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June 1940….Television’s 1st Convention & 1st Network Broadcast
In a spirit of cooperation, competitors RCA, GE and Philco teamed with AT&T to televise…
You Mean They Used Color Cameras For B/W Broadcasts?
You Mean They Used Color Cameras For B/W Broadcasts? Yes, they did and WICU was…
Commercial TV’s 80th Anniverary…Setting The Stage For July 1, 1941
Tomorrow, television marks the 80th anniversary of its move from the "experimental" phase to the…
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 21, 1948…First TV Network Pool Event & Debut Of RCA Kinescope
June 21, 1948...First TV Network Pool Event & Debut Of RCA Kinescope The first official…
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…
The Reason For Experimental TV, Involved Consumer Protections…
The Reason For Experimental TV, Involved Consumer Protections... On July 1, 1941, the era of…
May 4, 1961…Network TV Preps For First US Manned Space Shot
May 4, 1961...Network TV Preps For First US Manned Space Shot The next day, on…
1952: TV Goes to the Conventions
Popular Mechanics shows in detail how one of the 1952 political conventions would be televised…
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…
A Primer On The History Of Chroma Key In Television
A Primer On The History Of Chroma Key In Television... Was this Milton Berle chroma…
Live from Super Bowl XLIX: NBC Sports Settles in for the Big Game : Sports Video Group
TeleTales #46...More Behind The Scenes Super Bowl Reports When you click this article, notice to…
NBC’s First Television Station, 1928
This photo is from a 1948 RCA Broadcast News Magazine. The article was about some…
ABC Election Coverage, November 1980, Studio TV 2 New York
ABC Election Coverage, November 1980, Studio TV 2 New York Here are a dozen or…
TeleTales #33…A Stunning Piece Of Real Television History
TeleTales #33...A Stunning Piece Of Real Television History Stunning? How so? If you think back…
Early Color Testing Days At The Colonial Theater
Picture Parade #5...Early Color Testing Days At The Colonial Theater It was late November 1952…
BACKSTAGE AT THE FOX 1929: PART II: AUDIO AND ELECTRO-MECHANICALS
Now, For Something Completely Different! Audio Buffs Will Love This! This is not just a…
The evolution of ESPN: 35 years in the making
The Start Of ESPN...A Hometown Newspaper Article From The Birstol Press Today there are only…