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  • June 21, 2014

‘This Is Your Life’…Richard Wagstaff Clark, June 24, 1959 Fifty seven years ago this week, America got it’s first good look at Dick Clark…their favorite television disc jockey, with the help of Andy Williams, Fabian, Connie Francis and Frankie Avalon. You’ll also meet Dick’s family and the many of the WFIL people that helped launch […]

Meet Mel Sater, The Man Who Invented Videotape in 22 Hours!!!

  • November 18, 2014

Here is a 3M announcement that Mel Sater is receiving an EMMY for his work in video tape. In the section called “Sader’s Scramble,” you can read about the call from Ampex the day before video tape recording was introduced in 1956. Here’s a 1982 article from a 3M house publication that commemorates Mel’s induction […]

CBS Studio 52…A Surprise, With Studio 50 & 51 History Expanded

  • August 8, 2014

CBS Studio 52…A Surprise, With Studio 50 & 51 History Expanded Here is a ticket from July 14, 1949 for ‘The 54th Street Revue’ television show from Studio 52. Thanks to author and television historian David Schwartz in Los Angeles who sent this, we now have proof that Studio 52 was in television service two […]

Judy Garland…Jack Paar’s Storytelling At It’s Best

  • May 23, 2014

Judy Garland…Jack Paar’s Storytelling At It’s Best Aside from Television City, the other part of our Memorial Day Weekend special features include the great, Judy Garland. This is a very rare audio recording made by Jack Paar about a day he spent with Judy in Hollywood. Paar is a legendary storyteller and this is the […]