It's not every day you come across a TV pioneer like Frank Merklein, or a…
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NBC Broadcast Operations, Program Schedule Sheets, 1951-58
NBC broadcast schedules from 1951, 1952, 1954 and 1958. This is the best ever guide to…
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1967: First Anniversary Of NBC’s Full-Color Schedule
NBC heralds the first anniversary of being a full-color network, which occurred November 7, 1966.…
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RCA/NBC Firsts In Television, 1923-1941
RCA and NBC outline their early achievements in television. Notice that May 7, 1935 was…
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1951: CBS Television At 20
CBS looks back on 20 years of television innovation in this 18 page review from…
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1948: NBC Puts Kinescopes In Use
NBC announces the first use of kinescoped recording on its network, June 27, 1948.…
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1950: NBC Converts Studio 8H For Television
NBC's announcement that the RCA Building's largest studio would be making the switch to a…
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1948: NBC Sums Up The Year
NBC takes a look at the many big advances it made in 1948, like increasing…
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CBS Television City Documents
Press releases and news articles about the construction and expansion of CBS Television City. [pdf-embedder…
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CBS Color Studio 72
A fascinating 27 page report on the CBS color facility in New York, Studio 72, from…
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1931: Constructing NBC’s 711 Fifth Avene Radio Studios
A look at how NBC's radio studios at 711 Fifth Avenue were designed and constructed.…
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Building NBC Studios 6A And 6B
A 1942 RCA Review look at the design and construction of NBC's brand new, twin…
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1949: First West-East Kinescope
A 1949 NBC press release notes the first transmission of a West Coast kinescope to…
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1949: KNBH Is On The Air
A 1949 press release notes the debut of NBC's Los Angeles station. [pdf-embedder url="https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/KNBH-Dedication-AR-bk.pdf"]
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“The NBC Inhouse Mobile Units? YEP!”
NBC was televising shows from a few of their radio studios before they were converted…
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1957: “Truth or Consequences” Goes To Videotape
A sign of things to come is heralded in this press release. [pdf-embedder url="https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Truth-Or-Concequences-To-Videotape-AR-bk.pdf"]
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The Early History of WEAF…NBC Radio’s Flagship Station
A rare document looks at the earliest days of the station that NBC bought from…
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RARE! NBC Television Studio Technique, 1940
As NBC continued to refine its efforts toward commercial broadcasting's debut, here's what its staff…