The transmitter and the Supervisor's desk.

Worthington Miner, left, directing. Notice the huge number of fluorescent lights directly over the set

Courtesy of Steve Dichter 

The control room in 1941 control room, with pioneer CBS director Worthington Miner, center, at the microphone

Courtesy of Steve Dichter

Courtesy of John Pinckney

Program schedule for Jan. 29, 1942

Television programs of the Columbia Broadcasting System go on the air Thursdays over WCBW on channel 2. Test patterns from 7:30 to 8 o'clock are followed by films until 10 P.M. This schedule will be continued indefinitely, according to director Worthington Miner, as long as the available materials and manpower hold out. Technical manpower shortages, he said, are the most pressing need and will determine WCBW's future.

For those who have home television receivers not in operating condition, the service outlook is "something less than bright." Skilled men are not available to "fix" ailing sets; neither are replacement materials. It is therefore estimated that the 1,000 to 2,000 receivers now inoperative in this area are likely to remain so indefinitely. This is the only "bad" news current in television circles.

New York Times, October 17, 1943

CBS studio, 1944

CBS studio, 1944