"Color Television - What It Means To Broadcasters" is the tile of this issue, and…
RCA Broadcast News, April 1961
From April 1961, here is what EVERYBODY was doing with color. From networks to local…
RCA Broadcast News, October 1946
RCA introduces television's first workhorse...the TK30 Image Orthicon Camera...in a multi-page article. This was the…
October 18, 1952…RCA’s First Experimental Color Football Broadcast
Below is a rare look at RCA/NBC's first color remote unit, used for this color-cast.…
The Demise of NBC Burbank Part 2 by Richard Wirth
Recently, I wrote about the beginnings of NBC’s historic lot in Burbank as the Peacock…
“Howdy Doody” Script, 1960
Thanks to our good friend Gady Reinhold at the CBS Broadcast Center, here is one…
1935: “The House That Radio Built”
Here is the 32 page book on how NBC's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza was…
RCA History In The Making….Rare Original Design Sketchs
I am pleased to share a page from my collection of rarities, a few rare…
NBC Broadcast Operations, Program Schedule Sheets, 1951-58
NBC broadcast schedules from 1951, 1952, 1954 and 1958. This is the best ever guide to…
1967: First Anniversary Of NBC’s Full-Color Schedule
NBC heralds the first anniversary of being a full-color network, which occurred November 7, 1966.
RCA/NBC Firsts In Television, 1923-1941
RCA and NBC outline their early achievements in television. Notice that May 7, 1935 was…
1951: CBS Television At 20
CBS looks back on 20 years of television innovation in this 18 page review from…
1948: NBC Puts Kinescopes In Use
NBC announces the first use of kinescoped recording on its network, June 27, 1948.
1950: NBC Converts Studio 8H For Television
NBC's announcement that the RCA Building's largest studio would be making the switch to a…
1948: NBC Sums Up The Year
NBC takes a look at the many big advances it made in 1948, like increasing…
CBS Television City Documents
Press releases and news articles about the construction and expansion of CBS Television City.
CBS Color Studio 72
A fascinating 27 page report on the CBS color facility in New York, Studio 72, from…
1931: Constructing NBC’s 711 Fifth Avene Radio Studios
A look at how NBC's radio studios at 711 Fifth Avenue were designed and constructed.…
Building NBC Studios 6A And 6B
A 1942 RCA Review look at the design and construction of NBC's brand new, twin…
1949: First West-East Kinescope
A 1949 NBC press release notes the first transmission of a West Coast kinescope to…
1949: KNBH Is On The Air
A 1949 press release notes the debut of NBC's Los Angeles station.