On this day in 1950, NBC Radio star Bob Hope was lured to television…
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March 22, 1929…RCA Begins First Nightly Experimental Broadcasts
With the recent receipt of new images and data, this story has been revised and…
March 19, 1953…The First Televised Academy Awards Ceremony
March 19, 1953...The First Televised Academy Awards Ceremony Although we have an interesting video, let's…
March 19, 1953 and March 19, 1954…Red Letter Days For Compatible Color
March 19, 1953 and March 19, 1954...Red Letter Days For Compatible Color On March 19,…
March 10, 1933…2 Earth Shaking Events In 1 Day At W6XAO Los Angeles …
March 10, 1933...2 Earth Shaking Events In 1 Day At W6XAO Los Angeles No one…
March 9, 1954…Murrow’s Historic McCarthy Broadcast + An Editorial …
March 9, 1954...Murrow's Historic McCarthy Broadcast + An Editorial First the story of the March…
March 7, 1955…Behind The Scenes Of NBC’s “Peter Pan” Debut …
March 7, 1955...Behind The Scenes Of NBC's "Peter Pan" Debut A full course on "flying",…
Television’s Forgotten Pioneer…The Amazing Captain Bill Eddy
Television's Forgotten Pioneer...The Amazing Captain Bill Eddy Frankly, my head exploded this morning when I…
February 21, 1940…TV’s First Regularly Scheduled News Debuts
February 21, 1940...TV's First Regularly Scheduled News Debuts In a new area, where no one…
The Chaplin Studios…A Mega Magical Place In Time
The Chaplin Studios...A Mega Magical Place In Time It is hard to know where to…
January 30, 1950…NBC Studio 8H Debuts As A Television Studio
January 30, 1950...NBC Studio 8H Debuts As A Television Studio Actually, "The Voice Of Firestone"…
January 26, 1992…First Successful Super Bowl Counter Programming
January 26, 1992...First Successful Super Bowl Counter Programming CLASSIC! Men On Football...'In Living Color' This…
A Day In The WABC TV News Room…1973
A Day In The WABC TV News Room...1973 In an a year that has been…
Television & The Presidential Inaugurations…Part 1
Television & The Presidential Inaugurations...Part 1 President Harry Truman's January 20,1949 inauguration was the first…
Television & The Presidential Inaugurations…Part 2
Television & The Presidential Inaugurations...Part 2 Today, pictures from President Eisenhower's first and second inaugurations…
Television & The Presidential Inaugurations…Part 3 of 3
Television & The Presidential Inaugurations...Part 3 of 3 In photos 1,2 and 3, we see…
January 13, 1928…America’s First Public Television Demonstration
January 13, 1928...America's First Public Television Demonstration On this day in 1928, Ernst F. W.…
January 1, 1954…A Day Of Color Firsts And, A Quandary
Something Borrowed and Something Blue, Red and Green January 1, 1954 was the first time…
The Early History of Howdy Doody…Television’s First Hit Show
“The Howdy Doody Show” wasn’t just early television — it defined it. As network TV’s…
December 30, 1953…The First Color TV Sets Go On Sale
December 30, 1953...The First Color TV Sets Go On Sale On December 17, 1953, the…
December 30, 1963…’Let’s Make A Deal’ Debuts On NBC
December 30, 1963...'Let's Make A Deal' Debuts On NBC Here is the head of the…