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April 30, 1952…TV’s First Toy Commercial, And Other TV Ad Firsts
April 30, 1952...TV's First Toy Commercial, And Other TV Ad Firsts On this day, in…
A Brief History Of The Kinescope…Historic Images & The Machine
A Brief History Of The Kinescope...Historic Images & The Machine The first official use of…
Camera Rarities 1 Of 3…First NBC Tests Of The RCA TK30
Camera Rarities 1, Of 3...First NBC Tests Of The RCA TK30? Thanks to Tom Buckley,…
Camera Rarities 3 Of 3…The NBC Studio 8G Cameras
Camera Rarities 3, Of 3...The NBC Studio 8G Cameras NBC's official grand opening date for…
This Week In Sports TV History…Jackie Robinson Scores Again
This Week In Sports TV History...Jackie Robinson Scores Again In the photo, Leo Durocher welcomes…
April 16, 1962…Walter Cronkite Takes Over “CBS Evening News”
Be sure to read the text uner the photos for some interesting details on the…
April 15, 1946 & 1955…Big Days For Dumont, Gleason And Lewis
April 15, 1946 & 1955...Big Days For Dumont, Gleason And Lewis This is a two…
GE Television Broadcasting Equipment, 1944
General Electric looks to the postwar years in this 1944 catalog.
GE Broadcast Equipment Catalog, 1951
Here's a catalog for GE's 1951 offerings.
Four Generations Of The Experimental RCA Color Cameras…
Four Generations Of The Experimental RCA Color Cameras... The 1st generation of RCA's simultaneous 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…
A Fuller History Of NBC Television News…
A Fuller History Of NBC Television News... After posting today's first story on CBS's Douglas…
Brief History of CBS And The Masters Tournament…
When CBS televised its first Masters in 1956, the network used seven cameras and covered…
Take Me Out To The Ballgame…With 13 Cameras!
Take Me Out To The Ballgame...With 13 Cameras! On Opening Day, we've got some baseball…
“The Kraft Television Theater”…TV’s First Anthology Series
"The Kraft Television Theater"...TV's First Anthology Series This was the earliest and, at the time,…
An Interesting Development…WLS TV’s News Film Process, 1974
An Interesting Development...WLS TV's News Film Process, 1974 It is easy to forget that even…
The Debut Of “Playhouse 90″…October 4, 1956
The Debut Of "Playhouse 90"...October 4, 1956 This is how television's most distinguished anthology series…
A Fuller History Of NBC Television News…Some New Surprises!
A Fuller History Of NBC Television News...Some New Surprises! After further research, I now realize…
President’s Day Special…First Live Presidential News Conference
President's Day Special...First Live Presidential News Conference January 25, 1961, President Kennedy held the first…
President’s Day Special…First President, Coast To Coast
President's Day Special...First President, Coast To Coast Not only is President Truman the first President…