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'''''Know Your New York''''' was an early United States television game show. Broadcast on New York City station [[WNYW|WABD]], the series aired in 1947, broadcast at 8:45PM on Wednesdays. The 15-minute series was sponsored by Bonded Auto Sales, was hosted by Don Roper, who was assisted by Evelyn Peterson. Although broadcast only on a single station, it is notable as an early example of a television game show▼

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| runtime = 15 minutes (1947-1948)<br>30 minutes<br>(1971-1972)

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| starring = Don Roper<br>Evelyn Peterson<br>(1947-1948)<br>[[Dennis James]]<br>(1971-1972)

| country = United States

| network = [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]] (1947&ndash;1948)<br>[[Broadcast syndication|Syndicated]] (1971&ndash;1972)

| first_aired = {{start date|1947}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1948}}

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▲'''''Know Your New York''''' was an early United StatesAmerican television [[game show]]. Broadcast on New[[DuMont YorkTelevision CityNetwork]]'s flagship station [[WNYW|WABD]] in New York City, the series aired in 1947, broadcast at 8:45PM45pm ET on Wednesdays. The 15-minute series was sponsored by Bonded Auto Sales, and was hosted by Don Roper, who was assisted by Evelyn Peterson. Although broadcast only on a single station, it is notable as an early example of a television game show. The show returned to the air in 1971, with [[Dennis James]] as host, and ran for one season from 1971 to 1972.

==Format==

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The Bonded U-Drive-It auto firm bought a 13-week sponsorship of "Know Your New York" in September 1947.<ref>{{cite news |title=DuMont Package Sold to Auto Firm |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JiAEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Know+Your+New+York%22+Dumont&pg=PT16 |access-date=December 29, 2021 |magazine=Billboard |date=October 4, 1947 |page=17}}</ref>

==Reception==

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' magazine described the series as "low-budget", but also said that "none of the ideas in the program is essentially new, but they are well put together and run smoothly" and that "it is a watchable program and obviously tuned to the budget of the medium local sponsor".<ref>http://books. name="google.com.au/books?id">{{cite book|title=TUUEAAAAMBAJ&pgBillboard|date=PA14&dq1993-06-12|publisher=%22Know+Your+New+York%22+wabd&hlNielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=en&sa=X&ei=QmCcUp3LOMmmkgW20006-4GgBw&ved2510|url=0CDwQ6AEwAw#vhttps://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9A8EAAAAMBAJ|page=onepage&q[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9A8EAAAAMBAJ/page/n127 14]|accessdate=%22Know%20Your%20New%20York%22%20wabd&f=false2015-08-13}}</ref>

==Episode status==

Although examples of WABD's local shows are known to exist from as far back as 1948, (such as ''[[Swing Into Sports]]'' and ''[[Photographic Horizons]]''), none are known to exist from 1947. The series is most likely lost, and likely was never [[kinescope]]d in the first place, as kinescoping was still a very new technology.

The syndicated version likely exists, at least in part, in Dennis James's personal archives; James maintained copies of every show he ever hosted in the archive during his lifetime.

==See also==

*[[List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network]]

*[[List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts]]

==References==

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==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==

*[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3378442 ''Know Your New York'' at IMDB]

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