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The 14 City NBC Television Network…1949
From the ‘Howdy Doody Show’, we get some interesting information on the status of NBC’s coverage of the country via the AT&T links for live television. This show was kinescoped and mailed to most of the other major metro areas not covered by the growing network.
My home town of Atlanta was added on October 4, 1950, just 27 days before I was born.
Wow! I do not remember watching HD regularly but this is great!
One of my all time favorite programs… This clip aired before I was born… One thing for sure, NBC built the network one station at a time! Oh the early days of Television Broadcasting…
Son of a gun, you and I are only about a month or so apart in age….December here.
But WSB existed since 1948, so the network didn’t reach Atlanta until 1950? BTW, I was born 5 weeks after you were . . . 😉
looks like ‘Buffalo’ Bob is doing Howdy’s voice live. The director had to be very careful not to punch up the two shot and reveal Bob’s trick when Howdy’s jawboning. The puppeteer is struggling to stay in sync with Bob, and you can hear Howdy’s jaw snapping shut. This little issue was solved a few years later when Howdy’s dialogue was pre-recorded.
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