I remember talking to the late John Frankenheimer, one of television’s greatest directors of the…
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Gady Reinhold, Technical Supervisor, CBS Broadcast Center (Ret.)
It has been 60 years since I started working for CBS at its New York…
Mike Conway, Indiana University – Author “The Origins Of Television News In America”
Bobby Ellerbee’s “Eyes of a Generation” project is one of the most important resources for…
The Museum of Broadcast Technology
The sentiments expressed here are the sum of the feelings and emotions of the entire…
Randy West, Network Game show, Talk, Variety, Award show Announcer, Author
From Philo Farnsworth’s first breakthroughs to today, thousands of people helped shape American television…
April 17, 1967…50 Years Ago, “The Joey Bishop Show” Debuted
ABC's conversations about getting serious in late night programming began in the fall of 1966.…
HOW TELEVISION GRAPHICS CAME TO BE
Not long ago, I came across some excelent historical images of television's first experiments into…
OH YES, THEY DID!!!
As your Editor In Chief of Eyes of A Generation, I pride myself on trying…
The Broadcast World’s TOP Archive: Including TV
Just so you know, our friend David Gleason's labor of love is absolutely THE…
Ultra Rare…Inside NBC’s New York Studios 1950
As TV was taking off in 1950, NBC and others struggled to find studio space…
4 Minutes Of RCA/NBC Color With TK41s
This is part of the original 26-minute RCA presentation from 1956 that pitches color to…
January 6, 1952…First Ever “TODAY” Promo
First Ever "TODAY" Promo, Live With Fred Allen & Dave Garroway In preparation for a…
Inside NBC Like You Have Never Seen! Pristine “Behind Your Radio Dial” Video
About five years ago, I found this classic 1948 movie short on YouTube. It was…
A PRIMER ON RCA’S EARLIEST COMPATABLE COLOR CAMERAS
I've just recently been able see these stunning in-house marketing photos that reveal some news…
INSIDE NBC’S COLONIAL THEATER & RCA’S COLOR EFFORT
In all these 15 years of research, I have never found this whole black and…
December 12, 1937…America’s First Mobile Units Delivered
On December 12, 1937, the world's first electronic television remote units were delivered by RCA…
The Birth Of The Camera Mounted Electronic Viewfinder
With all of RCA's incredible advances and discoveries in television, you would have thought that…
AMAZING CBS COLOR STUDIO 72 NYC…COLOR FILM TOUR
Here is a newly discovered piece of color television history about one of the least…
The Rarely Seen GE PE 25 Color Camera
Thanks to our friend Martin Perry, this catalog is the only piece of GE information…
FIRST EVER VIDEO RECORDING…September 20, 1927? YES!
FIRST EVER VIDEO RECORDING...September 20, 1927? YES! Until yesterday, I had never heard of this…
CBS Broadcast Center…1964 Introduction Book
This 60 page book was presented at the 1964 NAB Convention to introduce the new…