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WKY-TV: First In Local Live Color

WKY-TV: First In Local Live Color

  • July 4, 2016

In this piece, you'll see television history in the making that starts in 1949 and…

Commercial Television’s 75th Anniversary…Friday, July 1, 2016

Commercial Television’s 75th Anniversary…Friday, July 1, 2016

  • June 26, 2016

Commercial Television's 75th Anniversary...Friday, July 1, 2016 To set the stage for this week's anniversary,…

June 24, 1963…NBC Studio 8H Goes Color

June 24, 1963…NBC Studio 8H Goes Color

  • June 24, 2016

June 24, 1963...NBC Studio 8H Goes Color NBC Studio 8H become "The Peacock Studio" on…

June 19, 1946…1st Image Orthicon Cameras & Network Sponsorship

June 19, 1946…1st Image Orthicon Cameras & Network Sponsorship

  • June 19, 2016

June 19, 1946...1st Image Orthicon Cameras & Network Sponsorship In the photos, you see the…

June 18, 1949…Dave Garroway & “The Chicago Style” Debut On NBC

June 18, 1949…Dave Garroway & “The Chicago Style” Debut On NBC

  • June 18, 2016

June 18, 1949...Dave Garroway & "The Chicago Style" Debut On NBC On this day in…

June 17, 1959…”I’ve Got A Secret”; Tour Of CBS Studio 59

June 17, 1959…”I’ve Got A Secret”; Tour Of CBS Studio 59

  • June 17, 2016

June 17, 1959..."I've Got A Secret"; Tour Of CBS Studio 59 To celebrate their seventh…

June 16, 1930…The First Ever “Soap Opera” Debuts On WGN Radio

June 16, 1930…The First Ever “Soap Opera” Debuts On WGN Radio

  • June 16, 2016

June 16, 1930...The First Ever "Soap Opera" Debuts On WGN Radio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWH8Xo6FclU “Clara, Lu ’n…

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, 2016

June 9...A Big Day For Media History...6 Event Stories And Video June 9, 1948...WBZ Becomes…

June 8, 1938…The New RCA Orthicon Camera Debuts

June 8, 1938…The New RCA Orthicon Camera Debuts

  • June 8, 2016

This was a step up from the Iconoscope in it's light sensitivity, but it was…

More Answers To Some Early Iconoscope Camera Questions…

More Answers To Some Early Iconoscope Camera Questions…

  • June 8, 2016

More Answers To Some Early Iconoscope Camera Questions... With close scrutiny to dates, and with…

NBC New York: Radio City TV Studios & Theaters Chronology 1935 -1956

NBC New York: Radio City TV Studios & Theaters Chronology 1935 -1956

  • May 29, 2016

NBC New York: Radio City TV Studios & Theaters Chronology 1935 -1956 This is the…

May 29, 1950: Dual Debut! “Broadway Open House” & NBC Studio 6A

May 29, 1950: Dual Debut! “Broadway Open House” & NBC Studio 6A

  • May 29, 2016

May 29, 1950...Dual Debut! "Broadway Open House", NBC Studio 6A When 30 Rockefeller Plaza was…

May 24, 1974…The Last “Dean Martin Show” Aired On NBC

May 24, 1974…The Last “Dean Martin Show” Aired On NBC

  • May 24, 2016

May 24, 1974...The Last "Dean Martin Show" Aired On NBC To celebrate 9 years of…

Prime Time Television…1948 And ’49, With My Detailed Notes

Prime Time Television…1948 And ’49, With My Detailed Notes

  • May 19, 2016

Prime Time Television...1948 And '49, With My Detailed Notes This is just amazing...what you will…

May 13, 1957…Production Begins On “Jailhouse Rock”

May 13, 1957…Production Begins On “Jailhouse Rock”

  • May 13, 2016

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 12, 1963…Bob Dylan, Ed Sullivan & The Koch Brothers? Yep!

May 12, 1963…Bob Dylan, Ed Sullivan & The Koch Brothers? Yep!

  • May 12, 2016

May 12, 1963...Bob Dylan, Ed Sullivan & The Koch Brothers? Yep! After seeing this photo,…

Some Interesting Tidbits On Early Talking Pictures…

Some Interesting Tidbits On Early Talking Pictures…

  • May 12, 2016

Some Interesting Tidbits On Early Talking Pictures... https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/bobhope/mopic.html From the Library of Congress, here is…

May 9, 1946…”Hour Glass”…Television’s First Variety Show Debuts

May 9, 1946…”Hour Glass”…Television’s First Variety Show Debuts

  • May 9, 2016

May 9, 1946..."Hour Glass"...Television's First Variety Show Debuts Not only was this network TV's first…

May 3, 1948…CBS Debuts TV’s First, Live, Nightly Network News

May 3, 1948…CBS Debuts TV’s First, Live, Nightly Network News

  • May 3, 2016

May 3, 1948...CBS Debuts TV's First, Live, Nightly Network News On this day in 1948,…

1930: Television Gives Radio Eyes and Ears

1930: Television Gives Radio Eyes and Ears

  • May 1, 2016

Discussions of 1929 TV milestones like 'color over a wire' and other events are described,…

1932: David Sarnoff on “Where Television Stands Today”

1932: David Sarnoff on “Where Television Stands Today”

  • May 1, 2016

"Where Television Stands Today" is an 8-page article written for Modern Mechanics by one of…

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The men and women who shaped American television —producers, directors, engineers, studio crews, and the families of industry legends shared their stories, photos, documents, and memories with me. Many told me the same thing, even the historians for the networks:

“You’re preserving the only institutional knowledge we have left.”

Eyes Of A Generation has always been a collection of history, but now — it has, by default, become a home for the institutional memory of ABC, NBC, and CBS.

In the same way networks kept the videotapes tapes but erased the talent, skill, craftsmanship and even revenue those recorded shows represented…they have lost their histories too!

This is television’s story — created by the people who shaped it and safeguarded here, for those who come after.

All You Ever Wanted to Know About NORELCO CAMERAS

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  • July 21, 2026

The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

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  • May 31, 2026

THE PERSONAL SCRAPBOOK OF GEORGE MOSES, ED SULLIVAN’S CAMERAMAN!

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HOW TELEVISION GRAPHICS CAME TO BE

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Countdown #57

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Countdown #58

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