Keep Posted Explained

Alt Name:The Big Issue
Runtime:30 Minutes
Presenter:Martha Rountree (moderator)
Lawrence Spivak (panelist)
Ray Wood (panelist)
Country:United States
Network:DuMont

Keep Posted (later known as The Big Issue is an American public affairs TV series on the DuMont Television Network which was sponsored by The Saturday Evening Post for its first two seasons.[1]

Broadcast history

Keep Posted is a 30-minute program that aired on DuMont on Tuesdays at 8:30 pm EST[2] from October 9, 1951, to January 18, 1954. The title was changed to The Big Issue after the Post stopped sponsoring the program in May 1953.

Martha Rountree was the moderator, and Lawrence Spivak and Ray Wood were among the panelists. Both Rountree and Spivak were involved in the creation of Meet the Press on NBC.

Episodes included one in which United States Senators Robert A. Taft and Richard B. Russell debated foreign policy on April 22, 1952.[3]

Episode status

Only two episodes are known to exist, "Peace in the Middle East" (first broadcast November 2, 1952), held by the Paley Center for Media, along with another 1952 episode "Should Truman Be Renominated?" as part of the Peabody Award collection.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: McNeil. Alex. Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present . 1996. Penguin Books USA, Inc.. New York, New York. 0-14-02-4916-8. 448. 4th.
  2. Book: Brooks. Tim. Marsh. Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946-Present. 1999. The Ballentine Publishing Group. New York. 0-345-42923-0. 535–536. 7th.
  3. News: Taft, Russell debate U. S. Foreign Policy . April 22, 2022 . The New York Times . April 23, 1952 . 16. subscription.
  4. Web site: The Ultimate CGI. dbs.galib.uga.edu.