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

Al Stewart stewarta
Wed Jul 13 18:06:56 CDT 2005


------ At 03:42 PM 07/13/2005 -0700, Barry Mishkind wrote: -------
  

>At 02:05 PM 7/13/2005, Al Stewart wrote
>>That late? 1976. By 1964, or before, we were using Carts and reel-to-reel tape. A few commercials and public service announcements came in on disc of some kind.
>>Al
>
>        Al, when I went to work for KFI
>        in 1970, I was told they only
>        had installed their first cart
>        machines in 1968.  The LA Times
>        ad was still being delivered on
>        acetate each afternoon...
>
>        barry

I guess we didn't do too bad for a little 250 watter then. We just had the one machine ... Tapecaster or something like that. I know it was 1964, because I left that station in 1965. I had the fun job of transferring commercials and promos etc. to the carts.

Al

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Al Stewart
stewarta at kootenay.com
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