Magnetic Tape TV to Launch Next April in NBC Plan
NBC will switch to magnetic tape telecasts to fix schedule regularity and end time zone confusion. The system, centered in Burbank and New York, will replace kinescope and lenticular film, offering higher picture quality and coordinated nationwide broadcasts, including the Oscars on March 26.
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NBC
Color City
Burbank
Calif
Radio City
New York
Nbc-Tv
Radio
Dense TV Schedule Grid For a Weekend Hits, 1950s Era
A sprawling list details daytime and evening broadcasts across multiple stations such as WGR WFBG WSEE KDKA and WICU. It includes programs like The Twilight Zone The Ed Sullivan Show Hitchcock Presents and The Tonight Show era entertainment with game shows soaps and movie slots.
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WBUF
Igor Stravinsky
WJAC
Martin Agronsky
Kim Stanley
Omnibus
WICU
Seven Lively Arts
WBEN
WFBG
WSEE
KDKA
U.S
Billy Sunday
Billy Graham
Hallmark Hall OF Fame
NBC
Ed Wynne
Claude Rains
Beulah Bondi
Margaret Hamilton
Dennis Kohler
US Air Force
General Motors
Wjac Wicu
WGR
Wjacwicu
Kdkawben
WFRBG
Wbenkdka
Wbenwsee
Wranglers Club
Children’s Theatre
Mickey Mouse Club
Wfbgwgr
Popeye Playhouse
Wfbgwsee
Colonel Bleep
Wild Bill Hickock
Pennsylvania Today
Gene Autrey
Rin Tin Tin
Dateline Erie
CBS News
NBC News
Whirlybirds
Men of Annapolis
Erieland
Walter Winchell
Wicuwbuf
Godfrey
Wells Fargo
Danny Thomas
Voice of Firestone
Lawrence Welk
Wjacwbuf
Wseewfbg
the Whistler
Starlight Theatre
Gateway Studio
Horizons
Western Theatre
Susie
Arlene Francis
Garry Moore
Corliss Archer
Wfbgwben
Pittsburgh Public Schools
Search For Tomorrow
Guiding Light
Charles Flynn
Howard Miller
Wbufwicu
N. Y
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Israel
Sacred Heart Program
KDIKA
United Nation’s Review
Kdkawfbg
WSE
Buffalo
Buffalo Better Busines Bureau
KD Wben
Academy Playhouse
Watch the World
Harris Ford Theatre
WIC
Spelling Bee
You & Your Policeman
WSEF
Heaven Speaks
WSEEF
WFB
Oral Roberts
TV Theatre
Global Frontiers
Spectrum
Texas Rangers
WSEL
Lone Ranger
Spotlight On Fashion
Maverick
Sally
DIAL
Scotland Yard
ABC
Bing Crosby
Kitty Foyle
Christopher Morley
Sid Caesar
Imogene Coca
Carl Reiner
Cavalcade of Sports
Green Pastures
Frank Sinatra
McGuire Sisters
Dorothy
Christine
Phyllis
Sword OF Freedom
Las Vegas
WBAF
Ann Sothern
Tony Randall
Sammy Davis, Jr
Vic Damone
Jayne Mansfield
UB Roundtable
Theodore Roosevelt
Goodyear Thea
Edge
Robert Ryan
Lucine Amara
Metropolitan Opera
Bell ‘Orchestra
Debussy
George Gobel
Charles Laughton
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Eddie Fisher
Wagon Train
Mary Halstead
Agnes Moorehead
BIG Record
Patti Page
Jack Carter
The
Hi-Lo’s
Eydie Gorme
Cab Calloway
Lonnie Satin
America
Gene Fullmer
Neal Rivers
Madison Square Gardens
Oklahoma
Notre Dame
Philadelphia Eagles
New York Giants
Cleveland Browns
Washington Redskins
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