In 1935, two years after Radio City opened, NBC Radio Studio 3H was converted to…
Surprise! CBS Had Marconi Mark IV’s In 1960…
For those of us interested in the technical side of broadcast history, this comes as…
AMPEX = Alexander Matthew Poniatoff EXcellence…
This is the history of the fascinating early years at Ampex. I hope this will…
1929: Radio Movies in Color
One of the leaders of Bell Labs had an idea of how to show the…
1930: Television Gives Radio Eyes and Ears
Discussions of 1929 TV milestones like 'color over a wire' and other events are described,…
1931: 3-D Television?!
And you thought 3-D television was a new thing. Ha!
1932: David Sarnoff on “Where Television Stands Today”
"Where Television Stands Today" is an 8-page article written for Modern Mechanics by one of…
1932: First American Cathode Ray Televisor
From Everyday Science and Mechanics, a few quick notes on the state of mechanical and…
1933, Where Television Stands Today
Suffice it to say that TV has come a long way, but this 4 page…
1936: First Philo T. Farnsworth Interview
The true father of television as we know it shares his thoughts on the new…
1937: The Truth About Television
Now this is interesting! Here is a Modern Mechanix article from November 1937 that is…
1938: Early Television Makeup
Here are two very interesting articles with great pictures to show what it took to…
1938: Hand-Held Mini TV!
Again, it's amazing how so many 'new' ideas are so old!
1938: Where Is Television Now?
Engineering types will love this great discussion on transmission techniques. Coaxial, long wave and more…
1939: New York TV Set Receives London Signal
When I first saw this, I was very curious how this could possibly happen with…
1939: Exploding the Television Boom
Wow! This nine-page article from Mechanix Illustrated is full of pictures, but the story is…
1940: Second Philo T. Farnsworth Interview
This four-page interview found Philo at age 33 and comes four years after his first…
1946: Mechanical Color Wheels or Electronic Color?
The question of the day: the choice between the CBS color wheel (sequential field system)…
1947 Color TV Outlook
This is one of the first articles I've seen that starts to move the thought…
1949: What Every Family Wants To Know About TV
This is about as good as it gets! These 11 pages from the January 1949…
1952: TV Goes to the Conventions
Popular Mechanics shows in detail how one of the 1952 political conventions would be televised…