The First Robotic Overhead Camera...NBC's "Home" Show Now, this is BIG! So, big you can…
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“Today”…60 Years Ago Martin & Lewis, With Jerry Running Camera
"Today"...60 Years Ago Martin & Lewis, With Jerry Running Camera https://youtu.be/x-2BHMfa5do?t=2676 The video at the…
June 19, 1946…1st Image Orthicon Cameras & Network Sponsorship
June 19, 1946...1st Image Orthicon Cameras & Network Sponsorship In the photos, you see the…
June 14, 2014…NBC’s Last Live Show Airs From Burbank
June 14, 2014...NBC's Last Live Show Airs From Burbank I got this note the evening…
June 13, 1925…First US TV Demonstration
June 13, 1925...First US TV Demonstration 91 years ago today, Charles Francis Jenkins presented the…
Exclusive! CBS Electronic Camera History Update…September 24, 1937
Exclusive! CBS Electronic Camera History Update...September 24, 1937 These two just found photos, taken at…
June 9…A Big Day For Media History…6 Event Stories And Video
June 9...A Big Day For Media History...6 Event Stories And Video June 9, 1948...WBZ Becomes…
June 8, 1938…The New RCA Orthicon Camera Debuts
This was a step up from the Iconoscope in it's light sensitivity, but it was…
May 30, 1949…WFBM Signs On With 10 Camera Indy 500 Coverage
May 30, 1949...WFBM Signs On With 10 Camera Indy 500 Coverage Operating now as WRTV,…
May 29, 1950: Dual Debut! “Broadway Open House” & NBC Studio 6A
May 29, 1950...Dual Debut! "Broadway Open House", NBC Studio 6A When 30 Rockefeller Plaza was…
May 27, 1972…George Carlin Debuts The Infamous “7 Words” Sketch
May 27, 1972...George Carlin Debuts The Infamous "7 Words" Sketch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMyDvqnwIm4&ab_channel=FoundationINTERVIEWS 44 years ago today,…
Picture Parade…A Random Walk Through Some Interesting TV History
Picture Parade...A Random Walk Through Some Interesting TV History There is more on each photo.…
May 20, 1939…First Television Picture Sent Over Telephone Lines
May 20, 1939...First Television Picture Sent Over Telephone Lines 77 years ago today, NBC sent…
Prime Time Television…1948 And ’49, With My Detailed Notes
Prime Time Television...1948 And '49, With My Detailed Notes This is just amazing...what you will…
May 17, 1939…Television’s First Sports Announcer & Baseball Game
May 17, 1939...Television's First Sports Announcer & Baseball Game On May 17, 1939 NBC broadcast…
May 9, 1946…”Hour Glass”…Television’s First Variety Show Debuts
May 9, 1946..."Hour Glass"...Television's First Variety Show Debuts Not only was this network TV's first…
May 8, 1945…Victory In Europe Day, Times Square
May 8, 1945...Victory In Europe Day, Times Square Except for Germany and Japan, every country…
May 3, 1948…CBS Debuts TV’s First, Live, Nightly Network News
May 3, 1948...CBS Debuts TV's First, Live, Nightly Network News On this day in 1948,…
May 2, 1941…Commercial Television Becomes A Reality…ALMOST
May 2, 1941...Commercial Television Becomes A Reality...ALMOST On this day in 1941, the FCC set…
1930: Television Gives Radio Eyes and Ears
Discussions of 1929 TV milestones like 'color over a wire' and other events are described,…
1939: Exploding the Television Boom
Wow! This nine-page article from Mechanix Illustrated is full of pictures, but the story is…