This Is Music is an American music television series which was broadcast on the DuMont Television Network from November 29, 1951, to October 9, 1952.
Overview
This Is Music was broadcast live from Chicago, and hosted by Alexander Gray. Regulars included Colin Male, Alexander Gray, Nancy Carr, Bruce Foote, Lucille Reed, Jackie Van, Jacqueline James, Bill Snary and the series featured the Robert Trendler Orchestra.
Broadcast history
The DuMont series ran from November 1951 to October 1952, and aired on Thursday nights at 8pm (ET) during most of its run, but changed to 10pm during the summer of 1952.
Episode status
Two episodes of the DuMont series are in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive, and two episodes are in the collection of the Paley Center for Media.
Not to be confused with ... The DuMont show is not to be confused with: An ABC Television program with the same title This Is Music, 1958–1959; The similarly named syndicated program This Is Your Music, 1955; or The name used in the United States and Canada, This Is Music, when airing the 1972 British television program Tony Bennett at the Talk of the Town, during 1974 and 1976 respectively.
See also
List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
1951-52 United States network television schedule
The Music Show
Music From Chicago
Concert Tonight
References
Bibliography
David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004)