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November 2007
Boston's WHDH-TV, Channel 5, Colorcasts Red Sox Baseball .... Day and Night
.
Four TK-43's
have summertime assignments at Fenway Park
Game coverage is handled by three with the fourth as a spare
Colorcasting at
WHDH-TV dates back the stations on air date of November 1957. From the
very beginning
all locally originated programs were televised in color. A complete
compliment of color equipment was
installed which included live cameras. film chains and tape recorders.
Studio A, home to Bozo
the Clown and Romper Room, is still using the original TK-41's,
modified over the years.
Studio B utilizes two new TK-42's. News, Weather, Sports and local
commercial productions originate here.
The station
received the TK-43 color cameras on April 1, 1967. and colorcast the season
opener on April 11.
Camera locations are; on a ramp suspended from the top tier of seats along the
first base line, the second in the
press box behind home plate. The third is in a ground level
enclosure in center field.
1967 Red Sox: The Impossible Dream
Text and photos from RCA Broadcast News, Volume 135, August 1967
