As I write this in my office here at home, there is something sitting 20…
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Ellerbee Classic Camera Census
This is the world's first and only count of the remaining studio size television cameras…
Television’s 1st Prime Time Season; 1948…With My Detailed Notes
Television's 1st Prime Time Season; 1948...With My Detailed Notes This is just amazing...what you will…
RCA Broadcast News, October 1946
RCA introduces television's first workhorse...the TK30 Image Orthicon Camera...in a multi-page article. This was the…
Computers And Automation vs Manpower And Innovation
Computers And Automation vs Manpower And Innovation This shot from Houston's KPRC is a great…
The Original Beauty Of The Ed Sullivan Theater…Rare Images…
The Original Beauty Of The Ed Sullivan Theater...Rare Images From 1927 More of the history…
October 24, 1934…”Santa Clause Is Coming To Town”, Recorded
October 24, 1934..."Santa Clause Is Coming To Town", Recorded Until broadcast radio and talking pictures…
1935: “The House That Radio Built”
Here is the 32 page book on how NBC's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza was…
Covering College Football…ABC Sports, October 4, 1975
Covering College Football...ABC Sports, October 4, 1975 This is the best ever look at how…
The Kennedy-Nixon Debate Innovations
Soon after the passing of CBS great Don Hewitt, I got a note from my…
Where The Ed Sullivan “Beatles” Cameras Finally Wound Up…
Boy, do I wish I could have one owned one of these three Marconi Mark…
September 26, 1960…America’s First Televised Presidential Debate
September 26, 1960...America's First Televised Presidential Debate Tonight is the big night for us in…
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.
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.
1948: NBC Sums Up The Year
NBC takes a look at the many big advances it made in 1948, like increasing…
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.…
1957: “Truth or Consequences” Goes To Videotape
A sign of things to come is heralded in this press release.
NBC – Recent Television Developments, 1940
From none other than Vladimir Zworykin, and R. E. Shelby, here is an engineer's dream…
The Planning & Design of NBC Studio 3H…Home Of Electronic Television
This is TV MEGA HISTORY! In 1935, RCA leaned forward into the development and testing…