Here is a 3M announcement that Mel Sater is receiving an EMMY for his work in video tape. In the section called “Sader’s Scramble,” you can read about the call from Ampex the day before video tape recording was introduced in 1956.
Here’s a 1982 article from a 3M house publication that commemorates Mel’s induction into the Video Hall of Fame.
And here’s a neat little profile of Mel Sater from 1984.
NBC’s “Radio Ear”…The First IFB or Ear Prompter To help radio crews and floor reporters cover the 1944 political conventions (both held in Chicago), NBC came up with the “radio ear”…a one way voice link from control. The television people in Studio 3H saw this and thought it would be a good way to make […]
Who Knew? NASA Got An Emmy For It’s Pictures From The Moon! 45 years ago today, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon. They also sent back live television pictures and Mr. Aldrin became the first lunar cameraman. Five years ago, the TV Academy presented NASA with an […]
Martin & Lewis Radio Years…As You Have NEVER HEARD THEM! A little further down, we’ll get into the history and hear their NBC debut show, but let’s start with something a bit more “unique”. This rare, blue and naughty, outtake never made it to air, but it should have…it’s classic Dean and Jerry, but in […]
What Do ‘Jaws’ & ‘20,000 Leagues’ Have In Common? Before I tell you, I thought you would be interested in knowing this interesting bit of history. When it came time for “Bruce” the shark to be built for ‘Jaws’, unbelievably, the Universal prop department told Steven Spielberg that they were too busy on other films […]