Below this 1953 SMPTE article written by Karl Freund is a copy of his biography…
Category: Studios
Rare: Mechanical Broadcast of TV’s First Drama, The Queen’s Messenger
This is part of the first ever dramatic television broadcast called "The Queen's Messenger"…
January 6, 1952…First Ever “TODAY” Promo
First Ever "TODAY" Promo, Live With Fred Allen & Dave Garroway In preparation for a…
The BEST JOB In Live Television?
If you guessed "anything" at Saturday Night Live, you'd be 99% right, but only one…
NBC/RCA First All Electronic Television Broadcast…July 7, 1936 + My Curated Video Tour
The First All Electronic Television Broadcast by RCA & NBC, July 7, 1936 +…
A PRIMER ON RCA’S EARLIEST COMPATABLE COLOR CAMERAS
I've just recently been able see these stunning in-house marketing photos that reveal some news…
INSIDE NBC’S COLONIAL THEATER & RCA’S COLOR EFFORT
In all these 15 years of research, I have never found this whole black and…
Studio 8H and the Chapman crane
Among the very few things that have not changed since Saturday Night Live debuted in…
1931: Tour Of CBS Experimental TV Studio, W2XAB New York
Complete with pictures and drawings, this 1931 article from Science and Mechanics takes us on…
The Birth Of The Camera Mounted Electronic Viewfinder
With all of RCA's incredible advances and discoveries in television, you would have thought that…
AMAZING CBS COLOR STUDIO 72 NYC…COLOR FILM TOUR
Here is a newly discovered piece of color television history about one of the least…
A Production Primer By Television’s First Cameraman
In a photo taken in NBC's historic Studio 3H, we see Albert Protzman, the…
‘Hour Glass’…A Television First
This show was network television's first rehearsed, non-reality program. It was a one hour variety/sketch…
My Conversation with CBS VP Technology, Joe Flaherty…RARE HISTORY!
Dr. Joe Flaherty was the Senior Vice President of Technology at CBS and at the…
CBS Broadcast Center…1964 Introduction Book
This 60 page book was presented at the 1964 NAB Convention to introduce the new…
NBC’s Legendary Technical Director…Heino Ripp
FIRST, Don't miss this! The Television Legends Interview Series taped six half hour segments with…
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 10, 1985…Inside CBS News Studio 33 With Dan Rather
This is a rare look inside CBS Studio 33, or what many call The Cronkite…
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 5, 1948, Chicago’s WGN Signs On…Great Vintage Pictorial
Above is a shot of my RCA TK10 from WGN...one of the original eight…