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THE SECRET BACKSTORY OF THE RCA TK 44
Chapter One: by Bobby Ellerbee Over a period of months in 2009, I spoke…
Surprise! MSNBC Primetime Convention Coverage Was From NYC!
Surprise! MSNBC Primetime Convention Coverage Was From NYC! Who knew? I watched MSNBC a lot,…
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…
1936 & 2016…Convention Coverage Eerily Similar For NBC & CBS
1936 & 2016...Convention Coverage Eerily Similar For NBC & CBS Believe it or not, the…
WKY-TV: First In Local Live Color
In this piece, you'll see television history in the making that starts in 1949 and…
May 13, 1957…Production Begins On “Jailhouse Rock”
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…
1929: Radio Movies in Color
One of the leaders of Bell Labs had an idea of how to show the…
1930: Television Gives Radio Eyes and Ears
Discussions of 1929 TV milestones like 'color over a wire' and other events are described,…
1932: First American Cathode Ray Televisor
From Everyday Science and Mechanics, a few quick notes on the state of mechanical and…
1937: The Truth About Television
Now this is interesting! Here is a Modern Mechanix article from November 1937 that is…
1938: Hand-Held Mini TV!
Again, it's amazing how so many 'new' ideas are so old!
1938: Where Is Television Now?
Engineering types will love this great discussion on transmission techniques. Coaxial, long wave and more…
1939: New York TV Set Receives London Signal
When I first saw this, I was very curious how this could possibly happen with…
1946: Mechanical Color Wheels or Electronic Color?
The question of the day: the choice between the CBS color wheel (sequential field system)…
1947 Color TV Outlook
This is one of the first articles I've seen that starts to move the thought…
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…