April 18, 1966...The First Color Oscars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUQRLNGRxEY&ab_channel=Oscars Above is a photo of our friend Don…
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April 17, 1976…Bumped From SNL Debut, Billy Crystal Returns
April 17, 1976...Bumped From SNL Debut, Billy Crystal Returns Exclusive Eyewitness Account...Billy Crystal & The…
April 17, 1967…”The Joey Bishop Show” Debuts On ABC
April 17, 1967..."The Joey Bishop Show" Debuts On ABC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdyDRjpPftU&ab_channel=clipophilicsdaughter Above, we see the opening…
A Story Of TV History Treasure…LOST
A Story Of TV History Treasure...LOST For a year and a half, on what was…
April 16, 1962…Walter Cronkite Takes Over “CBS Evening News”
Be sure to read the text uner the photos for some interesting details on the…
April 15, 1946 & 1955…Big Days For Dumont, Gleason And Lewis
April 15, 1946 & 1955...Big Days For Dumont, Gleason And Lewis This is a two…
The History Of The Moving Image
From the Thraumatrope to the Video Walkman, the milestones are all here, in a brilliant…
The Dawn Of Tape
An in-depth look at the development of videotape as we know it. This 24 page…
NBC’s Chimes History, 1950-1978
From NBC's internal files, here are documents on NBC's iconic signature sound as it has…
“Radio Age,” 1948-1950
A 290 page collection of RCA's in-house journal of advances in mass communication technology from…
GE Television Broadcasting Equipment, 1944
General Electric looks to the postwar years in this 1944 catalog.
NBC Facilities Rate Book, 1959
Want to do a program at one of NBC's facilities? Here's how much it would…
1953: Televising Today’s News
Behind the scenes of John Cameron Swayze's "Camel News Caravan."
NBC’s History of Color TV
NBC looks at the development of color television in this document.
NBC’s Radio City West, 1938
A selection of articles about the opening of NBC's first purpose-built Hollywood facility, which it…
1955: NBC “Color City” On The Air Tonight
The New York Times alerts readers to the first telecast from NBC's Burbank facility.
Expansion At NBC Burbank
An NBC press release heralds a new studio at NBC's Burbank facility, December 1983.
1953: “This Is Color TV”
TV Guide takes a look at progress in color television technology, and on the last…
Behind The Scenes With Eddie Brinkmann
Ed Sullivan stage manager Eddie Brinkmann gives a glimpse of what you didn't see on…
CBS Color Tests, 1951
A glimpse behind the scenes of the on-air tests of CBS's mechanical color system.
CBS Television, November 1955
A special look at CBS Television in 1955.
