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December 28, 2025
E19: Countdown #88: "The Phones Lit Up!"
On the evening of May 7, 1947, RCA-made, Image Orthicon-powered television cameras came to life at NBC’s Studio 9-H in Rockefeller Center — the...
00:12:13
December 21, 2025
E18: Countdown #89: "Eye" Can See Clearly Now
After the 'false dawn' of 1939-1941, one of television's first steps out of its postwar crib was the telecast of the Joe Louis vs....
00:09:49
December 14, 2025
E17: Countdown #90: Television Goes To War (1941-1945)
For one hundred weeks that started in October, 2025 this podcast is going to recall the “Top 100 Milestones in the First 100 Years...
00:13:09
December 07, 2025
E16: Countdown #91: Bulova Time (1941)
"It was a big goddammed deal!" For one hundred weeks that started in October, 2025 this podcast is going to recall the “Top 100...
00:09:50
November 30, 2025
E15: Countdown #92: Standards
Despite RCA's plunge at the New York World's Fair in the spring of 1939, the FCC proceeded cautiously before setting signal standards for the...
00:09:14
November 23, 2025
E14: Countdown #93: Play Ball!
For one hundred weeks that started in October, 2025 this podcast is going to recall the “Top 100 Milestones in the First 100 Years...
00:07:31