Lot Of Camera History In This :30 Promo

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!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx65a9ZAIFI

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9 thoughts on “Lot Of Camera History In This :30 Promo

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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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