[BC] Anthropomorphisms

[Jack Antonio]

KTVN Channel 2 - 4925 Energy Way - Reno, NV 89502
775-858-2222 - Fax 775-861-4298


We were an RCA house up until the mid 80s, my impression of RCA
VTRs compared to Ampex, was that the RCAs broke more often, but were
easier to fix than the Ampex machines at our competitors.

We had a TCR-100 for about 10 years 77 to 87. It absolutely needed about
4 to 5 hours a week of dedicated downtime for maintenance. And it still
required one or two bouts of emergency maintenance a week. We had the
Sunday op make a dub reel for Monday morning, and pulled our PM on it then.

As far as a nickname, we never gave it one. I had heard that some places
called it "The Tractor".


Jack Antonio
KTVN
4925 Energy Way
Reno, Nevada 89502

775-858-2222
775-861-4298 (FAX) 

-----Original Message-----
From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Mark Garrett
Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 6:52 AM
To: broadcast at radiolists.net
Subject: Re: [BC] Anthropomorphisms



   I  used to work at a TV station that had an ACR 25.  We called it Jaws
   because  it  liked  to  eat tape.  Really would take a bite out of the
   breaks  when it did that.  It also would at times not see the SOT hole
   and  unreal the tape off the hub.  Even with alll of it's problems, it
   still  worked better than it's RCA counterpart at a sister station.  I
   believe they called their machine Cart-a-Sauris.
   Mark Garrett, KA9SZX
   ka9szx at hotmail.com
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     >The only names I remember would not be repeatable on the
     >air...Especially that damn ACR-25!
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