The logo used by WCBS in those days dated to the mid-1950's and continued to about 1960 or so, when the "2" was redesigned to be set in Grotesque No. 9 which remained for TV graphics through 1973.
At 2:04 is a local "station break" (in those days, they lasted about 30 seconds). There was enough time for a 20 second "Spud" cigarette ad [Philip Morris had just "reintroduced" the brand in a new package and ad campaign that summer], and a local Westinghouse tie-in to a New York appliance chain, along with the station I.D....
This from the 1956 Democratic National Convention, 'drmorose', of which Westinghouse fully sponsored CBS' coverage, complete with Betty Furness as Westinghouse's spokeswoman/demonstrator (as she famously did on "WESTINGHOUSE STUDIO ONE", on Monday nights) and "special reporter" [sometimes sitting next to Walter Cronkite in the anchor booth].
Ah yes....the days when America was actually a FREE country. When the government was only afraid of communists, now they ARE becoming what they were afraid of. Advertising cigarettes! Proof of how times have changed.
The logo used by WCBS in those days dated to the mid-1950's and continued to about 1960 or so, when the "2" was redesigned to be set in Grotesque No. 9 which remained for TV graphics through 1973.
wmbrown6 6 months ago
At 2:04 is a local "station break" (in those days, they lasted about 30 seconds). There was enough time for a 20 second "Spud" cigarette ad [Philip Morris had just "reintroduced" the brand in a new package and ad campaign that summer], and a local Westinghouse tie-in to a New York appliance chain, along with the station I.D....
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
This from the 1956 Democratic National Convention, 'drmorose', of which Westinghouse fully sponsored CBS' coverage, complete with Betty Furness as Westinghouse's spokeswoman/demonstrator (as she famously did on "WESTINGHOUSE STUDIO ONE", on Monday nights) and "special reporter" [sometimes sitting next to Walter Cronkite in the anchor booth].
fromthesidelines 2 years ago
Ah yes....the days when America was actually a FREE country. When the government was only afraid of communists, now they ARE becoming what they were afraid of. Advertising cigarettes! Proof of how times have changed.
natesplaceonline 2 years ago
Nice commercials. I can't wait to smoke a spud. Isn't that another word for potato?
Just a quesation though. It's obvious that this is a political convention. Is it from 1956, or 1960?
drmorose 2 years ago
Thank you Ira - for preserving History. *****'s
newmediaformat 2 years ago