television network to originate from Washington."
[3]
Premiering in January 1948,
Camera Headlines
was a second attempt by DuMont to present a TV news program, this time using
newsreel film
footage.
Camera Headlines
alternated with
I.N.S. Telenews
.
It may also have been the first nightly television newscast to appear over a network, although it is possible that a television simulcast of
Lowell Thomas
's
NBC Blue
Radio Network newscast in 1940 and 1941 may have been seen, at least occasionally, on
W2XB
Schenectady and/or
W3XE
Philadelphia, but records are also quite sketchy.
Episode status
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As with many DuMont programs, no episodes of
The Walter Compton News
are known to survive.
Kinescopes
were not available until the fall of 1947, and were used sparingly in the early years. Little else is known about the series, even though it aired on a major United States television network.
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