This was Atlanta’s second TV station. It was a CBS affiliate until the late 1980s.…
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July 25, 1959…Nixon-Khrushchev “Kitchen Debate” Tape Airs In US
July 25, 1959...Nixon-Khrushchev "KItchen Debate" Tape Airs In US https://youtu.be/lN9ENvzSPfw?si=AFlinEpi12TGFlDd The Kitchen Debate was a…
July 23, 1962…First World Wide Television Broadcast Via Telstar
On a Monday afternoon on this date in 1962, CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite entered…
1936 & 2016…Convention Coverage Eerily Similar For NBC & CBS
1936 & 2016...Convention Coverage Eerily Similar For NBC & CBS Believe it or not, the…
June 21, 1948…First TV Network Pool Event & Debut Of RCA Kinescope
June 21, 1948...First TV Network Pool Event & Debut Of RCA Kinescope The first official…
June 9…A Big Day For Media History…6 Event Stories And Video
June 9...A Big Day For Media History...6 Event Stories And Video June 9, 1948...WBZ Becomes…
California Primary June 4, 1968: Robert Kennedy Assassination
California Primary June 4, 1968: Robert Kennedy Assassination With the California Primary underway today, this…
May 27, 1972…George Carlin Debuts The Infamous “7 Words” Sketch
May 27, 1972...George Carlin Debuts The Infamous "7 Words" Sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMyDvqnwIm4&ab_channel=FoundationINTERVIEWS 44 years ago today,…
Prime Time Television…1948 And ’49, With My Detailed Notes
Prime Time Television...1948 And '49, With My Detailed Notes This is just amazing...what you will…
May 12, 1963…Bob Dylan, Ed Sullivan & The Koch Brothers? Yep!
May 12, 1963...Bob Dylan, Ed Sullivan & The Koch Brothers? Yep! After seeing this photo,…
May 4, 1961…Network TV Preps For First US Manned Space Shot
May 4, 1961...Network TV Preps For First US Manned Space Shot The next day, on…
1939: Exploding the Television Boom
Wow! This nine-page article from Mechanix Illustrated is full of pictures, but the story is…
1949: What Every Family Wants To Know About TV
This is about as good as it gets! These 11 pages from the January 1949…
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…
April 19, 1948…The Start Of The ABC Television Network
April 19, 1948...The Start Of The ABC Television Network 68 years ago today, on April…
GE Television Broadcasting Equipment, 1944
General Electric looks to the postwar years in this 1944 catalog.
1955: NBC “Color City” On The Air Tonight
The New York Times alerts readers to the first telecast from NBC's Burbank facility.
Behind The Scenes With Eddie Brinkmann
Ed Sullivan stage manager Eddie Brinkmann gives a glimpse of what you didn't see on…
WGN-TV’s Early History
Three pages of historic articles on the start of the iconic Chicago station.
April 14, 1956…The Videotape Revolution Begins; VR-1000 Debuts
This prototype Ampex VTR called "Mark IV" started a whole new era in television. Taken…