Good Evening Vietnam!
An RCA TK60 shoots the control room of American Forces Vietnam, or AFVN, television in Saigon in 1972 for a segment in the evening news cast. Did you know the navy had TK60s on their aircraft carriers to show the flight deck to the controllers on the bridge?
Remembering Long Time CBS Announcer Bern Bennett… A delayed remembrance of longtime CBS staffer Bern Bennett Source
Otis Redding’s Final Appearance…The Day Before The Plane Crash While searching for something else, I found this and thought you may enjoy seeing it. This video is from the syndicated music show “Upbeat” that was done at WEWS in Cleveland on December 9, 1967. Redding’s next stop was Madison, Wisconsin; the next day they were […]
TeleTales #70…NBC Burbank Studio 1: The Start Of Something Big As NBC’s new Color City was coming to completion, CBS was in the final stages of completing Television City. In September, David Sarnoff announced that Burbank would go on the air earlier than planned. He said the new start date would be October 4, 1952 […]
Funny Stuff! ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Outtakes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAOGRAfVMKg Everybody Loves Raymond Bloopers – Season 3 Source
I ran TV stations in the Navy. My first ship we only had one channel, but on the aircraft carrier USS AMERICA, I had three – in color!
When it came time to re-enlist in the Navy in 1971 I was offered a deal to be stationed on a carrier in the television station on board if I would re-enlist for 4 years. Turned it down because I was ready to be a civilian again.
Big cameras… My first cameras were Noreleco PC70s at WFRV TV … the cameras Lawrence Welk used at the time… Just amazing where technology has gone…seems to be changing hourly!