TeleTales #90…Living On Tulsa Time: KOTV
In October of 1949, KOTV became Oklahoma’s second television station and claimed to have the largest studios in the US, which were built in a former Intentional Harvester dealership.
This photo from 1952 shows that, even though they didn’t have pedestals for their RCA TK30s, they did have the brand new RCA Electra Zoom lens, which debuted with the “Today” show at NBC.
Enjoy and share. -Bobby Ellerbee
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CBS Studio 53…Inside Liederkrantz Hall, 1960 This was the smallest of the 4 studios which were numbered 53-56 with 1500 square feet of production space. Studios 53 and 54 were on the second floor and the only way to get props upstairs was via the building’s main “grand entrance” type stairway and big pieces either […]
For You To COPY & PASTE…NBC Studios Thumbnail List Many have asked for this and I wish I could post the PDF version, but Facebook won’t do PDF files. The best way I know to save this is to copy it and paste it into either an email to yourself, or into Corel or Microsoft […]
WGN: Chicago In 1960, between the Cubs and White Sox, WGN televised 120 baseball games with 8 RCA TK41s. For attendance reasons, I’m sure both teams tried not to be home at the same time, but when it happened, 4 cameras went to Cominskey Park and 4 went to Wrigley Field. WGN Television, whose call […]
Good stuff. I work for their competition here in T Town.
Tripods!
It’s amazing to think that we worked in that same building and studios until just a couple of years ago. And no, contrary to popular belief, I did not work here when that picture was taken! I’ve been here a long time, but not that long.
Nice Kliegl scoop lights!