CBS New York

1st Slate: (1964-1983)
Slate: A black rectangular chalk slate with labels "PROD NAME", "EPISODE", "SCENE", "RECORDING DATE" and "TAKE" in a wide white font. These labels are aligned towards the left with a slight exception of "RECORDING DATE", which is aligned left and center-towered. White borders between each label stretch out horizontally.

Countdown/ESG: Sine ESG pings at 2,000.

Variants:


 * On 1972 episodes of To Tell The Truth and What's My Line, the slate will sometimes be enlarged, and come equipped with a left-facing clapper with straight white stripes.
 * A header will sometimes be added, reading "CBS NEW YORK" in a larger font, and "RECORDING DATE", no longer center-towered, is now "REC. DATE".
 * Most or all of the slate will sometimes be covered and re-labeled all together, which became most common during the late 70's to 1983.

Availability: Common to uncommon. This slate was seen before any program originating from CBS New York, such as To Tell The Truth*, What's My Line*, the TV adaption of Love Is a Many Splendored Thing*, Pass the Buck*, and the WCBS-TV adaption of Daybreak. The alternate header variant can also be seen on Guiding Light*, Love of Life*, the second pilots of King of the Hill* and the short-lived I've Got a Secret*. This slate also appears on 60's and 70's news feeds of studio interviews on CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite*.

(*This program or at least one episode has this slate circulating online)

Editor's Note: Even though this is a chalk slate, labels and markers were always used.