An in-depth look at the development of videotape as we know it. This 24 page article is one of the best I’ve seen on the history of videotape.
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Look Ma…No Viewfinders! The RCA TK30s became available in late 1946, but there was some element used in building the viewfinders that was in very short supply. The networks got viewfinders, but the local stations had to wait. The problem went away after about six months, but local stations that bought them had do make […]
ULTRA RARE! Joan Rivers Debuts Her Own Show…September 1968 Until yesterday, Joan Rivers was a pioneer in every way and we will miss her! 46 years ago this month, ‘That Show With Joan Rivers’ debuted as one of daytime television’s first ever syndicated talk shows. Like Joan, the show was a bit ahead of it’s […]
April 26, 2005…9 Years Ago Today, NBC First HD Broadcast NBC’s first High Definition broadcast was of ‘Late Night With Conan O’Brien’ from Studio 6A. I don’t know how fast or furious the roll out was there, but below is a photo that shows that when the Sony SD camera were replaced with Sony HD […]
TeleTales #19…”Captain Kangaroo” Debuts On CBS From Dumont When the show debuted on October 3, 1955, CBS was in a crunch for studio space and for several years rented studio space at The Dumont Telecenter at 205 East 67th Street. Notice the Dumont cameras in this photo from the first month of the show. As […]