[BC] Weirdo dials /was/ ABC Network in the wired days

Alan Kline akline
Tue Jul 12 15:48:25 CDT 2005


I should scan a cover from an issue of "Radio and Television News" that I
have, from the late '50's.  It shows a smiling Lawrence Welk standing next
to his new Dodge (naturally) convertible, with the latest thing in mobile
audio--a turntable that would play extended LP's, at 16 2/3 RPM...

ak

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Rob Atkinson wrote:

> Oh yeah in cars and portables no FM at all.  Forgot all about the little CD
> markers on the dials.
>
> How about the big old turntables that took 2.5 revolutions to get up to
> speed?



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