Broadcast House - 10/February/1954 (1954)
1954 · Television · 29 min
Synopsis
Inauguration of Washington's WTOP "Broadcast House" on February 10, 1954.
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Details
- Running time
- 29 minutes
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- CBS
- 1950's Television
- Live Television
- Kinescope
- WTOP
- 1954
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · ..And Broadcast House is still there..BUT.. · cathyftr · 2009-08-03
...is now home to a health club..but the towers are still behind the building so at least some broadcasting still continues at "Broadcast House". Good find !!! Come from someone who grew up watching Washington, DC's channel 9 ( WTOP/WDVM/WUSA)...had no idea this existed. However the thing about this clip that I found to be the most interesting was where it was mentioned that CBS at one point had owned WTOP radio but had sold it long before this film was made. Actually that sale would haunt CBS some 30 years after this film was made. By 1984, WDVM-TV ( WTOP ) for some unknown reason at the…
★★★★★ · Where did you find this?? · Meatpies · 2009-08-04
What a treat! And thank you, Cathyftr for the review... it gave a lot of insight, and helped with the question, "I wonder what happened to WTOP after this broadcast?"