Thanks to Martin Perry for sharing this remarkable clip. It turns out KTVT in Fort Worth has a surprisingly deep lineage with GE broadcast cameras — and this promo shows it. Even the RARE PE 25!
Lot Of Camera History In This :30 Promo
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9 responses to “Lot Of Camera History In This :30 Promo”
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I’m fascinated by the GE IO color cameras, so even a flash of the PE-25 was cool.
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And isn’t that Ron Burgundy anchoring the noon news?
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A really nice promo. Well done and understated.
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In the first three camera shot, the guy standing next to the PE-350 is Don Lacey. He was my boss when I worked there in 1969-70. I probably ran that camera. At that time, the old black and white GE’s were relegated to “The Bread Truck” which was the remote unit we used for church services from First Baptist Church in Dallas. They usually needed to be “kick started” during the service to keep them working. 😉
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GE was big in Houston as well. And was that a GE IO color camera in that lineup? Those were rare birds.
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Having worked for WTVT -13 in Tampa, I remember they had the same owners back in the 50’s and 60’s the WKY Television System Inc.
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The DFW market was strong GE. WFAA and KRLD (now KDFW) were GE color as well.
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KTVT was a sister station of ne one I worked for in Amarillo, Texas, KFDA-TV. At the time owned by Sid Richardson, a long time friend of Clint Murchison. The stations were part of the old Texas State Network, not an actual network other than mutual owners. The TSN stations were very strong on GE cameras at that time.
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Intriguing that even though KTVT-11 is currently owned by CBS, the management there did have the sense to include in this spot its prior history as an independent station.
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