[QuadList] Happy Anniversary--CBS Uses Quad to Time Zone DelayDouglas Edwards' Evening Newscast
Dennis Degan
DennyD1 at verizon.net
Thu Dec 2 08:39:21 CST 2010
On Dec 1, 2010, at 7:39 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
< Back in '68, they had what I want to recall as a TK-11 set up in
what was off of/near/in a hallway like area that allowed visitors to
see themselves on an adjacent monitor. The hallway allowed people to
look into several studios from above the lighting grid.
I say:
The 4th floor once had that arrangement. Here are 2 photos of
control room windows that overlooked a 3rd floor studio:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/5226532754/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/5226532504/>
Ted also sed:
> One of the studios was Jeopardy, and the other had a soap opera.
The tour also included the Tonight Show studio. Which appeared smaller
than it did on TV, and the steps in the audience area seemed to have a
rather tall rise. Interesting to see it then, and then again in
February.
I offer:
Here's what Studio 6B looked like during demolition of the WNBC-TV
news set, in preparation for "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon":
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/3151530323/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/3151531791/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/3152367680/>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/3151535545/>
> I said:
>
> The 5th floor is especially different, as is the 2nd. The
> existence of radio has been erased from memory.
Ted added:
> Had a little fun with a tour group when Dennis was showing me
around. We were in an elevator lobby on the ___? floor and I
mentioned that the glassed in area right behind us was the NBC Monitor
(radio) control area. The pages didn't know that.
I say:
That was the 5th floor; the floor where I now work. The studio
elevators opened in view of "Radio Central", where Monitor was
produced. Here's what it looks like now:
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/>
and this is what it looked like back then:
<http://www.monitorbeacon.net/radiocentral.html>
BTW, this is a terrific website showing the history of NBC's Monitor
program:
<http://www.monitorbeacon.net/history.html>
Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
NBC Today Show, New York
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