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David Letterman to Retire from CBS in 2015
David Letterman is preparing to announce his retirement from CBS next year. Letterman is expected to discuss his plan to retire in about a year on Thursday’s edition of “The Late Show.”
A Rare Look Inside CBS Studio 33…The Cronkite Newsroom Although Dan Rather was now the anchor, Studio 33 is where Walter Cronkite first reported from, when they moved to the Broadcast Center in 1964. Prior to the move, the newsroom and set was on the 23rd floor of the Graybar Building which was next to […]
May 8, 1945, Victory In Europe To celebrate the defeat of Germany, and it’s Axis ally Italy, WNBT broadcast hours of live news coverage and celebrations on the end of World War II in Europe with remotes from around New York City. Here, we see an RCA Orthicon camera atop the marquee of the Astor […]
December 27, 1947…”Howdy Doody” Debuts EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Thanks to Burt Dubrow, America’s top Howdy expert, WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE SOMETHING MOST HAVE NEVER SEEN…THE ORIGIANL HOWDY PUPPET ON ONE OF THE EARLIEST SHOWS RECORDED! This kinescope is only 21 minutes long, and most likely was done as a test of the new […]
A Teaching Moment Here in Studio 6B is Ed McMahon with an RCA TK41 behind him. Notice the angled box addition. It’s on top, front of the camera just in front of the viewfinder and above the lens turret. Know what that is? It’s quite an ingenious sound baffle. Most likely a creation of the […]