March 19, 1953: First Coast To Coast Academy Awards Prior to this, the broadcast could only be seen live in the Los Angeles area, but in late 1952, that changed when AT&T finished the final links of the cross country coax and relay stations. This is also the first bi coastal broadcast as well, with […]
‘The Dick Cavett Show’ That had been the title of several shows hosted by Cavett on several networks, but his longest run and best known version was the late night show that ran against Johnny Carson from December of ’69 till January ’75. That show was done in New York from ABC TV 15 which […]
June 2, 1953…Elizabeth Crowned: NBC, CBS Race Footage To US It was 61 years ago today: the race between CBS and NBC to be the first with their own films of Elizabeth II’s coronation. The films were to be ferried by Canberra jet bomber to Goose Bay, and from there the networks would ferry the […]
The Story Behind The CBS & RCA/NBC Color Feud These screen shots are from a color special that aired June 21, 1951 when CBS embarked on a four and an half month test of their Field Sequential System. The last commercial CBS Color System broadcast was the North Carolina-Maryland football game on October 20, 1951 […]