This was a step up from the Iconoscope in it's light sensitivity, but it was…
Category: Cameras
More Answers To Some Early Iconoscope Camera Questions…
More Answers To Some Early Iconoscope Camera Questions... With close scrutiny to dates, and with…
Television’s First Studio Camera…RCA’s Studio 3H Iconoscopes
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…
May 30, 1949…WFBM Signs On With 10 Camera Indy 500 Coverage
May 30, 1949...WFBM Signs On With 10 Camera Indy 500 Coverage Operating now as WRTV,…
NBC New York: Radio City TV Studios & Theaters Chronology 1935 -1956
NBC New York: Radio City TV Studios & Theaters Chronology 1935 -1956 This is the…
Television’s Oldest Surviving Color Videotape…May 22, 1958
Television's Oldest Surviving Color Videotape...May 22, 1958 This is the dedication of NBC's new studios…
May 19, 1945…Dumont’s W3XYT Signs On In Washington DC
May 19, 1945...Dumont's W3XYT Signs On In Washington DC With NBC/RCA having come to DC…
May 17, 1939…Television’s First Sports Announcer & Baseball Game
May 17, 1939...Television's First Sports Announcer & Baseball Game On May 17, 1939 NBC broadcast…
May 13, 1957…Production Begins On “Jailhouse Rock”
May 13, 1957...Production Begins On "Jailhouse Rock" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZJTgYzf9FE&ab_channel=Yelserp22 In this classic photo, we see two…
May 9, 1946…”Hour Glass”…Television’s First Variety Show Debuts
May 9, 1946..."Hour Glass"...Television's First Variety Show Debuts Not only was this network TV's first…
May 8, 1945…Victory In Europe Day, Times Square
May 8, 1945...Victory In Europe Day, Times Square Except for Germany and Japan, every country…
Massive Kentucky Derby Production ‘Like a Super Bowl’ for NBC Sports Group
Producing Today's Kentucky Derby...A Mega Job For NBC With 300 crew members, 54 cameras, 15…
1932: First American Cathode Ray Televisor
From Everyday Science and Mechanics, a few quick notes on the state of mechanical and…
1955: The DuMont Electronicam
A one-page article on the DuMont Electronicam and its use on Jackie Gleason's classic program…
Ralph Levy: Television Director Extraordinaire…
Ralph Levy: Television Director Extraordinaire... Ralph Levy, TV pioneer and two-time Emmy winning director, is…
Some Of The First RCA TK30s Delivered…KSD TV, St. Louis
Some Of The First RCA TK30s Delivered...KSD TV, St. Louis As I mentioned earlier this…
A Brief History Of The Kinescope…Historic Images & The Machine
A Brief History Of The Kinescope...Historic Images & The Machine The first official use of…
Camera Rarities 1 Of 3…First NBC Tests Of The RCA TK30
Camera Rarities 1, Of 3...First NBC Tests Of The RCA TK30? Thanks to Tom Buckley,…
Camera Rarities 2 Of 3…Three Generations Of GE Cameras
Camera Rarities 2, Of 3...Three Generations Of GE Cameras From 1969, here is a photo…
Camera Rarities 3 Of 3…The NBC Studio 8G Cameras
Camera Rarities 3, Of 3...The NBC Studio 8G Cameras NBC's official grand opening date for…