Background
Fred Bechly was born in Watseka, Illinois, United States of America, to Edward Bechly (1874–1945) and Ferne Smiley (1887–1968).
Fred Bechly was born in Watseka, Illinois, United States of America, to Edward Bechly (1874–1945) and Ferne Smiley (1887–1968).
In 1944, Bechly graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
Fred Bechly began his career at Radio Corporation of America Corporation in Camden, New Jersey in 1944, and he worked there for 40 years in the field of color television broadcasting. Bechly was recognized early in his career, along with engineer H.J. Benzuly, for development of the Tri-color Kinescope Monitor. This development offered significant advantage over the Radio Corporation of America prior technology that used three kinescopes which combined three images using a mirror system to produce a single color picture.
The Radio Corporation of America "mirror system" had been judged inferior to the Columbia Broadcasting System "mechanical method" by the Federal Communications Commission.
The new Tri-color Kinescope technology was considered to be the Radio Corporation of America "secret weapon" versus competitor Columbia Broadcasting System during establishment of the NTSC standard for color television by the United States. Federal Communications Commission in 1953. Radio Corporation of America assigned model Michigan-40206 as the prototype.
Radio Corporation of America ultimately prevailed on the NTSC standard. The Tri-color Kinescope Monitor was then commercialized to become the Radio Corporation of America TM-10A Color Monitor, which was the prototype for subsequent versions of the cathode ray tube color monitor in common use thereafter.
Fred Bechly was granted two United States patents, that were important to the field of color television broadcasting, as an employee of the Radio Corporation of America Corporation.
United States. Patent # 2,874,212 was granted February 17, 1959 for Generation of Color Images from Monochrome Television Signals. This technology was applied commercially with the Radio Corporation of America Color Synthesizer program United States. Patent # 3,893,168 was granted July 1, 1975 for Technique for Minimizing Interference in Video Recorder Reproducer Systems.
Jing Jue Young was co-applicant for this patent.
This technology was applied commercially with the Radio Corporation of America TR-600 program Mr. Bechly began work on a third patent for Tracking Head in support of the technology associated with the TR-800 project, but the rapid pace of technical advancement in video recording equipment at that time eclipsed the need for patent protection on the project
The Emmy Award was a combination of several nominations described as "Industry-wide improvement of editing of Video Tape as exemplified by American Broadcasting Company – Columbia Broadcasting System – National Broadcasting Company".
As a student, Bechly was a member of Triangle Fraternity, and the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. Bechly was confirmed as a Life Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers). Fred Bechly was a member of the Radio Corporation of America Corporation team that was nominated for the 1958-1959 award of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Development of Color Video Tape.
