At the north end of the North Hall hallway, the Museum of Broadcast Technology showed off two fine 1974 RCA TK-54A color cameras.
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 2 MBT's two TK-45As](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022316.jpg)
New York’s WPIX 11 used four of these cameras at Yankee Stadium until 1987, when they were “retired with gusto”. They languished in storage until recently, when MBT rescued them and was able to get two of them working using parts from all four.
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 3 TK-45A with Canon box lens](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022323.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 4 Triax? Fiber? Nope, honest-to-goodness multicore!](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022324.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 5 The CRT EVF, with channel-selection buttons and zoom meter.](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022317.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 6 The cameras needed racks of support equipment. Note the RGB parade display on the WFMs.](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022318.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 7 Shader panels, not unlike modern CCUs in design and function.](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022319.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 8 TK-45As used three 2/3" Plumbicon tubes, about $1800 each.](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022320.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 9 The photosensitive end of a Plumbicon](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022325.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 10 The power-and-signal end.](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022326.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 11 Late-70s RCA TH-50A 1’ Type C VTR](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022322.jpg)
![NAB 2019: 1974 RCA TK-45As; 1978(?) TH-50A 12 It's a rebadged Sony BVH-500A, as the "Videocorder" logo implies.](https://www.provideocoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/MBTP1022321.jpg)
Like the TK-45As, the TH-50A was in perfect working order, playing back a 1″ tape cleanly and clearly.
The MBT folks try to bring something “new” every year, and those who seek them out are never disappointed.
Disclosure: there is no material relationship between me and the Museum of Broadcast Technology, but I stuffed a $20 into their tip jar just the same.
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