[QuadList] WOR-TV's 1949 facility as flagship of the "Mutual TV Network"

[Mr. DC Memories]

Concerning WOR-TV's 1949 facility ... That station had been slated to be 
the flagship of the "Mutual TV Network" until that proposed network was 
ultimately nixed.

http://misterk60.com/TV.html

On 6/11/2014 12:00 PM, quadlist-request at quadvideotapegroup.com wrote:
>
>
> Are you referring to this former NBC facility listed in Wikipedia
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Studios_(New_York_City)>:
>
> 67th Street Studios, 101 West 67th Street (the *Home* show with Arlene
> Francis <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Francis> (1954-1957), *Concentration
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_(game_show)>* (primetime
> 1958)). NBC sold the property in 1961. Later it became Video Tape Center
> (1961-1970, independent production company), ABC Studio TV-18/19 (1970 to
> 1990, production facility for soap opera *All My Children*, and *One Live
> to Live* prior to moving to TV-17). Demolished in 1995. Building
> originally had four studios, converted to two, later one. The site is now
> 50-story Millennium Tower apartment building.
>
>
> According to Bobby Ellerbee's "Eyes of a Generation" Facebook page
> <https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=189359747768249&story_fbid=641632992540920>,
> the facility was built as WOR-TV's 1949 facility:
>
>
> Back then stations rented studio space to the big players all the time,
> like CBS renting studios at Dumont's WABD for a couple of soap operas.
> WOR/Channel 9's new building was known as "9 Television Square". Shortly
> after WOR was sold to RKO, the studios moved back to Times Square at 1440
> Broadway with WOR radio.
>
> NBC had produced the 'Home' show with Arline Francis from here (101 67th
> St-TL) starting in 1954 and when WOR moved, NBC took over the building.
> 'Home' continued here till 1957 and in '58, 'Concentration' prime time
> editions came from here.
>
> NBC moved out in 1961 and The Video Tape Center moved in.
>
> Here is a point I need to clear up...I had thought that Video Tape Center
> started in 1961 and their first home was here at 67th Street...nope. No one
> has a firm date on when VTC went into business, but their first home was
> actually in the Century Theater. NBC had leased the Century from '54 till
> '58 and did 'Caesar's Hour' with Sid Caesar (1954?1957) and 'Treasure Hunt'
> from there. Sometime after '58, Video Tape Center moved in and stayed till
> the building was torn down in '61, necessitating the move to 67th Street.
>
>
>
> Hope this is somehow helpful.  Maybe someone knows someone who worked
> there in 1968.
>
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