Take the music to the background.

Open the announce mic and announ Youve been listening to Joanna Harris.

The artist in residence at Chatham college.

Next, Mrs.

Harris will present another program from 18th and 20th century music.

Music up.

Music hour.

Open the announce mic.

Give an ID, announcer.

This is WQED channel 13 Pittsburgh, the nation's first community television station.

Congratulations, Mrs.

Harris, on your usual beautiful performance.

Thank you, Mr.

Manager.

I was interested in the comment you made during the program about the great font of music there is to be heard, and, I was just thinking how fortunate we are to have you here in Pittsburgh and at Chatham College and at WQED to interpret so much of it for us.

Well, you're very kind.

It's a good place to be.

Both Pittsburgh, Chatham and Q.E.D.. I have lots of friends at each place, and I'm very glad to do whatever I can find.

Fine.

I was wondering what the reactions you have to your series.

Very warm ones.

I have a lot of letters.

We have a series running I'm going to scope in the Wes and the one on the East coast, and they act in their letter as though I were an old friend who came in just to play a tune for them.

And I think it's healthy.

Good.

And it's also interesting because it sounds as though, your viewers are just more than students of music.

And those whose specialty is that - Thats right.

- From the music.

Thats true.

You said something about a series running on the West Coast and in New England.

And where was that series made?

WQED Pittsburgh.

Wonderful.

Well, WQED is fortunate to have you, and we're going to look forward to the rest of this series.

Thank you very kindly.

Goodbye.

- Goodbye.

The program of 18th and 20th century music is provided weekl by Johanna Harris here at WQED.

It's just one of a variety of kinds of programing we offer for you to serve the needs of our community.

We have the informative programs, those of a cultural and high entertainment value, and then our programs more directly concerned with education for adults and for students in elementary, high school and college.

Now, in orde to bring these programs to you, WQED is on the ai approximately 80 hours a week.

And of this 80 hours, 26 hours is devoted to live programing.

We're able to do thi because we draw upon the assets and the resources of our community.

And I wonder the many numbers of times that you have viewed programs over channel 13.

If you've ever wondered exactly how it's done, this is what we want to show you.

So first I want to introduce to you one of our cameramen.

This cameraman is Art Roslyn.

This is an important position, for he must focus his camera and keep it steady.

It's quite a large one, isn't it?

But it has a lot of maneuverability because it's mounted on a dolly.

This means that the camera has legs with wheels.

Thus permitting the cameraman to move the camera forward.

And backward.

And to the right.

And to the left.

He can also tilt the camera up.

And down.

And sideways.

This camera, and all of them, has four lenses.

Quite differen from your small snapshot camera.

Each lens takes a particular kind of picture.

Now the lenses are mounted on a turret which rotates.

You never see thi rotating on a television show.

But we're going to let you see how it operates now.

As the cameraman turns to the first lens, it takes a close up shot of a camera.

And he rotates it to another lens, which shows still more of the camera.

Rotating again.

And this time we see the camera and the cameraman.

And the fourth lens gives us an even wider shot.

Well, now, of course, you know that we have another cameraman on the show and more than one camera.

And I would like to introduce this cameraman.

This is John Murphy.

This is a different kind of camera in that it is mounted on a pedestal.

Now, this enables him to raise his camera.

And to lower it.

This is no mean feat because this camera is quite heavy.

You've often wondered, perhaps, how a cameraman knows what picture he's taking.

Well, at the rear of his camera, he has a viewfinder.

He looks into the viewfinder and sees his picture.

It's protected by a hood to keep out the light of the studio.

And as he presses his face close to the viewfinder, he sees this picture of a set.

And this is our TTD set - television, teaching, demonstration.

In this set, a world first took place all back in the fall of 1955, when, for the very first time anywhere, fifth grade youngsters in their classrooms began to receive daily instruction over television.

Right here.

In this set.

While this set has been very functional and we are still providing instruction for students in elementary and high school from this set.

All the walls are quite sturdy.

And to get this set to be functional, it first had to be designed and then constructed right here at our station.

Another very important aspect of a set is the lighting.

You know how important lighting is when you take a a snapshot with your camera.

The lighting is very important for lighting up a television set.

We have baby spots which light a particular area.

And then there are strips and borders which light a certain other areas.

And then there are the large scoops which light general areas.

Lighting is very important for every set has its own particular lighting and the lighting must be adjusted before each program.

This takes quite a bit of time.

In fact, lighting is so important that there's one person who uses a light meter to read the amount of light that is being used.

Just as you might take a ligh reading before taking a picture with your camera.

There is something, however, on every set that you may never see.

And this is a microphone.

And you can probably guess right now just where the microphone is.

Yes, just above my head.

This is a boom microphone.

And that's because it extends from the end of a boom or a long pole.

And I would like you to meet the boom operator.

This is Max Goldman.

His is a very important position, for he must be alert, constantly watching and listening so that the boom is in the right place.

Otherwise you won't be able to hear the sound.

By turning a crank, he can raise the boom.

And lower it.

He can extend it.

And retract it.

And he can also turn it from side to side.

Well, this is one kind of a microphone that we use in the studio.

There are other kinds.

There's the table stand and the floor stand.

And then there is the hidden microphone.

We never reveal where our hidden microphones are.

Well, the studio A, in which we are at the moment has more than the one set.

Because of its size, it permits us to have several sets up at one time.

This is another set.

You're probably familiar with it.

I'm sure you've seen it many times on the program Operation Understanding.

This is one of our informative programs for adults.

This set likewise had to be designed constructed here at the studios.

Props are used on many of our sets.

These must be procured, set up and then returned for every program.

And this is no mean feat in itself.

So studio A permits us, because of its size, to have different sets.

At the far end of studio A is studio B. Yes.

We have two stations here at WQED.

And studio B is another studio from which we can televise many of our programs.

We're glad to have it because it permits us to televise in one studio while we may be rehearsing in another.

And then, of course, we have something that every good station could not do without.

And that is a kitchen set.

Yes.

And it's quite a functional kitchen set at that.

It really works.

Double sink.

And then the regular range.

And nothing but the latest features.

A wall oven.

And of course, we do have the traditional refrigerator.

And it really works.

I suppose children as well as adults enjoy cooking programs and we use this set for those very purposes.

Even on our general science program.

This set is used for instruction.

And I'm sure you've seen it many times on phases of the Children's Corner program.

So a kitchen set is one that we couldn't do without.

Now I want you to meet another very important person in a television studio, and that is the floor manager.

I would like you to meet our floor manager right now.

This is Sam Francis.

It is his responsibility to see that everything goes as it should when the program is on the air.

To see that everything in the studio is working properly.

He gives signals.

He gives a signal for the program to begin.

Now, if you happen to be going too slow you get this kind of a signal.

And if you happen to go too fast, this is what you get.

And there's always the inevitable sign off.

There's no missing that.

Now, do you notice that Sam is wearing a headset?

He receives his instructions from the director, who is not in the studio.

He receives the instructions by way of this headset which permits him to hear them.

And he can also speak back to the director.

These of course are sounds tha you never hear during a program.

And did you notic that all the men you met so far were wearing headsets?

Well, I said tha a director is not in the studio.

No, he is in the control room, which is an area adjacent to the large studio.

It has large glass windows, permitting the director to look out into the studio and see what is going on.

No one is ever permitted into the control room other than three people.

And we want you to meet.

But of course, you're our special guest.

And we're taking you into the control room right now.

First, I would like you to meet the announcer, Ted Nielsen.

He sits alone in a glass enclosed booth.

And you notice that he too, is wearing a headset so that he can receive cues from the director.

He makes announcements by way of this table microphone that sound like this.

This is WQED channel 13, serving metropolitan Pittsburgh and the surrounding ten county area.

That voice of Ted must surely be familiar to you, for he announces at WQED.

And like many other persons here, doubles up on jobs, for Ted is likewise a producer director.

Immediately beside the announcer's booth is the rest of the control room.

In here, seated in front of the audio console is the audio Man.

I would like t introduce him to you this time.

This is Joe Belliote.

He is responsible for all the sound that comes out over the air.

He regulates the volume.

And now, as he plays a record for you, you will have the opportunity to see and hear just how he regulates sound.

Did you notice he was turning some knobs there at the audio console?

Well, they really have quite a fancy name.

They're called potentiometers, but the fellas here call them putz for short.

And now I want you to meet the person who is directly responsibl for the program as it comes out.

Quite a responsibility.

And then he decides which picture you see.

He's going to give some directions now.

Just listen.

Standby Camera one.

Taking camera one.

Camera two, give me a close up on the director.

A 90 will do.

Steady two.

Camera one give me a 90 on Miss Nardozza and the regular set.

Queue Ms.

Nardozza over to the regular set please.

Camera three - Standby on the monitors.

Camera three, on the monitors, please stand by, three.

Taking camera three.

Zoom in slowly on the first three monitors.

Pan to the switcher.

Camera four, pan right to the switcher.

Standby camera two on the switcher.

Taking camera two.

Standby to queue Ms.

Nardozza, open Nardozzas mic.

Queue Nardozza.

I just had the director use his headset and spoke to the cameramen on the floor, giving them directions.

Then he pushed button and you saw the picture.

He controls the film in exactly the same way.

Immediately beside the control room is the projection room.

And here all the film that is going to be shown is threaded on the projector.

When it's all ready, the director pushes a button and the film starts.

And then they thought they had him, but he climbed down on to the side and so they couldn't find him.

He ran 14 miles in 15 days and never looked behind him.

You see if you can, if you can accept that, you can accept anything.

Any poet says.

He ran 14 miles in 15 days.

That is, he ran 14/15 of a mile a day.

See the kind of mathematics were interested in.

Poetic mathematics.

Now, when you - as you go on and in school, you'll have poetry make too much of a mystery.

Although I sometime think it isn't such a mystery.

It's all just like that.

It's some sort of make believe that's got some sort of truth in it.

But it's got a quality o something of make believe in it.

I'd like to say it this way.

It's making believe what's really true.

Did you recognize that as an excerpt from one of the series done by the great American poet Robert Frost?

Done especially for WQED as part of our Heritage Series.

This is a series of programs wherein we try to bring the great people of today to you.

Now, there is one other person who is responsible for the entire program before it goes on the air.

And this is the producer.

Just as in the movies and in the theater, there is a producer.

Every television program has one.

And it's the function of the producer to see that all the parts of the program fit together, just as the parts of a jigsaw puzzle must fit together.

And all this before the program even goes into rehearsal.

I would like you to meet the producer of this program and of our television teaching demonstration.

Ms.

Rhea Sikes.

And now you have met some of the wonderfully talented and skilled people that we have here at WQED to bring you our various programs.

We're sorry that we have been unabl to introduce you to all of those who work here regularly on channel 13 to make it to your community station.

Oh, there are engineers, artists, printers, copywriters, typists, those in the mailing and publicity departments, those in programing.

There's the receptionist, the maintenance workers, and the many loyal volunteers, all under the general management of Mr.

John F. White.

Well, now I see that our manager is giving me a signal that means our progra has just about come to an end.

But we don't want to say goodbye before we tell you that station WQED is located in the Oakland district in the heart of the civic Center of Pittsburgh.

There's a sign on our front door which reads, “Please come in.” We want you to do this.

For this is your television station.

Conducting you o this tour of the studios of WQED has been your hostess, Ms.

Stella Nardozza.

The director has been Sam Silberman.

The producer, Ms.

Rhea Sikes.

This has been a presentation of the nation's first community television station.

This is WQED, channel 13, Pittsburgh.