By Request…The ABC Pebble Beach Display

These photos were taken in 1967 at Pebble Beach, California. For the first time, the 26th Annual Bing Crosby Classic was broadcast live and in color over ABC, Saturday, Jan 21 (6:00-7:30 PM., EST and Sunday, Jan 22, (5:00-7:00 PM,.EST).

Arnold Palmer and 168 other top pros were there for the event. Before the cameras were taken to their locations on the course, ‘ABC’s Wide World Of Sports’ did a piece on how they were covering the tournament in color and these shots are from the set up of that piece. Wish the video was available!

There are 25 camera here. 12 are Norelcos and 12 are RCA TK41s, which all of course all color, but there was 1 RCA TK60 too. The TK60 was the graphics card camera and would shoot the black and white text overlays in the days before computer graphics came along.

Usually the trucks could only handle four camera and if that is the case, this is six trucks of equipment. If they could handle six, this is four trucks worth. The TK41s are brand new and these are the dozen that RCA built for them in the final special order run done in 1966 when the last 24 TK41s were made. 12 for ABC and 12 for stations with a back order, including KTLA. My TK41 was among this last two dozen.

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