NBC Studio 6A, Circa 1943…New Photos Just In

Thanks to Alec Cumming, here are three new unwatermarked photos of NBC Radio Studio 6A just after it was built. As I mentioned yesterday in the 6B stories, 6A is a mirror image of B, with the on stage control room, observation deck window and twin double doors on the left wall instead of the right.

6B was converted to television in 1948. It was 1950 when 6A converted, but as early as the fall of ’48, some of the first ‘Chesterfield Supper Club’ television shows were being simulcast from 6A with one of NBC’s in house “mobile units” which each unit made up of three RCA TK30s on tripods and some extra floor mounted scoop lights. There were four units with three cameras each…they were color coded and referred to as the red, blue, green and yellow units with equipment marked with corresponding colored paint. More on that soon. Enjoy and share!

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