In all these 15 years of research, I have never found this whole black and…
December 12, 1937…America’s First Mobile Units Delivered
On December 12, 1937, the world's first electronic television remote units were delivered by RCA…
NBC Tour Book: 1939 World’s Fair…America’s View of Television
The first big push to bring television to the public's attention was mounted by RCA…
Studio 8H and the Chapman crane
Among the very few things that have not changed since Saturday Night Live debuted in…
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…
The Rarely Seen GE PE 25 Color Camera
Thanks to our friend Martin Perry, this catalog is the only piece of GE information…
October 10, 1949…The First Ever Network Color Broadcast Airs
The cameras you see here are what RCA referred to (this first color camera design)…
‘Hour Glass’…A Television First
This show was network television's first rehearsed, non-reality program. It was a one hour variety/sketch…
FIRST EVER VIDEO RECORDING…September 20, 1927? YES!
FIRST EVER VIDEO RECORDING...September 20, 1927? YES! Until yesterday, I had never heard of this…
NBC’s Legendary Technical Director…Heino Ripp
FIRST, Don't miss this! The Television Legends Interview Series taped six half hour segments with…
Amazing New Berlin Olympics Television Information
If you are lucky, you learn something new every day, and today, we are all…
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…
NBC Universal Orlando…New Home To My Pat Weaver RCA TK30
This week, "The Tonight Show Experience" will open at Universal Studios Orlando, with Jimmy…
March 27, 1955…NBC Burbank Dedication – Color Kickoff AND The BLUE TK41s!
It was March 27, 1955, when NBC Burbank was dedicated...two and a half years after…
Did You Know Pat Weaver Saved “Meet The Press” On His First Day At NBC?
On October 5, 1945, "Meet the Press" debuted on The Mutual Radio Network, hosted…
2 Color Rarities From “The Colgate Comedy Hour” + Jerry Lewis Interview
Here, we will see very rare color home movie footage of Colgate hosts Martin &…
March 22, 1929…RCA Begins First Nightly Experimental Broadcasts
With the recent receipt of new images and data, this story has been revised and…
How Television Made Basketball Fans Mad About March!
How Television Made Basketball Fans Mad About March! It's "that time again", when back to…