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- ↑ no byline (January 1, 1954). "Radio-TV Notes". The New York Times . Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ↑ DuMont historical website Archived 2022-02-14 at the Wayback Machine , Clarke Ingram
- ↑ "Pop Culture in Review for the Year 1954 | Mr. Pop Culture". 11 September 2020.
- ↑ Cleveland Classic Media: November 2009
- ↑ "DuMont on KCMO-TV". The Kansas City Times. 1954-02-18. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-10-09.
- ↑ Hi there, boys and girls!: America's local children's TV shows, p165, Tim Hollis, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2001 ISBN 978-1-57806-396-3