July 31, 1995...The Circuit Is Reversed As Disney Buys ABC Did you know that in…
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July 30, 1943…RCA Announces Sale Of NBC Blue Network To Ed Noble
July 30, 1943...RCA Announces Sale Of NBC Blue Network To Ed Noble It would be…
Happy Birthday….CBS Broadcast Center, Born July 26, 1964
On July 26, 1964, the first broadcast finally originated from a building CBS had owned…
July 1, 1941…Commercial Television Begins In America
On page 10, is as good a description of what happened on this day in…
June 25, 1951…America’s First Color Broadcasts Begin On CBS
June 25, 1951...America's First Color Broadcasts Begin On CBS Let me start with some things…
June 24, 1963…NBC Studio 8H Goes Color
June 24, 1963...NBC Studio 8H Goes Color NBC Studio 8H become "The Peacock Studio" on…
June 18, 1949…Dave Garroway & “The Chicago Style” Debut On NBC
June 18, 1949...Dave Garroway & "The Chicago Style" Debut On NBC On this day in…
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…
NBC New York: Radio City TV Studios & Theaters Chronology 1935 -1956
NBC New York: Radio City TV Studios & Theaters Chronology 1935 -1956 This is the…
Massive Kentucky Derby Production ‘Like a Super Bowl’ for NBC Sports Group
Producing Today's Kentucky Derby...A Mega Job For NBC With 300 crew members, 54 cameras, 15…
1932: David Sarnoff on “Where Television Stands Today”
"Where Television Stands Today" is an 8-page article written for Modern Mechanics by one of…
1954: Behind the Split Screens of TV
Great article on how the first coast-to-coast, split-screen telecast of the 1954 Oscar ceremony was…
April 29, 1961…ABC’s “Wide World Of Sports” Debuts
April 29, 1961...ABC's "Wide World Of Sports" Debuts This video is from the last episode…
GE Television Broadcasting Equipment, 1944
General Electric looks to the postwar years in this 1944 catalog.
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…
TeleTales #106…ABC’s First News Stars; John Daly And Quincy Howe
TeleTales #106...ABC's First News Stars; John Daly And Quincy Howe Both men started out with…
More SNL Rarities…The Original SNL With Howard Cosell
More SNL Rarities...The Original SNL With Howard Cosell You may be surprised to know that…
February 9, 1953…The REAL Beginning Of ABC!
February 9, 1953...The REAL Beginning Of ABC! That was the day United Paramount, led by…
Television Milestones…1939 – 1940 Historical Events Timeline
Sometimes, it's good to put things is perspective with a big picture overview of how…
Guess Who’s Network Broadcasting’s Longest Running Host
Guess Who's Network Broadcasting's Longest Running Host... Bob Barker is a close second with 34⅔…
TeleTales #48…Take A Minute To Look And Think About This
TeleTales #48...Take A Minute To Look And Think About This This 1944 ad from RCA…