tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post7479166235032588256..comments2024-03-17T18:19:49.076-04:00Comments on It's About TV: New Year's Eve, 1965Mitchell Hadleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08695771505209080030noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-87979316101319056742012-01-04T22:03:32.234-05:002012-01-04T22:03:32.234-05:00Thanks for the info, Sean. Interesting to think o...Thanks for the info, Sean. Interesting to think of Ben Grauer in the color era!Mitchell Hadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06734528406767193852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6042603612494762084.post-11572991241927978812012-01-03T11:24:59.814-05:002012-01-03T11:24:59.814-05:00Yep, it was Ben Grauer who, frankly, I hadn't ...Yep, it was Ben Grauer who, frankly, I hadn't realized was such a fixture at NBC's three classic networks (Red, Blue, and Television.)<br /><br />Perusing YouTube a bit more, you can find him hosting a 1949 broadcast celebrating WNBT New York's tenth anniversary (they included their experimental years as W2XBS in the calculation.) As one of the commenters on the vides points out, it's an anniversary show from the days before television history was really even written.<br /><br />Grauer apparently retired from NBC in 1972, but found himself in Times Square on New Years' Eve 1976/1977 on CBS, handling the chores for Guy Lombardo's broadcast (the final one for both.)Sean Carolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05659106864050710305noreply@blogger.com