Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
Especially to those pros among us that are “in the kitchen” whipping up live television for us today. From parades and football, to local crews newsing, thanks for being there! Add your pictures of your day here, and don’t worry, we’ll save you some turkey. -Bobby Ellerbee
Follow Up…NBC’s Studio 3H And 5F, Historic Photos In the Guided Tour of Studio 3H I just posted, we saw the control room in action, but here is a closeup of the video shading board that was in use in 3H in 1937 and the information on the back of the photo. A few days […]
CBS, NBC First West Coast Homes (With Video) Before there was Television City and NBC Color City, there was CBS Columbia Square and NBC Radio City West. Both were originally built for radio and about a third of their radio shows came from Hollywood. Columbia Square opened in April 1938 and television came there in […]
TeleTales #107…The Way We Were; 1899 Before seeing at a distance, or tele-vision, was possible, there was a new thing called motion pictures, that was just as exciting a proposition. When film making began, the only way to get enough light was to shoot outdoors, even if the scene was taking place inside. This photo […]
ABC…Saved By The Bell & Whistle ABC was in big trouble till sports programming saved it. In this Silver Anniversary clip, Keith Jackson and Howard Cosell pay tribute to ‘Wide World Of Sports’ and some of the eras top athletes. [evp_embed_video url=”http://CDN.eyesofageneration.com/Content/Viewseum/abcsports50.mp4″ preload=”none” template=”mediaelement”] Source
NBC would have a catered Thanksgiving meal back in teh day
In master control making sure Vermont and upstate New York get their Minnesota/Detroit game at 12:30.
Still remember my days at KTLA and the “Twilight Zone” marathon. I’ve on now just been able to watch them again!
Us in Canada had ours in October, but wish everyone stateside all the best for Thanksgiving.
Thank you to all of you
Happy Thanksgiving Bobby in Three Two……
UEFA Europa soccer at Fox Sports 1 in Los Angeles.