Before all the live shots below were made on a Sunday night in December…
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September 2, 1983…The Tom Brokaw Era Begins At NBC
September 2, 1983...The Tom Brokaw Era Begins At NBC In 1983, September 2 was a…
Television’s First Live Animation Project…January 1940, NBC Studio 3H
Television's First Live Animation Project...January 1940, NBC Studio 3H Although commercial television was sill about…
August 30, 1953…A Milestone For RCA Compatible Color Television
August 30, 1953...A Milestone For RCA Compatible Color Television On this day in 1953, the…
August 29, 1940…CBS Color System First Demonstrated
August 29, 1940...CBS Color System First Demonstrated In the rare photos below, we see the…
The “TONIGHT” Show’s Oldest Surviving Color Video…Sept 1, 1964
The "TONIGHT" Show's Oldest Surviving Color Video...Sept 1, 1964 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg-R9tnEXso&ab_channel=DCVideo Above is a very rare…
August 26, 1939…First MLB Game On TV + Other Sports TV Firsts
August 26, 1939...First MLB Game On TV + Other Sports TV Firsts The first ever…
Remember This? I Had One, Who Else Had One?
Remember This? I Had One, Who Else Had One? "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy"! Sound…
Meet “Miss Patience”…Television’s First Stand In (+ Rare Video)
Meet "Miss Patience"...Television's First Stand In (+ Rare Video) This is inside television's first studio...3H…
“Rocket Rangers”…The First Show With A Purposely Wiped History
"Rocket Rangers"...The First Show With A Purposely Wiped History In 1953 and '54, CBS had…
August 10, 1948…WJZ-TV (WABC) Signs On In New York
August 10, 1948...WJZ-TV (WABC) Signs On In New York New York's Channel 7 came to…
EXCLUSIVE…Inside The First Color Television Remote Unit
Thanks to Chuck Pharis, and his very rare RCA "Red Book", I have new information…
August 6, 1956…The DuMont Network Goes Dark
August 6, 1956...The DuMont Network Goes Dark In furthering television on a technical basis, DuMont…
Happy 90th Birthday! Tony Bennett…Born August 3, 1926
Happy 90th Birthday! Tony Bennett...Born August 3, 1926 Anthony Dominick Benedetto was born in Astoria,…
THE NBC BUILT, ND-8G CAMERAS
UPDATED March 3, 2023: Around 2010, I found a photo of an odd looking NBC…
July 31, 1970…Huntley-Brinkley Say Goodnight For The Last Time
July 31, 1970...Huntley-Brinkley Say Goodnight For The Last Time The final minutes of the last…
The Virtual Archives of RCA Engineer Harry Wright
He helped design the RCA TK42, TK42XX, TK43, TK44, TK47, TK48, TK76 and more. The…
CBS Field Sequential Color Cameras at Studio 57
Below I have collected more than twenty images of the fabled CBS Field Sequential Color…
Backstage With Jack Paar..”Tonight”, December 7, 1958
Backstage With Jack Paar.."Tonight", December 7, 1958 Today is the anniversary of Paar's debut as…
Six Decades of “Tonight”
THE TONIGHT SHOW: Six Decades of Television and Camera History A look back at more…
CBS NY Master Studio List, New And Updated…1937- Present
CBS NY Master Studio List, New And Updated...1937- Present First compiled by David Schwartz in…