May 13, 1957...Production Begins On "Jailhouse Rock" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZJTgYzf9FE&ab_channel=Yelserp22 In this classic photo, we see two…
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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,…
1937: The Truth About Television
Now this is interesting! Here is a Modern Mechanix article from November 1937 that is…
1939: New York TV Set Receives London Signal
When I first saw this, I was very curious how this could possibly happen with…
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 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…
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…
Ralph Levy: Television Director Extraordinaire…
Ralph Levy: Television Director Extraordinaire... Ralph Levy, TV pioneer and two-time Emmy winning director, is…
Some Of The First RCA TK30s Delivered…KSD TV, St. Louis
Some Of The First RCA TK30s Delivered...KSD TV, St. Louis As I mentioned earlier this…
April 19, 1948…The Start Of The ABC Television Network
April 19, 1948...The Start Of The ABC Television Network 68 years ago today, on April…
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 17, 1967…”The Joey Bishop Show” Debuts On ABC
April 17, 1967..."The Joey Bishop Show" Debuts On ABC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdyDRjpPftU&ab_channel=clipophilicsdaughter Above, we see the opening…
A Story Of TV History Treasure…LOST
A Story Of TV History Treasure...LOST For a year and a half, on what was…
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…
1955: NBC “Color City” On The Air Tonight
The New York Times alerts readers to the first telecast from NBC's Burbank facility.
Four Generations Of The Experimental RCA Color Cameras…
Four Generations Of The Experimental RCA Color Cameras... The 1st generation of RCA's simultaneous color…
ULTRA RARE! New, Unseen Early RCA Color Trials Photos
ULTRA RARE! New, Unseen Early RCA Color Trials Photos These first 2 images are from…
The Masters Of Stage Craft Magic…IATSE Local 1, New York
The Masters Of Stage Craft Magic...IATSE Local 1, New York City Before videotape came along…
April 7, 1927…Two Firsts In Long Distance TV Transmission
April 7, 1927...Two Firsts In Long Distance TV Transmission On this day in 1927, then…
A Fuller History Of NBC Television News…
A Fuller History Of NBC Television News... After posting today's first story on CBS's Douglas…