Television headquarters

30 Rockefeller Plaza, the centrepiece of the Rockefeller Centre complex, which is located in New York City's Midtown Manhattan portion, is also one of the most famous attractions in the world.

For 30 Rockefeller Plaza, it is an iconic and world-famous skyscraper made in Art Deco.

Raymond Hood designed Rockefeller Centre in 1933; this included 30 Rockefeller Plaza, whose main tenant is the Radio Corporation of America (RCA).

General Electric (GE) is the former anchor tenant of 30 Rockefeller Plaza until the mid-2010's.

Likewise, 30 Rockefeller Plaza also houses NBC's worldwide headquarters and New York studios.

In general, both RCA and GE, as well as Westinghouse, are the original corporate owners of NBC.

NBC Colour City Studios is the first television structure specially built for both the origination and the production of colour television.

The Merchandise Mart is a retail structure being located in Chicago's downtown core, once the world's largest.

Having opened its doors in 1930, the Merchandise Mart has retails and wholesale goods in Chicago.

Graham, Anderson, Probst & White designed the iconic and famous Merchandise Mart building, with Alfred P. Shaw, hailing from this firm, as its primary architect.

Marshall Field & Co. built and originally owned the Merchandise Mart, which the Kennedys later ran during the second half of the 20th century, especially 50+ years.

Beyond the retail and goods industries, the Merchandise Mart is also a former broadcast centre, having housed NBC's Chicago studios for nearly 60 years, from 1930 to 1989.

Plus, the Merchandise Mart was a testing ground for television's currently-enduring innovations.

In its television section, both the 19th and 20th floors of the Merchandise Mart housed NBC's Chicago headquarters.

The RCA Exhibition Hall, another structure located at Rockefeller Centre in New York City's Midtown Manhattan portion, is a former place depicting RCA's cutting-edge consumer electronics.

Having been described as a World's Fair for miniature electronics, the RCA Exhibition Hall, a structure being made in post-war modernism and enclosed in glass, has borderless transparency.

Plus, the RCA Exhibition Hall is a feature of this Rockefeller Centre complex, but also located directly across from the building held by the Associated Press at 50 Rockefeller Plaza.

Distant from the 50 Rock headquarers of the Associated Press (representing print journalism), the RCA Exhibition Hall represented electronic media's fluid and transparent future.

Likewise, Rockefeller Centre also housed 1 Rockefeller Plaza, which, from 1938 to 1960, served as the former base for Time Inc.

The presence of both the Associated Press and Time Inc. transformed Rockefeller Centre's scope from a strictly radio-communications complex into a centre of the radio and print media sectors.

For the public, the RCA Exhibition Hall served as their first introduction to television technology and experimental electronic colour reception.

Beyond the consumer marketing area, the high-traffic space of the RCA Exhibition Hall was likewise directly integrated eventually into NBC's broadcast infrastructure.

Due to RCA's deep connection to NBC, the RCA Exhibition Hall was a fitting choice.

One person who designed the RCA Exhibition Hall was industrial/interior designer Tom Lee, who also worked at Bonwit Teller, where he advocated his friend Salvador Dali's window displays.

Made by Tom Lee, the RCA Exhibition Hall opened its doors to the public in the early post-war era.

The Trans-Lux Building, which is located one block away from the White House (the main base for US Presidents), formerly houses NBC's headquarters in the US capital.

In its television section, the Trans-Lux Building housed WNBW from its inception until its move to the Wardman Park Hotel.

West 57th Street, which is based in New York City's Midtown Manhattan portion, houses a former milk depot/distribution centre for Sheffield Farms, opened in 1937.

In the early-1950's era, CBS purchased the Sheffield Farms milk depot being based at West 57th, which eventually transformed itself into the CBS Broadcast Centre in the mid-1960's.

For the CBS Broadcast Centre, it is one of the most advanced television facilities in the world.

Grand Central Terminal, also based in New York City's Midtown Manhattan portion, is a commuter rail terminal, also one of the world's most famous attractions, similar to 30 Rock.

Made in Beaux-Arts, Grand Central attracts tourists.

Vanderbilt Hall is an event space on Grand Central Terminal's south side; the Vanderbilt Tennis Club is named after the hall based below.

In its television section, Grand Central Terminal's 3rd floor (located above Vanderbilt Hall) housed the East Coast headquarters of CBS Television from the 1930's to the 1960's.

Besides, Grand Central's 7th floor housed one of the world's first major videotape facilities via CBS.

Madison Avenue is the first corporate headquarters for CBS from 1929 to the mid-1960's, but also the former radio centre for this network and its main news centre.

Liederkranz Hall is an early studio venue for CBS Television News before Grand Central.

The Graybar Building, which stands next to Grand Central, is likewise an early studio venue for CBS Television News.

However, in the mid-1960's, CBS consolidated its East Coast operations into West 57th.

Black Rock is the nickname for the official corporate headquarters of CBS, which doubles as the first skyscraper in New York City to be built with a concrete superstructure in the post-war era.

Eero Saarinen designed Black Rock (CBS).

Still in New York, the Kaufman Astoria Studios is also a major film and television studio location.

The Chicago Arena is a 4-story and 62,000-square-foot building being based in Chicago's Streeterville portion, built in 1924 as a horse stable, later converted into an ice rink/bowling alley.

In its television section, the Chicago Arena housed CBS' Chicago headquarters from the mid-1950's to September 2008.

North McClurg Court houses the Chicago Arena.

Alexandra Palace is a building based in Haringley in North London.

In its television section, Alexandra Palace also housed the first headquarters for television on a regular basis in the world through the BBC, lasting (except WWII and relocations) from 1936 to 1981.

Television Centre, which is based at Shepherd's Bush in London, is the BBC's former main television headquarters from 1960 to 2013, doubling as one of the world's most famous attractions

Graham Dawbarn designed the BBC Television Centre in London.

Barber-Greene Canada Ltd. has a former industrial plant based in Toronto's Don Mills portion, which opened its doors in 1954.

Designed by John A. Layng, Barber-Greene Canada's Don Mills plant has post-war modernism.

In its television section, this Don Mills industrial plant for Barber-Greene Canada also houses the main headquarters of the Global Television Network since its 1974 inception.

Enterprise Street, which is located in the Lake City Industrial Park, houses a purpose-built building for BCTV.

When its first broadcast was held in 1960, BCTV came from its temporary studio facilities, which were located at the corner of Davie and Richards Streets in downtown Vancouver.

Not long after its 1960 launch, BCTV relocated to its permanent and purpose-built studios at Enterprise Street in the Lake City Industrial Park in 1961, fully opened in 1962.

The Progressive Club is a country club based at Techwood Drive in Atlanta, Georgia.

Established in 1913, the Progressive Club is a red brick building with white columns.

In its television section, the Progressive Club houses the primary headquarters of Turner Broadcasting System, especially CNN upon its June 1, 1980 inception.

CNN Centre is the former main headquarters of CNN from the late-1980's to the mid-2020's.

For the downtown Omni International Complex, it housed The World of Sid and Marty Krofft, the first indoor theme park in the United States.

Juxtaposing indoor amusement parks with television news, CNN Centre, housed at the Omni complex, formerly focused on the urgency of television news rather than fun rides.