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Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena
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| Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Sports program |
| Starring | Chris Schenkel (host) |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Production | |
| Running time | 2 hours |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | DuMont |
Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena was an American sports program broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network. This regularly scheduled program, which aired boxing matches on Monday nights, is perhaps most notable for being the final program to air on DuMont. The last network-aired program was broadcast on August 6, 1956, though it was seen locally on New York's WABD afterward.
With limited finances, DuMont aired many sports programs throughout its history. Boxing, wrestling, basketball and football were always network mainstays, even during prime time, as they were cheaper than most scripted programs and filled large programming blocks that would otherwise have gone unfilled. Most of DuMont's regular series were cancelled on April 1, 1955, and the last scripted program left the airwaves in September 1955, leaving only a few cheap sports programs on the schedule.
However, by August 1956, even DuMont's sports programs, including Boxing from St. Nicholas Arena, were axed.
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