Walter Balderson
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Emmy Award-winner Walter Balderson in 2016
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| Born |
September 19, 1926 Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| Residence | Clearwater, Florida |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Alma mater | Central Technical Institute |
| Occupation | video engineer and editor |
| Years active | 1949–1984 |
| Employer | NBC |
| Known for | Emmy Award |
| Parent(s) | Ella and Cleveland Balderson |
Walter Balderson (born September 19, 1926) is an American television editor and video engineer, who participated in the advent of color television beginning in the early 1950s and later was one of the first editors to use videotape for instant replay on network television sports events. Nominated for three Emmys during his 35-year career with NBC (1949–1984), Balderson won an Emmy in 1977 for "Outstanding Individual Achievement", in recognition of his work on NBC's The First 50 Years special program.
Born near Montross, Virginia, in 1926 as the youngest of nine children, Balderson attended Washington and Lee High School there until 1944, when he joined the Navy during World War II. After serving aboard the destroyer USS George K. MacKenzie in 1945–1946, he studied radio and television engineering at Central Technical Institute in Kansas City, Missouri.
Balderson began his broadcasting career in 1949 as an engineer with NBC owned-and-operated radio station WRC-AM in Washington, D. C. Desiring to be a part of the nascent television industry at the network level, he moved in 1950 to NBC's New York City headquarters studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza to work as an engineer and cameraman, spanning news, entertainment, and sports programming.
In addition to such New York-originated live entertainment shows of the period as Milton Berle's Texaco Star Theater, Balderson covered news events such as the inauguration of Dwight D. Eisenhower as President of the U.S. in 1953, and was selected to be the sole pool cameraman inside the White House for Ike's meeting with outgoing President Harry S. Truman on Inauguration Day. Balderson later recalled the occasion in a newspaper interview: "I think this was probably my greatest thrill. I was feeding pictures to NBC, CBS, ABC. The only thing that concerned me was that something might happen to the camera. "
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