In this section, you will find over 700 pages of detailed information on the network studios of ABC, CBS and NBC, that I a have compiled with the help of many network veterans on both the New York and Los Angeles facilities.
These unique PDF presentations contain the only timelines ever developed to show the where, and when of television’s expansion process at each network, and on each coast. Take notice that the contents section of each report is laid out in chronological order too.
By necessity, the entire history of each network is included in these documents, so if you want to know the history of ABC, CBS and NBC’s networks, this is the place to look. As a basis of fact, each network’s radio history is included as in each case, they too played a role in how the television networks unfolded, especially when it came to getting across the Rocky Mountains.
As we go, more of my writings will be included here as more research is developed and even more rare images and artifacts surface to flesh out the story.
Above: Harry Belafonte host The Bell Telephone Hour at NBC Brooklyn Studios in 1958.
I was film coordinator at the ABC TV NY NETWORK NEWS SPECIAL EVENTS DEPARTMENT. I worked with Jules Bergman and covered many of the space shots and funerals of notables as well as being in the united nations abc remote truck during the 1967 Arab-Israeli wars. I was there from 1966 thru 1968 and went back to be with Wally Pfister and my old Special events crew for the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. I was in the master control room for that awesome American accomplishment. Also present was Bob Rogow, Sylvia Siskin, Bruce Carrol and others. I have many stories to tell if anyone’s interested!