November 1st, 1954- April 20th, 1961, September 15th, 1963- present (CBS)
Especially during the 1950s, 60s, and 70s, newsmakers are International.
From 1969-1983, the moderator was George Herman.
SELECTIONS FROM ORIGINAL GRAY AUDOGRAPH DISC RECORDINGS, RECORDED OFF THE AIR, REPRESENTING SEVEN CONSECUTIVE DAYS OF KNXT LOS, ANGELES BROADCASTING, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 THRU 7, 1957.
These LOST CBS broadcasts represent an unprecedented one complete week, sign on to sign off, September 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1957 (130 hours on 130 8 & 1/2" diameter discs with a capacity to record 32 minutes per side (side one and side two had the potential capacity to record 64 minutes).
These discs were obtained in Los Angeles by Phil Gries, creator and owner of Archival Television Audio, Inc. in 2011. They were originally found in an establishment, located in Burbank, California, selling old records dispersing its inventory as they went out of business, a few years before.
The rarity of this type of media to record television is not known to have occured beyond a few incidents, as stated below, at any other time, which make this collection of TV Audio Airchecks, recorded on Gray Audograph discs, an amazing surviving artifact.
The sound quality varies with different broadcasts. After a period of almost three years, processing and digitizing these 130 two sided discs, there is recognition of the rarity of some of these broadcasts providing one of a kind surviving Television Audio Airchecks and are extremely desirable regardless of some of the extraneous sound artifacts heard on some of these tracks which were painstakingly processed and transferred one by one to optimize the sound quality and proper pitch.
NOTE:
To listen to a seminar Phil Gries presented at an ARSC presentation in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in 2014, about these Gray Audograph Discs...their genesis, discovery and contents, go to the ATA website www.atvaudio.com and click on ARSC which can be found within the right column on the ATA Home Page.
GRAY AUDIOGRAPH (1946 - 1976)
History:
The Gray Audograph was a dictation disc recording format introduced in 1946 by the Gray Manufacturing Company in the United States. It recorded sound by pressing grooves into soft vinyl discs, like the competing, but incompatible, SoundScriber and VoiceWriter formats.
Audiograph discs were blue thin plastic flexible discs, recorded from the inside to the outside, the opposite of conventional phonograph discs. Another difference compared to phonograph discs (78, 45, 33 & 1/2) was that the audiograph was driven by a surface-mounted wheel, meaning that its recording and playback speed decreased toward the edge of the disc (like the Compact Disc and other digital formats), to keep a more constant linear velocity and to improve playing time.
The mandatory speed variation correction requires playback on an Audograph player, which ATA possesses and has modified, allowing line out output connections, direct line, to the input of any other recording format device.
Gray Audograph discs were available in three different sizes. The 6-inch diameter disc offered 10 minutes of recording time per side, the 6 & 1/2" disc offered 15 minutes per side. The
8 & 1/2" disc, which is extant in the ATA archive, offered 30 minutes of recording per side.
ALONG WITH THE DICTABELT RECORDER, A GRAY AUDOGRAPH RECORDER MACHINE CAPTURED THE ACTUAL LIVE SOUNDS RECORDED OF GUN SHOTS AT THE TIME OF THE JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION. THESE AUDIO SOUNDS WERE USED IN THE REVIEW BY THE UNITED STATES HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ASSASSINATIONS.
THE GRAY COMPANY CEASED MANUFACTURE OF THE GRAY AUDOGRAPH RECORDER IN 1976.
The first 1960 presidential debate between Republican Vice-President Richard M. Nixon and Democratic Senator John F. Kennedy.Telecast from WBBM-TV in Chicago.
Howard K. Smith is moderator. Panelists: Sander Vanocur, Charles Warren, Stuart Novins, Robert Fleming.
1966-1971 syndicated, 1971-1999, PBS.
Firing Line was an American public affairs program hosted by William F. Buckley Jr. Its 1504 episodes over 33 years, made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host.
Humor and the Marx wit predominate as guest Groucho Marx trades ad-libs with host William F. Buckley.
1966-1971 syndicated, 1971-1999, PBS.
Firing Line was an American public affairs program hosted by William F. Buckley Jr. Its 1504 episodes over 33 years, made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host.
"Ramparts" magazine editor Robert Scheer is the guest.
1966-1971 syndicated, 1971-1999, PBS.
Firing Line was an American public affairs program hosted by William F. Buckley Jr. Its 1504 episodes over 33 years, made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host.
Host: William F. Buckley.
1966-1971, syndicated, 1971-1999, PBS.
Firing Line was an American public affairs program hosted by William F. Buckley Jr. Its 1504 episodes over 33 years, made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host.
Dethroned heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali joins host William F. Buckley Jr. for a wide-ranging talk session.
Former President Lyndon Johnson's relations with the intellectual community are discussed by William F. Buckley, Jr. and historian Eric F. Goldman, author of "The Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson" including Johnson's style as compared to President John F. Kennedy's and Vietnam's place in the American experience.
1966-1971 syndicated, 1971-1999, PBS.
Firing Line was an American public affairs program hosted by William F. Buckley Jr. Its 1504 episodes over 33 years, made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host.
Host: William F. Buckley.
Guest: Frank Mccloskey
1966-1971 Syndicated-1971-1999-PBS.
Firing Line was an American public affairs program hosted by William F. Buckley, Jr. Its 1504 episodes over 33 years, made Firing Line the longest-running public affairs show in television history with a single host.
William F. Buckley interviews Russian novelist and historian Alexander Solzhenitsyn from the United Kingdom.
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PRESERVING & ARCHIVING THE SOUND OF LOST & UNOBTAINABLE ORIGINAL TV (1946 - 1982)
ACCREDITED BY GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
"Preserving & disseminating important TV Audio Air Checks, the video considered otherwise lost."
-Library of Congress
UNIQUE in the WORLD audio air check recordings by 20-year-old Phil Gries, archiving the first, second bulletins & initial NBC TV broadcast coverage of President John F. Kennedy's assassination. Not recorded by NBC or any other resource in the country.
A&E TV SPECIAL - host Edwin Newman (11-22-1988) introduction - 25th Anniversary of JFK Assassination.
NBC TV "Lost Don Pardo Bulletins" & Lost first 3:53 TV coverage (Phil Gries unique broadcast audio recording) unable to be video tape recorded or audio tape recorded by NBC.
Phil Gries telephone interview with Don Pardo (5-14-1998).
10 minutes.
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