It was born in October of 1951 and here’s Charles Osgood’s story on it’s development on the 50th Anniversary in 2001.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wB63odkphhg
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the CBS eye in 2001, Charles Osgood did this report on the creation of the famous logo.
Total Color Camera Count for USA 1954-1982 from RCA, and 1964-1981 including all major brands Thanks to our friend Lytle Hoover at Old Radio.com who has single-handedly collected volumes of information from the historic documents he has collected, we have for a few years now, had for a pretty good idea of how many RCA […]
The Norelco Era: Before we talk about the cameras, let’s talk about Ed’s “personal cameraman”, Mr. George Moses who whe see above shooting the boss with a new Norelco PC71. Stage Manager Eddie Brinkman was with Ed from the first show till the last one and George was there for 21 of the 23 years! […]
Behind the scenes of John Cameron Swayze’s “Camel News Caravan.”
November 17, 1946…TV’s 1st Magazine Style Show Debuts “Television Screen Magazine” was the show, and it may have been the second ever NBC network series, but it was certainly among the first. NBC’s “Hour Glass” variety show came first with a debut on May 9, 1946. At the time, NBC’s television network included only three […]