King Cole's Birthday Party

King Cole's Birthday Party
Also known as Birthday Party
Genre Children's
Presented by Bill Slater (1947)
Ted Brown (1949)
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Running time 2225 minutes
Release
Original network DuMont
Picture format Black-and-white
Audio format Monaural
Original release May 15, 1947 (1947-05-15) – June 23, 1949 (1949-06-23)

King Cole's Birthday Party (also known as Birthday Party) was an early American children's television series which aired on the DuMont Television Network. The program was broadcast from 1947 to 1949. Little is known about the series. Each 30-minute episode featured the real birthday of a child. The series was sponsored by the Jay Day Dress Company of New York.[1]

The program was first broadcast locally over DuMont's WABD in New York City. By early 1948, King Cole's Birthday Party was aired nationally on DuMont's chain of stations. The final broadcast was on June 23, 1949. Among the people to have hosted the program included Bill Slater and Ted Brown.[2]

Episode status

No episodes of this program are known to survive.

See also

References

  1. Bergmann, Ted and Ira Skutch (2002). The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? p. 23. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland. ISBN 0-8108-4270-X
  2. Brooks, Tim and Earle Marsh (1985). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 to Present p. 98. Ballantine: New York. ISBN 0-345-31864-1.

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