Summary: | Time, Tubes, & Television. This program comes from the Les Arries Collection. Les Arries, the longtime general manager of channel 4, where he started as general manager in 1967 (when it was WBEN-TV) and left in 1989 (when it had become WIVB-TV). Arries began his broadcast career at the old DuMont Network in 1946 and was later instrumental in creating the syndicated Merv Griffin Show while working for Westinghouse in the sixties. Arries died of brain cancer at his home in Sarasota, Florida; he was 77. |
Creator: | Herbert T. Strong |
Contributor: | Allen B. DU Mont Laboratories |
Provider: | Television Studios and Station WABD |
Century: | 1901-2000 |
Place of origin – Continent: | North America |
Place of origin – Country: | United States of America |
Place of origin – Region: | New Jersey |
Place of origin – Settlement: | Passaic |
Temporal subject: |
1941-1950
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Geographical subject – Continent: | North America |
Geographical subject – Country: | United States of America |
Geographical subject – Region: | New York |
Geographical subject – Settlement: | New York City |
Topical subjects: | Cathode ray oscillographs |
Vacuum-tubes |
Radio |
Television |
Allen B. DuMont Laboratories
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WNYW-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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ArchivesUM location: | The Les Arries Collection |
Repository: | Library of American Broadcasting |
Browse terms: | Broadcasting, Communications |
Collection: | Digital Collections |
Collection may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the University of Maryland Libraries at http://www.lib.umd.edu/special/contact/home. |