RCA TK60s In Action…WRVA, Richmond Virginia 1965
This kids show with WRVA cameraman “Sailor Bob” Griggs as host, was built around Popeye cartoons and ran locally from 1959 till 1969. Thanks to Bob’s son, Tom Griggs for sharing this. I think this was shot on film by one of the stations news cameramen.
Another Of Television’s First Game Shows…’Cash And Carry’ This may actually be network television’s first game show. The distinction here is “network television”, as this debuted on June 20, 1946 on Dumont and was broadcast in New York and Washington. Earlier today, we looked at the CBS game show ‘Missus Goes – A -Shopping’ which […]
NBC Color Kinescopes Continued…Surprises & Rare Footage Yesterday, we discussed the RCA/Eastman Lenticular Color Kinescope process here, and from that we have gained more insight as well as two interesting new color kinescopes. First, a few surprises. Surprise 1. It seems that one reason there are so few early kinescopes left is because the unions […]
December 17, 1976…WTCG Atlanta Becomes First US Satellite TV Station At 1:00 Eastern Time the afternoon of December 17, 1976, WTCG’s signal was beamed via the Satcom 1 satellite to four cable systems in Grand Island, Nebraska; Newport News, Virginia; Troy, Alabama and Newton, Kansas. The first broadcast was the 1948 film ‘Deep Waters’, which […]
Wait! Now You’re Telling Me Big Bird Is Not Real Too? Sorry again! It’s really a man named Caroll Spinney. Actually, Mr. Spinney retired a few years back, but he was the original Big Bird and Oscar The Grouch. Here’s an NPR interview with him…he’s 81 now. Enjoy and share! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1249919 Source