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Elder Michaux is a religious TV show that aired on the DuMont Television Network, hosted by evangelist Lightfoot Solomon Michaux. The program combined both Michaux's preaching and singing by the Happy-Am-I gospel choir, consisting of thirty-five singers. During the broadcasts his congregation shouted out encouragement while Elder Michaux preached.

Broadcast history

The 30 minute program was broadcast on Sundays from 6:00 to 6:30 p.m. It originated as a local program on DuMont station WTTG in Washington, D. C. in 1947, and aired on the DuMont network from October 17, 1948 to January 9, 1949. The show continued to be broadcast from WTTG's Washington studios through 1951.

The program was among the earliest U.S. television shows with an African American host, and included religious music and preaching.

Episode status

As with most DuMont series, no episodes are known to survive.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts
• Stained Glass Windows (ABC Television, 1948–49)
• Lamp Unto My Feet (CBS Television, 1948–79)
• Religious broadcasting

References

1. ^ Weinstein, David The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television, page 162, Temple University Press, 2004
2. ^ Brooks, Tim and Marsh, Earle, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946 – Present, Ballantine Books, 1979, page 181
3. "Appendix One: Programs (A-L)". Dumont Television Network Historical Web Site. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
4. Jay Handelman (February 1, 2000). "Despite occasional successes, television has failed to embrace diversity". Sarasota Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2009-03-01.

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1

External links

• Elder Michaux at IMDb
• DuMont historical website
• Fall 1948 schedule at RadioDiscussions showing Elder Michaux on Sundays at 6pm ET

• DuMont Television Network original programming
• 1948 American television series debuts
• 1949 American television series endings
• Black-and-white American television shows
• Television series about Christianity
• Lost television shows
• African-American television