NETWORK STUDIOS - NEW YORK

(Supplied by David Schwartz - revised 4/26/99)

NBC

30 Rockefeller Plaza (opened November 11,1933)

TV studios 3A-3B-3H (3K)

6A-6B

8G-8H

Radio Studios: 2C-3A-3B-3C-3D-3E-3F-3G-3H

4J-4K (news)

5A (Monitor)

6A-6B-6D

8A-8B-8C-8D-8E-8F-8G-8H

67th Street Studios-101 West 67th Street (studio A-B-C)

Ambassador Theater-215 West 49th Street

Brooklyn Studios-1252 East 14th Street (studio1-2)

Center Theater-6th Avenue at 49th Street

Century Theater-932 Seventh Avenue

Colonial Theater-1887 Broadway

Hudson Theater-141 West 44th Street

International Theater-5 Columbus Circle

New Amsterdam Roof Theater-214 West 42nd Street

Uptown Studios-105 East 106th Street (studio A-B)

Ziegfeld Theater-6th Street at 54th Street

CBS

Studios 1-9 485 Madison Ave.

Studio 21 to 28 CBS Radio Building, 49 East 52nd Street

Studio 31 & 32 485 Madison Ave.

TV Studios 1948-1964

Studio 41 to 44 Grand Central Studios, 15 Vanderbilt Avenue (3rd floor) used from the 1937 to 1964

Studio 50 (Ed Sullivan Theater) 1697 Broadway

Studio 51 (Maxine Elliott Theater) 109 West 39th Street

used by CBS 1944-1959

Studio 52 (New Yorker Theater) 254 West 54th Street

(used until 1975, became "Disco 54")

Studios 53 to 56 Liederkrantz Hall, 111 East 58th Street

(used from 1950 to 1964?)

Studio 57 (Peace Theater) 1280 Fifth Avenue

Studio 58 (Town Theater) 851 Ninth Avenue

Studio 59 (Mansfield Theater) 256 West 47th Street

Studio 60 (Lincoln Square) 1947 Broadway

Studio 61 (Monroe Theater) 1456 First Avenue

Studio 62 (Biltmore Theater) 261 West 47th Street

Studio 63-64 205 East 67th Street

(originally a DuMont studio)

Studio 65 (Hi Brown Studios) 221 West 26th Street

Studio 71 (Radio Studio 1) 485 Madison Ave.

Studio 72 (RKO 81st Street Theater) 2248 Broadway

 

TV Studios-1964 to mid 70’s

Studio 41-46 Broadcast Center

(began operation in 1964, radio on July 26; TV in November)

Studio 50 (Ed Sullivan) 1697 Broadway

Studio 51/54 (Hi Brown Studios) 221 West 26th Street

Studio 52 (New Yorker Theater) 254 West 54th Street

(used until 1975, became "Disco 54")

Studio 53 (Monroe Theater) 1456 First Ave

Studio 54 (Cort Theater)

(used for the late night Merv Griffin show)

  

TV Studios Mid 70’s-present

Studio 41-46 Broadcast Center

Studio 50 Ed Sullivan Theater

Studio 51 New York Production Center, 222 East 44th Street

Studio 52/53 Hi Brown Studios (also called Studio 51/54) unknown when numbering changed.
Studio 54 was originally a film studio.

Studio 52 402 East 76th Street (used in the 1980’s)

 

 

Radio Playhouses

CBS Radio Playhouse #1 242 West 45th Street

CBS Radio Playhouse #2 251 West 45th Street

CBS Radio Playhouse #3 1697 Broadway (became Studio 50)

CBS Radio Playhouse #4 254 West 54th Street (became Studio 52)

CBS Radio Playhouse #5 109 West 39th Street (became Studio 51)

 

 

ABC

7 West 66th Street

TV-1 & 2

TV-3 & 7

TV-A, B & C TV-A became TV-7; TV-B & C were converted to offices.

TV-11 & 12 Des Artistes, 1 West 67th Street

TV-13 & 14 7 Lincoln Square

TV-15 Elysee Theater, 202 West 58th Street

TV-16 433 West 53rd Street

TV-17 205 East 67th Street, 5th Floor (WNEW-TV) used in 1970

TV-17 The Armory, 56 West 66th Street

TV-18 & 19 101 West 67th Street

TV-23 & 24 320 West 66th Street

Vanderbilt Theater 148 West 48th Street

Colonial Theater 1887 Broadway

Little Theater 234 West 44th Street

Ritz Theater 219 West 48th Street

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