Happy 58th Anniversary NBC Videotape Central

[Ted Langdell]

Videotape's debut to a CBS group at NARTB on April 14 60 years ago led to other anniversaries. 

Today's took place Burbank as RCA-owned NBC 

NBC’s Videotape Central debuted on Tuesday, April 28, 1958 inside NBC’s “Color City” at 3000 West Alameda (at Olive Ave.) in Burbank.  The $1.5 Million facility sported eight RCA modified Ampex VR-1000 recorders and one RCA TRT-1C color recorder.

Photos here:

http://www.quadvideotapegroup.com/early-quad-history/


Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary, Quad Videotape Group
Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com
(530)301-2931

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