“Queen For A Day”, Fancy Remote Setup In Houston

On January 29, 2013 - TV History

Fancy Remote Setup Isn’t It?

In the late 50s, ‘Queen For A Day’ would occasionally take the show on the road. When they did, the local NBC stations supplied the equipment and crews. This photo is from KPRC in Houston where a week of shows came from City Auditorium.

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13 Comments

  1. Russ Turner January 30, 2013

    Bill, I came to KPRC in May of 61, the remote must have happned before that

  2. Russ Turner January 30, 2013

    Bill, the remote must have happened before I came to work at KPRC in May of 61

  3. Russ Turner January 30, 2013

    I was at the station in ’61, it must have been before May when I started.

  4. Russ Turner January 30, 2013

    Bill, dont you mean that it took place in 1951? I came to work at KPRC in May of 61, so the remote must have happned before then.

  5. Charles MacDonald January 30, 2013

    Those round CRTs must have had an early integral Implosion protection system 😉

  6. Ritchie Williams January 29, 2013

    so much tweaking required!

  7. Bill Bremer January 29, 2013

    Mark Gulbrandsen, there was always trouble, lots and lots of trouble.

  8. Albert J. McGilvray January 29, 2013

    I remember the 1960-64 run. Never knew it was on NBC.

  9. Mark Gulbrandsen January 29, 2013

    Note the many spare vacuum tube boxes lower right! Must have been troubles…

  10. Bill Bremer January 29, 2013

    This remote took place in 1961.

  11. Bill Bremer January 29, 2013

    That’s Charlie Hunt tweaking the cameras. Charlie started at KPRC-TV in 1949, when it was still KLEE-TV. Though retired, Charlie’s still with us. I saw him last Saturday.

  12. Craig Harper January 29, 2013

    KPRC is and was NBC. KTRK Was and is the ABC affiliate (now an O&O)

  13. Terry Ricketts January 29, 2013

    Now that’s a “de-rig” but hardly a “fly-away”!