Boxing from Jamaica Arena

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Boxing From Jamaica Arena
GenreSports
Presented byDennis James
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time90/120 minutes
Release
Original networkDuMont
Picture formatBlack-and-white
Audio formatMonaural
Original release1946 (1946) –
1949 (1949)

Boxing From Jamaica Arena was a TV sports series broadcast by the DuMont Television Network from 1946 to 1949. The program aired boxing from Jamaica Arena in Queens, New York. The program aired on Monday and Wednesday nights at 9pm ET and was 90 to 120 minutes long.[1] An earlier program of the same name had aired on NBC from July 8, 1940 until May 18, 1942.[2]

Episode status[]

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to exist. Some episodes may exist under the umbrella title Boxing With Dennis James at the UCLA Film and Television Archive.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ IMDB entry
  2. ^ Jay, Robert (2009-09-19). "W2XBS Schedule, Week of July 7th, 1940". Television Obscurities (in American English). Retrieved 2019-07-24.

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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