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New York Times Youth Forum

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New York Times Youth Forum
Publicity shot
Created byAl Hollander
Arnee Nocks
StarringDorothy Gordon (host)
Country of originUnited States
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
NetworkDuMont
ReleaseSeptember 14, 1952 (1952-09-14) –
June 14, 1953 (1953-06-14)

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]

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.[citation needed] The show also appeared first-run as late as April 23, 1967 (with guest Otto Preminger) on WNBC-TV.

Episode status

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One episode, "Will the Election Affect Foreign Policy?" (broadcast September 28, 1952), survives at the Paley Center for Media.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.

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