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It was interesting was that I grew up in Syracuse New York back in the 1950s' and 1960's and our TV Guide also had listings for WRGB-TV. If they had GE color cameras, they must not have used them! They never posted any local color programs during the 50's and early 60's. Only Syracuse and Binghamton stations appeared to have local color film cameras and would broadcast local color film programs. No central NY station appeared to have live color cameras back then. Stations listed in the TV-Guide included all upstate NY stations.
Attached is some infromation on the GE live color cameras (pre-PE-250). The GE ad with the WRGB camera is from May 1958, the other ad for the PE-25 and PE-24 is from April 1965. The ad for KRLD is from Nov 1968 but it shows GE PE-15 or PE-25 cameras. Finally, the technical information on the GE Studio Color Camera PE-15A is from a book "TV and Film Production Data Book by Ernest M. Pittaro c. 1959.
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