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Ray Forrest on NBC newscaster Paul Alley wanting to do color commentary for a boxing game 01:46
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Paul Alley
Ray Forrest on announcing religious services and ceremonies - once with Fulton J. Sheen 00:34
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Fulton J. Sheen
Ray Forrest on working with an assistant on live TV and dealing with "mic fright" 02:43
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Announcer
Ray Forrest on working with an assistant on live TV and dealing with "mic fright" 02:43
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Hosts
Ray Forrest on early TV test cities: New Brunswick, NJ, and Newburgh, NY and early systems of TV ratings 03:40
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on recording the opening of LaGuardia airport in New York and on remote shoots 02:14
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on announcing The Brass Buttons Revue - where the NBC pages and guides would perform 00:31
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on televising pretty much anything you could take a picture of during the days of experimental television and the value of remotes; on the difficulty of parking the remote trucks 02:23
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on how many people were watching experimental television in the early days and feedback he received 03:14
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on a typical broadcast day on experimental NBC TV from 1939-1942 01:46
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Television Industry
Ray Forrest on the purpose of early TV test patterns 02:04
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Technological Innovation
Ray Forrest on attending the 1939-40 World's Fair 00:32
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: 1939-40 World's Fair
Ray Forrest on attending the 1939-40 World's Fair 00:32
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Historic Events and Social Change
Ray Forrest on using a television camera in a plane, pre-World War II, and expanding the range of the broadcast signal 02:01
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Technological Innovation
Ray Forrest on how many people were watching experimental television in the early days and feedback he received 02:22
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Fame and Celebrity
Ray Forrest on how many people were watching experimental television in the early days and feedback he received 02:22
Interview: Ray Forrest | Topic: Pop Culture
On developing his personal style as an announcer; on how television announcing differed from radio announcing; on how people would reach him at the NBC offices; on the man who ran NBC's television unit before World War II -- Alfred H. Morton -- and the people who reported to him; on the advent of television commercials; on announcing at TV's first political convention in 1940 -- the Republican convention in Philadelphia 16:50
Interview: Ray Forrest
On other TV stations doing experimental television; on the coming of commercial television and announcing the very first commercial (for Bulova) - July 1, 1941, and the first on-camera commercial; on how commercials changed television in 1941 -- until the beginning of World War II, and on some of the early sponsors; on the on-air announcement of World War II; on being drafted into the TFPL (Training Film Production Laboratory) in World War II 09:49
Interview: Ray Forrest
Ray Forrest on announcing at TV's first political convention in 1940 - the Republican convention in Philadelphia 06:05
Interview: Ray Forrest | Genre: News and Documentary
Ray Forrest on never meeting David Sarnoff in person, but knowing Robert Sarnoff 01:06
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: David Sarnoff
Ray Forrest on never meeting David Sarnoff in person, but knowing Robert Sarnoff 01:06
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Robert Sarnoff
Ray Forrest on on the man who ran NBC's television unit before World War II -- Alfred H. Morton -- and the people who reported to him 01:46
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Alfred H. Morton
Ray Forrest on on the man who ran NBC's television unit before World War II -- Alfred H. Morton -- and the people who reported to him 01:46
Interview: Ray Forrest | Person: Warren Wade
Ray Forrest on developing his personal style as an announcer, and on how television announcing differed from radio announcing 03:42
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Announcer
Ray Forrest on developing his personal style as an announcer, and on how television announcing differed from radio announcing 03:42
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Hosts
Ray Forrest on the importance of likeability in television success 00:46
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Announcer
Ray Forrest on the importance of likeability in television success 00:46
Interview: Ray Forrest | Profession: Hosts