1950s Station Ids

[ihmeyers]

A couple of months back I saw a query here for a loop featuring the NBC "Brought to You In Living Color" lead-in. I collect old TV programming and fortunately I had one on an old Get Smart episode from 1965 and was able to provide it.

What I have searched up and down for and can't find are some station ids from the 50s. I've got a number of network (no local ids) kinescope transfers (with commercials) but it would be great to really recreate the feel of the original broadcast with an (some) station ids. I've found a couple on Youtube or Google video but of course the quality isn't good enough for DVD. Does anyone have any I can get copied in trade for other programming?


Thanks all.

[vinljnkie]

The only early station ID that I know of is the famous KARD 3 Wichita, Kansas ID before the broadcast of An Evening with Fred Astair from 1958. This was the first program to be prerecorded and edited on color video tape. Some shows were prerecorded on color tape before this but they were recorded all the way through in one shot as if live with no editing. I stole my avitar pic from this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJMKTNYG1wA

[ihmeyers]

Thanks.

Yeah, I have seen that one. What I've got are some kinescope transfers of early 50's network programs, like the 1952 W.S. for example. It begins with the standard network intro, "Brought to you by NBC Cavalcade of Sports" What I'd like is a short DVD clip of a local ID to give it that authentic recorded locally feel. I've got a bunch of other kinescopes from CBS and Dumont, the same in that there is no local ID, just the network stuff.

I figured the local ID on DVD would be hard to come by since few local stations 'scoped anything. I do know there are some early ones available with local Baltimore and LA (rather than National) programming. Maybe I'll have to track it down that way...

[wilkes85]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMXgtp3H_ic