This 1966 RCA demo on how their newest quad machine works is hosted by RCA’s John Wentworth and although the quality of the film capture is not a good as we would like it, the technical presentation is about as good as it gets. The TR-4 cost over $35,000 in 1966, equivalent to over $283,300 in 2021.
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Preparing Studio 6B For The Return Of The Tonight Show (B) Several months back, Jimmy Fallon moved to 6A so that crews could do a major overhaul of 6B before the ‘Tonight Show’ moved back to New York. For many years, the column you see in the photo on the right had been a problem. […]
Ultra Rare! RCA TK40 Prototype Color Camera…November 1952 Since posting this a year or so ago, new details on the first use of this camera have surfaced. As you remember, a few months back, I published the first and only timeline history of the NBC New York Studios. While doing that research, a tiny blurb […]
John Vassos and RCA ‘Television’ If you look where Milton’s hand is, you are also seeing the hand of one of America’s first industrial designers…John Vassos. The ‘Television’ and ‘Color Television’ badges that adorn all the early RCA cameras and telecine equipment was designed by Mr. Vassos. The classic look and style of the TK40/41 […]
The “Other Shoe” Drops In Burbank Entire ‘Tonight Show’ Staff Laid Off as Jimmy Fallon Moves Show From Burbank to NYC – TheWrap All 164 employees are being encouraged to apply for positions in New York Source