The cameras you see here are what RCA referred to (this first color camera design)…
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CBS Broadcast Center…1964 Introduction Book
This 60 page book was presented at the 1964 NAB Convention to introduce the new…
Amazing New Berlin Olympics Television Information
If you are lucky, you learn something new every day, and today, we are all…
April 14, 1956…Videotape Recording Debuts; Ampex VR-1000 Unveiled
On April 14,1956, this prototype Ampex VTR called "Mark IV" started a whole new era…
April 9, 1950…First Bob Hope TV Special, NBC New Amsterdam Theater
On this day in 1950, NBC Radio star Bob Hope was lured to television…
April 6, 1948…Oldest Known Howdy Doody Kinescope Footage: Exclusive
THE ORIGINAL HOWDY PUPPET ON ONE OF THE EARLIEST SHOWS RECORDED! This kinescope is…
April 4, 1967…Johnny Carson Quits “Tonight”! Remember This?
When people think about hosts quitting the "Tonight" show, Jack Paar's famous walk off is the…
NBC Universal Orlando…New Home To My Pat Weaver RCA TK30
This week, "The Tonight Show Experience" will open at Universal Studios Orlando, with Jimmy…
March 27, 1955…NBC Burbank Dedication – Color Kickoff AND The BLUE TK41s!
It was March 27, 1955, when NBC Burbank was dedicated...two and a half years after…
March 22, 1929…RCA Begins First Nightly Experimental Broadcasts
With the recent receipt of new images and data, this story has been revised and…
How The First Music Video Package Helped Create “American Bandstand”
How The First Music Video Package Helped Create "American Bandstand" The Snader Telescriptions were not…
The Human Test Patterns Who First Calibrated Color TV
A Wonderful Primer On Early Color Television... From the Eyes Of A Generation's archives, here…
A Huge Show Few Remember Gave Us The First Use Of Live Chromakey
NBC's "Matinee Theater"...October 31, 1955 - June 27, 1958 This morning, I sat down to…
March 1971…The End Of An Era: Ed Sullivan Canceled By CBS
March 1971...The End Of An Era: Ed Sullivan Canceled By CBS Ed Sullivan began with…
March 14, 1970…Music-Television Debuts 11 Years Before MTV…
March 14, 1970...Music-Television Debuts 11 Years Before MTV On Saturday, March 14, 1970, music shows…
Rare NBC Brooklyn Studios Footage With TK41s…
Rare NBC Brooklyn Studios Footage With TK41s It's not often that we get to see…
March 7, 1955…Behind The Scenes Of NBC’s “Peter Pan” Debut …
March 7, 1955...Behind The Scenes Of NBC's "Peter Pan" Debut A full course on "flying",…
How Howard Hughes Unwittingly Brought Hollywood’s Movies To TV …
How Howard Hughes Unwittingly Brought Hollywood's Movies To TV On March 5, 1956, "King Kong"…
Martin & Lewis Radio Years…As You Have NEVER HEARD THEM! …
Martin & Lewis Radio Years...As You Have NEVER HEARD THEM! A little further down, we'll…
March 2, 1951…Desilu Empire Begins With The “I Love Lucy” Pilot …
March 2, 1951...Desilu Empire Begins With The "I Love Lucy" Pilot On March 2, 1951,…
March 1, 1988…It Was “Camera Night” On The Letterman Show…
March 1, 1988...It Was "Camera Night" On The Letterman Show Just for fun, here is…