Revision From Friday Post
Friday, I posted a photo I though was from WKY, but it’s from WHDH in Boston in 1958. Here is the photo again, but with a labeling of the Telecine equipment. Thanks to Lytle Hoover and Oldradio.com
On this day in 1950, NBC Radio star Bob Hope was lured to television by Frigidaire as he hosted his first ever special. The 90 minute show was done live from The New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street, just weeks after WOR TV had left the facility to move into their new multimillion dollar […]
Just In From Associated Press…A Story About Yours Truly! By Frazier Moore Posted Dec 19, 2016 at 3:00 PM WINDER, Ga. — What does Bobby Ellerbee see when he looks at his antique TV cameras? He sees a bit of what they’ve seen since the birth of television. His cameras are now dormant, decommissioned from performing any on-air service. […]
ESPN 3D Sideline Cart, View B This is a modified Chapman Olympian base with 2 camera platforms. The lower one for the ‘human’ operator is a swivel turret that can go up about 20 feet. On the rear is an extendable boom arm that can go up another 20 feet above the operator when fully […]
1956, RCA/NBC Portable Camera Research & Development #2 From the 1956 Republican Convention at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, here is an updated version of the 1952 RCA Vidicon portable wireless camera. Together, the back pack and camera weigh 48 pounds with 42 pounds of those on the cameraman’s back. Like it’s predecessor, this […]