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Time, tubes, & television

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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
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
WNYW-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
ArchivesUM location:The Les Arries Collection
Repository:Library of American Broadcasting
Browse terms:Broadcasting, Communications
Collection:Digital Collections
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