[BC] Anthropomorphisms

[Ron Cole]

We used to make dub reels for all of the newscast stop sets. That reel would
run about 2 seconds delayed from the ACR-25 so when the ACR failed we could
get out of the stopset intact and hope the engineer could get the ACR
running ASAP.

Ron

On 10/26/05, Jack Antonio <JAntonio at ktvn.com> wrote:
>
> KTVN Channel 2 - 4925 Energy Way - Reno, NV 89502
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>
> 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
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> 775-858-2222
> 775-861-4298 (FAX)
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> -----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
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> Subject: Re: [BC] Anthropomorphisms
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>
>
> 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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> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 11:29:17 -0700
> >The only names I remember would not be repeatable on the
> >air...Especially that damn ACR-25!
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