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

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

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

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| country = United States

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

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

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| first_aired = {{start date|1947}}▼

| network = [[DuMont Television Network|DuMont]]

| last_aired = {{end date|1948}}

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'''''Know Your New York''''' was an early United StatesAmerican television [[game show]]. Broadcast on [[DuMont Television Network]]'s flagship station [[WNYW|WABD]] (later WNEW, now WNYW) in New York City, the series aired in 1947, broadcast at 8:45pm 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.▼

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▲'''''Know Your New York''''' was an early United States television [[game show]]. Broadcast on [[DuMont Television Network]]'s flagship station [[WNYW|WABD]] (later WNEW, now WNYW) in New York City, the series aired in 1947, broadcast at 8:45pm 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==

In the episode broadcast on 20 November 1947, the names of several viewers who wrote in were plucked out of a bowl, and were each phoned for the answer to a question. The questions were based on slides on landmarks in New York, which were to be identified. Correct answers gave the winner $5; andall contestants received a turkey, incorrectwhether answersthey resultedanswered incorrectly theor contestantsnot.<ref>{{cite justnews getting|title=Know theYour turkeyNew York |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TUUEAAAAMBAJ&dq=%22Know+Your+New+York%22+Dumont&pg=PA14 |access-date=December 29, 2021 |magazine=Billboard |date=December 6, 1947 |page=14}}</ref>

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 name="google">{{cite book|title=Billboard|date=1993-06-12|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|url=https://booksarchive.google.com.auorg/books?id=TUUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA14details/bub_gb_9A8EAAAAMBAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9A8EAAAAMBAJ/page/n127 14]|accessdate=2015-08-13}}</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==

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==External links==

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

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