[1] It was airing on Sundays on 14 terrestrial radio stations[2] as well as online at beyondthebeltway.com and on the show's YouTube channel[3] and Facebook page[4] when it ended production in January 2025.
"[11] The show was videotaped live at the Museum of Broadcast Communications, which DuMont founded in 1987, until 2020, when its base of operations moved to WCGO's studio (and DuMont's residence after he contracted COVID-19 in the fall of 2020),[12] then WIND's studio in July 2021, and was shown from 1 to 2 AM Central on Monday nights on Total Living Network in the Chicago area[13] from March 2022 until January 2025; the televised version of Beltway was also broadcast in a half-hour format on WYCC, Chicago's secondary PBS station, on Sunday nights from 1996[14] until the station went off the air in 2017,[15] and a one-hour version aired at various times throughout the week on CN100 in the Chicago area until early 2022.
)[17] Beyond the Beltway made headlines in March 2012 when DuMont challenged Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum for criticizing President Obama's stance on prosecuting child pornographers.
[21] On November 29, 2018, DuMont launched a GoFundMe campaign "to purchase satellite radio services" for the show; he set a goal of $8,000 and eight months later had raised more than $3,100.
[22] However, in December 2020 media blogger Robert Feder reported that DuMont had "signed a new satellite distribution deal with Salem Radio Network, effective January 3.