Here is a rare mapping of how all the dozens of elements of the multi-day broadcast would lay out. Notice ground zero is Studio 8H and just to the right, we see Studio 5H…the breaking news studio we talked about in the post just before this, which was later renamed 5HN for headline news. Thanks to Gady Reinhold for this treasure! Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
And The Color Race Is ON! Believe it or not, In April of 1954 Westinghouse began selling the first home color television set. They beat RCA by several weeks and RCA rushed the CT 100 into production on March 25. During the color wars between CBS and RCA over the compatible color systems, manufacturers were […]
Yet Another Disappearing TV Camera! In this 1984 video, UK magician Paul Daniels makes a Link 125 studio camera vanish! Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cCXBCD6Ols On a 1984 edition of his magic show, Paul Daniels makes a Link 125 camera disappear. Source
My RCA TK42 Here is another of the professionally shot portraits of a few of my cameras. This TK42 is forty seven years old and was built in 1967. By my count, there are only about 20 of these that have survived. RCA built the TK42 from 1965 till 1969. Of the 376 made, only […]
SNL Rarities…Jim Henson’s Notes From The Debut Show It’s a little surprising and most don’t know that The Muppets were a part of SNL that first year, but they were and I guess the exposure paid off as they left the next year to start their own show. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee Source