Lot Of Camera History In This :30 Promo


Lot Of Camera History In This :30 Promo

Thanks to Martin Perry for sharing this link. Seems that KTVT in Fort Worth has a long history with GE cameras.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx65a9ZAIFI

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9 Comments

  1. Michael Scott Ferguson November 2, 2013

    I’m fascinated by the GE IO color cameras, so even a flash of the PE-25 was cool.

  2. Art Hackett November 2, 2013

    And isn’t that Ron Burgundy anchoring the noon news?

  3. James M Patterson November 1, 2013

    A really nice promo. Well done and understated.

  4. Chuck Conrad November 1, 2013

    In the first three camera shot, the guy standing next to the PE-350 is Don Lacey. He was my boss when I worked there in 1969-70. I probably ran that camera. At that time, the old black and white GE’s were relegated to “The Bread Truck” which was the remote unit we used for church services from First Baptist Church in Dallas. They usually needed to be “kick started” during the service to keep them working. 😉

  5. Art Hackett November 1, 2013

    GE was big in Houston as well. And was that a GE IO color camera in that lineup? Those were rare birds.

  6. Rick Bozeman November 1, 2013

    Having worked for WTVT -13 in Tampa, I remember they had the same owners back in the 50’s and 60’s the WKY Television System Inc.

  7. Craig Harper November 1, 2013

    The DFW market was strong GE. WFAA and KRLD (now KDFW) were GE color as well.

  8. Charlie King November 1, 2013

    KTVT was a sister station of ne one I worked for in Amarillo, Texas, KFDA-TV. At the time owned by Sid Richardson, a long time friend of Clint Murchison. The stations were part of the old Texas State Network, not an actual network other than mutual owners. The TSN stations were very strong on GE cameras at that time.

  9. Steve Byrd November 1, 2013

    Intriguing that even though KTVT-11 is currently owned by CBS, the management there did have the sense to include in this spot its prior history as an independent station.