Passaic, NJ: Birthplace of Television
Du Mont is a pioneer in the television industry, with the first American TV sets on the market in 1938. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Du Mont was America’s fourth television network before Channel Five (Fox) proved that a fourth network was viable. Du Mont competed with CBS, NBC and ABC for a television audience. DuMont was second to enter the network TV business, establishing a link between its New York City and Washington, D.C....
