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I got to see and listen to the first stereophonic sound broadcast on the George Gobel Show on October 21, 1958. I was six at the time. The right channel and th
by Stratoscope 12y ago
I got to see and listen to the first stereophonic sound broadcast on the George Gobel Show on October 21, 1958. I was six at the time.
The right channel and the picture were broadcast on the local NBC TV station, the left channel on an NBC Radio station.
My dad got everything set up for the broadcast: The TV on one side of the room, the radio receiver on the other. We tuned in and waited.
And then when George walked across the set, you could hear his voice move from one side to the other. It was so cool!
- el_benhameen 12y agoThat was really interesting, thanks for sharing. I had no idea that stereo was dual-broadcast like that, but it certainly makes sense. Ingenious.
- grkvlt 12y agoInteresting. I remember before stereo audio was available on TV in the UK, there would often be concerts and similar broadcast with video on BBC 1, where you muted the audio, and listened to simultaneous stereo audio on e.g. BBC Radio 3, which was a neat hack.