Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena

Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena
Format	Sports program
Starring	Chris Schenkel (host)
Country of origin	United States
Production
Running time	1-2 hours
Broadcast
Original channel	NBC (1946-1948) DuMont (1954-1956)
Original run	1946 – August 6, 1956

Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena was an American sports program originally broadcast on NBC from 1946 to 1948, and later on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from 1954 to 1956.

Broadcast history

The DuMont version was hosted by Chris Schenkel.^[1]

This regularly scheduled program, which aired boxing matches from St. Nicholas Arena in New York City on Monday nights, is notable for being the final program to air on DuMont. The last network-aired program was broadcast on August 6, 1956, though a few remaining programs were seen locally on New York's WABD afterward.^[1]

With limited finances, DuMont aired many sports programs throughout its history. Boxing, wrestling, basketball, and football were always network mainstays, even during prime time, as they were cheaper than most scripted programs and filled large programming blocks that would otherwise have gone unfilled.^[2] Most of DuMont's regular series were cancelled on April 1, 1955, and the last non-sports program, the game show What's the Story, left the airwaves on September 23, 1955, leaving only a few cheaply-produced sports programs on the schedule.

However, by August 1956, even DuMont's sports programs, including Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena, were axed.

Episode status

A few episodes of the DuMont version, including the final program on August 6, 1956, survive at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime-Time Network TV Shows (Third ed.). New York: Ballantine. pp. 113–114. ISBN 0-345-31864-1. 
2. ^ The DuMont Television Network Historical Web Site

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

External links

• Boxing From St. Nicholas Arena at IMDB
• DuMont historical website

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