Picture Parade #3…Quite Possibly, The First Photo Of ABC Studio TV 1
This is the ‘Look Photo Crime’ show, sponsored by Look Magazine in September of 1949. The crime busting series, based on real stories, aired on ABC Radio five days a week and the TV series once a week. TV 1 and TV 2 (adjoining) on West 66th Street were ABC’s first New York studios. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
‘The Mickey Mouse Club’…The Whole Inside Story Since it’s Sunday, and you have some time, here’s piece I have been wanting to repost for a while. I hope you’ll take a look. This is the best retrospective I’ve seen and much of it is told by the Mousketeers themselves. Enjoy and share! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1r-ufjAIfE 56 years […]
January 1949…The “Zeigfeld Of Television” Legend Begins Before I get to the meat of this important story, let me first draw your attention to this video. It is cued to one of the most amazing bits I have ever seen! I think these are the Arnaut Brothers…they never say a word, but bring down the […]
Speaking Of Telethons…Here Are Photos From The First Ever After posting the Martin & Lewis video from the 1952 Olympic Telethon, it occurred to me that it’s been a few years since we’ve seen these rare pictures from the first telethon in May of 1949. Milton Berle hosted the 16 hour event on NBC and […]
This video should start just before a visitor walks into the studio via the sixth floor doors, which is our way of identifying the location. This 1947 ‘Bell Telephone Hour’ radio rehearsal gives us one of the earliest looks at 6B as that we have ever had. Here’s the backstory. Yes, I said new, but […]
Bobby…Can you email this picture to me in full size?
Originally built in 1901 as Durland’s Riding Academy, the building where horses once trod is now ABC’s TV1 and TV2. This photo is from the City of New York Museum, showing the front of the building on 66th Street:
Here is the floor plan from ABC’s own site. West 67th Street is at the left in the drawing:
That is so cool. Especially the original floor plan and 1901 building!