When I first saw this, I was very curious how this could possibly happen with no coaxial cables or repeaters. The answer is in another article on this page: “1938, Where is TV Now?” The short answer is long-wave transmission, but read the other article for the inside scoop.
50 Years From CBS Television City…Part 5, The Sitcoms The Sitcom segment has two parts and this is the link to the second part. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyaNaWa5vA John Ritter hosts this segment from Studio 31, home of ‘All In The Family’ and spends most of the first segment on this historic show. In the second segment, we’ll […]
Three pages of historic articles on the start of the iconic Chicago station. [pdf-embedder url=”https://staging.eyesofageneration.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wgnhistory.pdf”]
The CBS Grand Central “Long Tongue” Boom Arm In the late 40s, CBS customized a few of their Houston Fearless Panoram dollies by extending the boom arm by two feet. On the left, you can see the added counter weight at the base of the boom and on the right, you can see the extension. […]
Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts: CBS 1958-1972 These special musical presentations for young people by The New York Philharmonic were actually started in 1924, but when conductor Leonard Bernstein arrived in 1958, he and CBS took it to a new level. These originated from Carnegie Hall, but in 1962 the orchestra moved to the new […]
The reception from the London station was filmed (as shown in photo at top of article). This film was lost for many years, but found by a UK TV enthusiast.
I have undertaken a great deal of research on this film and have identified programmes as well as personalities featured on the screen.
It can be seen by following this link.