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1935: “The House That Radio Built”
Here is the 32 page book on how NBC's headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Plaza was…
The Kennedy-Nixon Debate Innovations
Soon after the passing of CBS great Don Hewitt, I got a note from my…
Today & Yesterday
Below is a shot of the Today set in the RCA Exhibition Hall on…
Three Generations In Television: The Merklein Family
It's not every day you come across a TV pioneer like Frank Merklein, or a…
NBC Broadcast Operations, Program Schedule Sheets, 1951-58
NBC broadcast schedules from 1951, 1952, 1954 and 1958. This is the best ever guide to…
RCA/NBC Firsts In Television, 1923-1941
RCA and NBC outline their early achievements in television. Notice that May 7, 1935 was…
1950: NBC Converts Studio 8H For Television
NBC's announcement that the RCA Building's largest studio would be making the switch to a…
CBS Television City Documents
Press releases and news articles about the construction and expansion of CBS Television City.
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.…
Building NBC Studios 6A And 6B
A 1942 RCA Review look at the design and construction of NBC's brand new, twin…
“The NBC Inhouse Mobile Units? YEP!”
NBC was televising shows from a few of their radio studios before they were converted…
RARE! NBC Television Studio Technique, 1940
As NBC continued to refine its efforts toward commercial broadcasting's debut, here's what its staff…
NBC Television Lighting, 1940
Fabled NBC Studio 3H proved not to be only a testing ground for the new…
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…
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…
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…