NBC’s announcement that the RCA Building’s largest studio would be making the switch to a new medium. This August 11, 1950 memo also mentions that Studios 3A and 3B will have finished conversion by Labor Day of 1950.
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More Pictures From NBC 3H…Granddaddy Of Them All On the left is a look inside the 3H control room in the late 1930s which was on the fourth floor level, but accessible from the studio. In the middle, television’s first ever opera was presented from 3H on March 10, 1940, as the Metropolitan Opera Company […]
August 30, 1993…”Late Show With David Letterman” Debuts On CBS Here is the entire first show from The Ed Sullivan Theater with some great surprises along the way. I love the edited clips from Sullivan introducing the show, and at around 12:30, Dave goes to the spirit world to talk with Ed, and there is […]
We’ll Miss Dick Clark Tonight! The photo is from New Year’s Eve 1988, and the story below is from the New York Times from April of this year. It’s a nice and interesting read. Enjoy and Happy New Year! ____________________________________________________ Dick Clark had a commuter’s relationship with New York — a long-distance commuter’s relationship. He […]
ABC Hollywood…1533-44 North Vine Street, A Truly Historic Address Did you know America’s first network Disc Jockeys broadcast from this building? Or, that this was ABC’s first studio? As we’ll see below, all that and more is true, but let’s start with the building itself. As you see in the first (big) photo from 1944, […]