Meet Your Congress

Meet Your Congress was a public affairs TV series on NBC and on the DuMont Television Network.[1] The show premiered on NBC on July 1, 1949, airing Saturdays at 8pm ET. The DuMont series aired from July 8, 1953, until July 4, 1954.[2]

Meet Your Congress
GenrePublic affairs
StarringBlair Moody (moderator)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s)English
Production
Running time30 minutes
Release
Original networkNBC (1949-1953)
DuMont (1953-1954)
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original releaseJuly 1, 1949 
July 4, 1954

Moderator Blair Moody (1902-1954), who hosted the radio and TV versions from 1946 to 1952, died of pneumonia and heart problems on July 20, 1954.

Episode status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist.

See also

References

  1. Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 285. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. DuMont historical website Archived 2011-10-06 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

  • David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
  • Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
  • Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1
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