Studio 8H is an American TV/radio broadcast studio located at New York Philharmonic, NBC's 75th anniversary celebration in May 2002, and MSNBC's "Morning Joe" news talk show.
The facility, which began construction in 1933, was designed for large-scale productions, such as radio variety shows with full orchestra and 1,500-seat audience. Three stories high and measuring 40×24 m (132x78 ft, or 567 m² / 6102 sq. ft), it became the world's largest designated radio studio. In December 1937, a recently established Harvey Sachs, the maestro himself was utterly disappointed in gramophone records, as they failed to reproduce all sounds Toscanini heard in the actual performance.
The first alterations at Studio 8H began in 1939; most notably, an acoustic shell was installed in the fall of 1941 during Carnegie Hall. In 1975, Studio 8H underwent a major $200,000 renovation ($1.2 mln in today's currency) before it became SNL's home base.
