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

Mark Durenberger Mark4
Wed Jul 13 15:36:58 CDT 2005


At WCCO we switched between two 16-inch RCA tone arms; one with the stereo stylus 
and the other with a 3-mil mono stylus for playing the "ETs".  (Until approx 1976, 
ALL commercials, promos, themes etc were cut on 33 1/3 acetate, using a cold 
stylus.)

Mark Durenberger


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Alexander" <dynotherm at earthlink.net>

> All the RCA's I knew had the speed adapter kits and light weight tone
> arms with the little red, green and blue plug-in cartridges about the
> size of a postage stamp. Those were easy to work with because you could
> see the stylus at the front - - 



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