On this day in 1952, The Colonial Theater broadcast it's first color production to the…
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October 18, 1964…Hallmark Brings “The Fantasticks” To Television
October 18, 1964...Hallmark Brings "The Fantasticks" To Television https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR5EK1wS7s8 At the link above is a…
October 18, 1952…RCA’s First Experimental Color Football Broadcast
Below is a rare look at RCA/NBC's first color remote unit, used for this color-cast.…
October 1950…FCC Approves CBS Color System, RCA Goes To Court
October 1950...FCC Approves CBS Color System, RCA Goes To Court At the link below is…
September 30, 1960…”The Flintstones” Debuts On ABC + Demo Video
September 30, 1960..."The Flintstones" Debuts On ABC + Demo Video There is much more in…
September 25, 1964…Last Black & White Bob Hope Special Airs
September 25, 1964...Last Black & White Bob Hope Special Airs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkntHZ91WJI At the link above…
September 23, 1962…”The Jetsons” Debuts As First Color For ABC
September 23, 1962..."The Jetsons" Debuts As First Color For ABC This video clip is quite…
September 21, 1963…”The Jerry Lewis Show” Debuts On ABC
September 21, 1963..."The Jerry Lewis Show" Debuts On ABC This is a strange tale, but…
August 30, 1953…A Milestone For RCA Compatible Color Television
August 30, 1953...A Milestone For RCA Compatible Color Television On this day in 1953, the…
EXCLUSIVE…Inside The First Color Television Remote Unit
Thanks to Chuck Pharis, and his very rare RCA "Red Book", I have new information…
Television’s First Studio Camera…RCA’s Studio 3H Iconoscopes
In 1935, two years after Radio City opened, NBC Radio Studio 3H was converted to…
Surprise! CBS Had Marconi Mark IV’s In 1960…
For those of us interested in the technical side of broadcast history, this comes as…
The Reason For Experimental TV, Involved Consumer Protections…
The Reason For Experimental TV, Involved Consumer Protections... On July 1, 1941, the era of…
Television’s Oldest Surviving Color Videotape…May 22, 1958
Television's Oldest Surviving Color Videotape...May 22, 1958 This is the dedication of NBC's new studios…
1929: Radio Movies in Color
One of the leaders of Bell Labs had an idea of how to show the…
Camera Rarities 2 Of 3…Three Generations Of GE Cameras
Camera Rarities 2, Of 3...Three Generations Of GE Cameras From 1969, here is a photo…
The History Of Video Tape Development By The Man Who Did It!
Melvin Sater’s 18 page account of those early days of developing the first commercially available…
April 11, 1966…The Last Episode of “Hullabaloo” Airs On NBC
April 11, 1966...The Last Episode of "Hullabaloo" Airs On NBC This is a rare color…
Marilyn Monroe….’Person To Person’ April 8, 1955
Marilyn Monroe....'Person To Person' April 8, 1955 http://youtu.be/L05TYBXwU3A?t=4m12s At the clip above, we start with…
The Night RFK Was Shot…Inside The Ambassador Hotel, Part 1 of 3
Rare Photos Of The Television Coverage...June 4, 1968 Final Rare Photos Of The Television Coverage...June…
The Night RFK Was Shot…Inside The Ambassador Hotel, Part 2 of 3
Rare Photos Of The Television Coverage...June 4, 1968 I have had several request to repost…