NBC was televising shows from a few of their radio studios before they were converted…
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1957: “Truth or Consequences” Goes To Videotape
A sign of things to come is heralded in this press release.
NBC Broadcast Operations, Program Schedule Sheets, 1949-51
Four pages of Operations Sheets from NBC Television's early days. This is the best ever…
A 1958 Dress Rehearsal, At “The Ed Sullivan Show”
Before all the live shots below were made on a Sunday night in December…
THE NBC BUILT, ND-8G CAMERAS
UPDATED March 3, 2023: Around 2010, I found a photo of an odd looking NBC…
The Virtual Archives of RCA Engineer Harry Wright
He helped design the RCA TK42, TK42XX, TK43, TK44, TK47, TK48, TK76 and more. The…
CBS Field Sequential Color Cameras at Studio 57
Below I have collected more than twenty images of the fabled CBS Field Sequential Color…
Six Decades of “Tonight”
THE TONIGHT SHOW: Six Decades of Television and Camera History A look back at more…
WSB-TV: The Early Years
Here are about 16 images from Georgia’s first TV station, WSB-TV in Atlanta, showing their…
WAGA-TV: The Early Years
This was Atlanta’s second TV station. It was a CBS affiliate until the late 1980s.…
WKY-TV: First In Local Live Color
In this piece, you'll see television history in the making that starts in 1949 and…
1930: Television Gives Radio Eyes and Ears
Discussions of 1929 TV milestones like 'color over a wire' and other events are described,…
1932: David Sarnoff on “Where Television Stands Today”
"Where Television Stands Today" is an 8-page article written for Modern Mechanics by one of…
1936: First Philo T. Farnsworth Interview
The true father of television as we know it shares his thoughts on the new…
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…
1952: TV Goes to the Conventions
Popular Mechanics shows in detail how one of the 1952 political conventions would be televised…
1954: Behind the Split Screens of TV
Great article on how the first coast-to-coast, split-screen telecast of the 1954 Oscar ceremony was…
1955: The DuMont Electronicam
A one-page article on the DuMont Electronicam and its use on Jackie Gleason's classic program…
1955: Ernie Kovacs’ Special Effects
Here is a 1955 article on some of the special effects Ernie Kovacs used on…
1964: Watch Your Favorite Show ANY Time!
This short article in Popular Science is about the early home video tape offerings. It's…