Jan McL Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 Still taken from the first airing of the "Today Show" January 1952 on Hulu here: Hulu - NBC News Time Capsule: The First Today Show: January 14, 1952 Now that -- THAT -- is a lav microphone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Wexler Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 I loved watching that video of The Today Show. I actually remember watching the show on that day in 1952 (yes, I'm that old). I guess the microphone could technically be called a lavaliere (from Wikipedia: A lavalier is named for the type of pendant popularized by the Duchesse de la Vallière) but fortunately someone had a better idea soon after and lavaliere microphones got a lot smaller, didn't have to use a frame slung around the neck to support it. I believe the microphone is actually a standard reporters handheld mic with a neck worn bracket attached. - Jeff Wexler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted June 5, 2010 Report Share Posted June 5, 2010 I used to know the model of that mic Dave Garroway is wearing. I believe it's an Electro-Voice something, I can't recall because I'm older than kid who said he saw the show when he was 5yo. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 I'm a little too young to remember Dave Garroway very clearly, but I do remember clips of him, how he always intro'd his shows by saying, "how do! Dave Garroway here." Those gigantic lavs back then were monstrous. When I started working in TV in the early 1970s, I was part of the crew that got rid of the original half-pound RCA dynamic lavs and went to the Sony ECM-50's. Aside from the problem of battery life, they had the benefit of what sounded like another 5kHz more high-end response -- I was floored by how much better they sounded. God help you when the battery failed on air, though. I can recall when that happened to Walter Cronkite live on CBS, and from the next night onwards, he always wore two lavs. I think this would've been like 1975 or 1976, and it's been S.O.P. ever since for all big-time newscasts. By gum, Dave Garroway's lav was ginormous, but I bet it never failed on-air. :-) --Marc W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 " he always intro'd his shows by saying, "how do! Dave Garroway here." " and ended his shows saying: "Peace" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 one of the things I notice about this early hands free mic is that unlike a mic hung around a neck on a lavalier, this one got the mic away from the wearer's body (chest), out from under the chin, and into a better sounding place! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 hulu - strange... after making me see their commercial the site puts me on hold... for a long long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rich Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 got the same as Vin. suspect its a regional thing. like not being in the States. least the ads play regardless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfvid Posted June 25, 2010 Report Share Posted June 25, 2010 just think 23 years FOR THE VIETNAMESE TO GET THEIR COUNTRY BACK ( with russian high tech help) will we even be alive when the iraquis and afgahns get their place back?? and of course Pepsi Cola is well dug in in Vietnam today - and it's a capitalist economy selling oil to China - their other arch enemy. History does move slowly despite of idiotic silver tongued generals playing round robin. HA ! w. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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