Some Notes on TV’s Response to Kennedy Assassination

A few final notes about the way television responded to the assassination of President Kennedy in November 1963. Continue Reading →

Television Broadcasts on December 7th, 1941

A look at how early commercial television stations WNBT and WCBW in New York City responded to the December 7th, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Continue Reading →

November 2013: The Month in Home Media

November saw the release of a number of DVDs relating to obscurities, including My Mother the Car, The Capture of Grizzly Adams, a Perry Como special and a two-part episode of Salvage 1. Continue Reading →

Gambit Promotional Spot

Promotional spot for CBS daytime game show Gambit. Continue Reading →

Local Connecticut Commercials Month Postscript

Local Connecticut Commercials Month ended a few days ago. It didn’t turn out exactly as I had hoped. See a list of all 30 commercials. Continue Reading →

WNBT Schedule, Week of November 30th, 1941

Schedule for NBC’s commercial station WNBT in New York City for the week starting Sunday, November 30th, 1941. Continue Reading →

Advisory: Site Loading Normally

  • December 2nd, 2013 at 9:01PM
  • Comments Off
After a month of slow load times, Television Obscurities is loading normally again. Continue Reading →

Advisory: Site Loading Slowly

  • December 1st, 2013 at 8:10AM
  • Comments Off
Television Obscurities has been slow to load for several weeks; I am working on resolving the problem. Continue Reading →