The show was live to the west coast affiliates. That show was also kinescoped and sent back east for presentation to the east and midwest two weeks later since shipping film was the only way to get material between the two coasts as keca1430 points out below.
@Indygoguy Most variety shows were basically Vaudeville shows on TV. They kept it alive for many years after Vaudeville itself died. I would love to see a revival of variety shows on TV, but I don't think it will ever happen.
This was one of the early CBS TV shows that was produced at KTTV-channel 11 in Los Angeles, before CBS constructed their own production facility, CBS Television City in the Fairfax District of L.A. As the first CBS-TV affiliate in Los Angeles, KTTV was owned by the Los Angeles Times (51%) and CBS (49%), until CBS bought channel 2, KTSL in January of 1951, and changed the call letters to KNXT, now KCBS-TV. Another early CBS show that originated at KTTV was The Alan Young Show, '49-'50.
Your TV station info is accurate, however, origination of the the Ed Wynn Show originated from Columbia Square in Hollywood where the CBS network had converted Radio Studio A for television. KTTV was not involved with the network shows at that point.
Because there were no "coaxial cables" linking both coasts of the U.S. to enable "coast-to-coast" live transmissions in 1949 {this wouldn't happen until September 1951}, "THE ED WYNN SHOW" had to be "kinescoped" [special 16mm cameras recorded the live images from a monitor] for rebroadcast to the East Coast, a week after the live shows aired in the West. His sponsor during the first half of the season was Speidel Watchbands; at the start of January 1950, it was R.J. Reynolds [Camel].
The show was live to the west coast affiliates. That show was also kinescoped and sent back east for presentation to the east and midwest two weeks later since shipping film was the only way to get material between the two coasts as keca1430 points out below.
hidefgeek 8 months ago
One can see the influence of Vaudeville. This is basically a Vaudeville show on tv.
Indygoguy 1 year ago
@Indygoguy Most variety shows were basically Vaudeville shows on TV. They kept it alive for many years after Vaudeville itself died. I would love to see a revival of variety shows on TV, but I don't think it will ever happen.
mclarke825 1 year ago
This was one of the early CBS TV shows that was produced at KTTV-channel 11 in Los Angeles, before CBS constructed their own production facility, CBS Television City in the Fairfax District of L.A. As the first CBS-TV affiliate in Los Angeles, KTTV was owned by the Los Angeles Times (51%) and CBS (49%), until CBS bought channel 2, KTSL in January of 1951, and changed the call letters to KNXT, now KCBS-TV. Another early CBS show that originated at KTTV was The Alan Young Show, '49-'50.
keca1430 1 year ago
Your TV station info is accurate, however, origination of the the Ed Wynn Show originated from Columbia Square in Hollywood where the CBS network had converted Radio Studio A for television. KTTV was not involved with the network shows at that point.
hidefgeek 8 months ago
Dear lord.. so Ed Wynn is what the Laughingstock from Candle Cove sounded like. Makes it even more terrifying.
ZohnnyCage 1 year ago
Because there were no "coaxial cables" linking both coasts of the U.S. to enable "coast-to-coast" live transmissions in 1949 {this wouldn't happen until September 1951}, "THE ED WYNN SHOW" had to be "kinescoped" [special 16mm cameras recorded the live images from a monitor] for rebroadcast to the East Coast, a week after the live shows aired in the West. His sponsor during the first half of the season was Speidel Watchbands; at the start of January 1950, it was R.J. Reynolds [Camel].
fromthesidelines 2 years ago