WTTG and New York's WABD (later WNEW-TV, and now WNYW) survived as Metromedia-owned independents until 1986, when they were purchased by the News Corporation to form the nucleus of the new Fox television network. Clarke Ingram, who maintained a DuMont memorial site, has suggested that Fox can be considered a revival, or at least a linear descendant, of DuMont.Ingram, C. (2002). DuMont Television Network Historical Web Site . Retrieved on December 28, 2006.
wttg and new york's wabd (later wnew-tv and now wnyw) survived as metromedia-owned independents until 1986 when they were purchased by the news corporation to form the nucleus of the new fox television network clarke ingram who maintained a dumont memorial site has suggested that fox can be considered a revival or at least a linear descendant of dumontingram c (2002) dumont television network historical web site  retrieved on december 28 2006