By Request…The Creation Of The CBS Eye Logo
Told in a way only Charles Osgood can tell it, here is the story of how the iconic CBS logo came to be for Joe Berdosco in Nashville. If you have stories or subjects you would like to know more about, let me know in the Comment section here, or message me. -Bobby Ellerbee
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Back In Time… Here is a look back at how CBS covered the Orange Bowl game and parade back in 1960, starring the RCA TK30! Source
August 19, 1906…The Father Of Electronic Television Was Born 110 years ago today, Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born in Beaver, Utah. By age 14, he had worked out the principles for the Image Dissector tube which occurred to him while plowing back and forth on the family farm. The video at this link was done […]
December 30, 1963…’Let’s Make A Deal’ Debuts On NBC Here is the pilot, complete with a TK41 in the foreground of the intro shot at NBC Burbank May 25, 1963. The original edition of the show was a daytime series that ran on NBC, but moved to ABC in 1968 where it ran until 1976. […]
From last year’s big 50th Anniversary coverage, here is my story on how to tell which scenes are from which shows, which were all taped the same day. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee Beatles 50th Sullivan Anniversary Count Down…15 Days Today, A Primer In: How to tell which performance is which. With the anniversary approaching, […]
1965: https://youtu.be/Yq0mUCFlizg
I remember well, when I worked in CBS affiliates, the 5 second “this is CBS” logo was the perfect pre-roll cue for the local VTR spots.
As usual Outstanding
They even made CBS Eye lapel pins. I’ve had this for years.
I would kill for a CBS neck tie. I also remember the CBS logo cuff links Captain Kangaroo wore.
Was the Chiming that went with the NBC Logo, I was told this was actually a Cue Tone, used to automatically make some type of switch or pre-roll. Cue Tones later became inaudible. Do you have any insight here from a previous posting?
Thanks, Mike. The CBS Alumni would like this story.
Never knew that until now.
As a kid, I coveted those CBS logo curtains at Television City.