August 11, 2009...72 Year Run Of "The Guiding Light" Ends The Guiding Light is credited…
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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…
August 9, 1936…Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin
August 9, 1936...Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin The first live television…
August 9, 1957…”Home” With Arlene Francis Ends Three Year Run
August 9, 1957..."Home" With Arlene Francis Ends Three Year Run NBC's "Home" show debuted March…
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…
August 5, 1957…”American Bandstand” Debuts On ABC
On this date in 1957, American Bandstand debuted on the ABC Television Network. Many tell…
August 3, 1944…One Of CBS Television’s First Game Show Debuts
August 3, 1944...One Of CBS Television's First Game Show Debuts Pictured here is John Reed…
THE NBC BUILT, ND-8G CAMERAS
UPDATED March 3, 2023: Around 2010, I found a photo of an odd looking NBC…
THE SECRET BACKSTORY OF THE RCA TK 44
Chapter One: by Bobby Ellerbee Over a period of months in 2009, I spoke…
August 1, 1949…The First Made For TV Cartoon Debuts
August 1, 1949...The First Made For TV Cartoon Debuts "Crusader Rabbit" was the first animated…
July 31, 1995…The Circuit Is Reversed As Disney Buys ABC
July 31, 1995...The Circuit Is Reversed As Disney Buys ABC Did you know that in…
THANK YOU…AGAIN From Eyes Of A Generation!
THANK YOU...AGAIN From Eyes Of A Generation! Yesterday, this page hit a new all-time-high weekly…
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…
July 29, 1957…The Jack Paar Era Of “Tonight” Begins
July 29, 1957...The Jack Paar Era Of "Tonight" Begins Location wise, the "Tonight" show with…
The Best TV Book I Have Ever Read!
The BEST Television History Book I Have Ever Read! The book is, "The Origins Of…
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…
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 25, 1964…CBS Radio Bids Farewell To 485 Madison Avenue
(Photo above: CBS News Studio 9 with Murrow in suit and the short man in…