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Line 16: The program is significant as one of the first regularly scheduled series to feature an [[African-American]] woman as host. On her series she sang songs ranging from spirituals to [[boogie woogie]]. According to the book ''The Forgotten Network'' (2004), DuMont began offering 4.5 hours of morning and afternoon programming to affiliates in January 1949, but it is not clear which series these were. The series and several other WABD daytime series seem to appear in [[Pittsburgh]] schedules (on station WDTV) during 1949,<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6MhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hWoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4800%2C3549198 ''Pittsburgh Post-Gazette'' (January 17, 1949)]</ref> so it may have been shown on a network level. According to the book ''What Women Watched: Daytime Television in the 1950s'' (University of Texas Press, 2005) by Marsha Cassidy, the DuMont daytime schedule beginning in January 1949 was: 10-10:30am ''[[Johnny Olson's Rumpus Room]]'' 10:30-11am ''Welcome, Neighbors'' 11am-12noon ''The Stan Shaw Show'' 12noon-12:15pm ''Amanda'' 12:15-12:30pm ''Man in the Street'' 12:30-12:45pm ''[[Camera Headlines]]'' 12:45-1pm ''Fashions in Song'' 1-1:30pm ''[[Okay, Mother]]'' 2:30-3pm ''[[Inside Photoplay]]'' (''The Wendy Barrie Show'') 3-3:15pm ''[[The Needle Shop]]'' *3:15-3:30pm ''Vincent Lopez Speaking'' (''[[The Vincent Lopez Show]]'') ==Reception==