Picture Parade…A Random Walk Through Some Interesting TV History

Posted on

Picture Parade…A Random Walk Through Some Interesting TV History

There is more on each photo. Enjoy! -Bobby Ellerbee

Believe it or not, these RCA TK41s above were still in service at WRC in Washington in 1972…and why not? They made great pictures.
From 1931, a rare NBC Blue Network (radio) custom mic I have never seen before
CBS drama king Worthington Minor producing “Studio 1”
Senator Everett Dirksen (seated) on “Meet The Press” at WRC
NBC Studio 6B, “Tonight” show taping with Johnny Carson in one of the audience monitors.
1945, RCA Image Orthicon prototype camera at Madison Square Gardens, shooting a rodeo which was broadcast to area veteran hospitals.

Source

Related Posts

Preparing For One Of Television’s Most Memorable Scenes…

  • July 7, 2014

Preparing For One Of Television’s Most Memorable Scenes… We all know what happens next, but here is a rare classic shot of Lucy having her “flaming nose” applied by Hal King. Behind Lucille Ball is Jess Oppenheimer and on the right is Director of Photography Carl Freund. Enjoy and share! Source

The State Of Television In 1952…Hosted By Dave Garroway

  • September 3, 2014

The State Of Television In 1952…Hosted By Dave Garroway This is a film made by RCA for use in theaters…a kind of “short subject” infotainment project designed to sell the virtues of that new thing called television, and more directly, RCA television sets. Until Milton Berle came to television as host of ‘The Texaco Star […]

The 1956 Mini Cam Mystery…

  • July 22, 2014

Above is a shot of then Senator John F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago being interviewed by CBS in August of 1956. Although RCA made a great mini cam which NBC used in the 1952 conventions, CBS would not buy them, and we all should now know by know about all the […]

Laugh Along With Mitch? Why Not!

  • July 5, 2014

Laugh Along With Mitch? Why Not! I don’t know who the joke was meant for in this picture, but I’ve heard that Mitch Miller had a wicked sense of humor and that there were some classic off camera practical jokes played on this set. ‘Sing Along With Mitch’ began in 1961 on NBC, the same […]