SPECIAL 3 DAY BIRTH OF COLOR EVENT: DAY 3, PART 7
SPECIAL 3 DAY BIRTH OF COLOR EVENT: DAY 3, PART 7
Yesterday was the 63rd anniversary of commercial color broadcasting in America. Today, Eyes Of A Generation will present the last parts of the most complete story of the development of RCA’s Compatible Color System, ever presented on the internet. Pass the word! More below the line. -Bobby Ellerbee
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THE RCA RED BOOK…The 89 Page HISTORY Section
To me, this is the most fascinating part, because here, we get complete details of not only the Wardman Park, NBC 3H and Colonial Theater color studios themselves, but descriptions of what happened in them.
Near the middle, there is a long stretch of log pages, but don’t let that stop you…there is much more interesting info after that, including rarely seen photos of the NBC 3H control room, the first color remote unit and much more.
I knew that Nanette Fabray had been a big part of the early color test shows, but who knew that TV artist John Gnagy was too? That and a dozen more surprises are ready to reveal themselves.
By the way, in the post part of this story, there is link to the entire 699 page Red Book, which is downloadable.-Bobby Ellerbee
In 1953, RCA submitted 700 pages of documentation to the FCC as a “Petition For Approval of Color Standards for RCA Color Television System”. Due to the bright red cover, it is generally referred to as The Red Book, and every detail you could possibly want to know about RCA’s color system is includ…