New York Times Youth Forum
New York Times Youth Forum was a public affairs program, sponsored by The New York Times and aired Sundays at 5pm EST on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 14, 1952, to June 14, 1953. The host was Dorothy Gordon (born Dorothy Lerner, 1889-1970), who continued to host the show on WABD from the time the network closed in 1956 until 1958 when it moved to WRCA-TV (now WNBC).[1]
| New York Times Youth Forum | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Al Hollander Arnee Nocks |
| Starring | Dorothy Gordon (host) |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | DuMont |
| Original release | September 14, 1952 – June 14, 1953 |
The Times dropped sponsorship in 1960, at which point radio simulcasts moved from WQXR (AM) to WNBC (AM). Thereafter, Gordon continued the show as Dorothy Gordon's Youth Forum, winning a Peabody Award in 1966. Gordon continued to host the show until her death in 1970.[2] The show also appeared first-run as late as April 23, 1967 (with guest Otto Preminger) on WNBC-TV.
Episode status
One episode, "Will the Election Affect Foreign Policy?" (broadcast September 28, 1952), survives at the Paley Center for Media.
See also
- List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
- List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
- 1952-53 United States network television schedule
References
- Woolery, George W. (1985). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part II: Live, Film, and Tape Series. The Scarecrow Press. pp. 370–371. ISBN 0-8108-1651-2.
- IMDB entry
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
- Charles Sopkin, Seven Glorious Days, Seven Fun-filled Nights, First edition (New York, Simon & Schuster, 1968, Library of Congress catalog card number 68-25754, pp. 64–66.