[BC] Why FM took off in the 70 s

[Robert Meuser]

As far as I know WABC as a Top 40 station always worked with the 
announcer and engineer in the same room facing each other. The time I 
first visited, they were still in old radio theater studios where the 
old drams were produced. They had two desks facing each other in a room 
that was nearly the size of a TV studio and nearly 2 floor high. There 
was actually a 'real' control room that over looked the space and dated 
back to the time of those dramas.

Here are some links to some of the various configurations they had over 
the years.

R


http://www.musicradio77.com/oldstudio.html

http://www.musicradio77.com/gates.html

http://www.musicradio77.com/avirtual.html

http://www.musicradio77.com/bill.html

Rob Atkinson wrote:

> thanks Dave; very interesting. I dimly recall seeing somewhere, b&w 
> newsreel type footage of a dj at WABC doing his patter while another 
> guy on a swivel stool pulled carts from a surround rack and put them 
> in machines. They were both wearing suits with skinny ties and had 
> hair that had been combed with bryl cream so it must have been early 60s.
>
> rob atkinson
>
>
> From: DHultsman5 at aol.com
> Reply-To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> To: broadcast at radiolists.net
> Subject: Re: [BC] Why FM took off in the 70 s
> Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:57:24 EDT
>
>
> In a message dated 10/25/2005 11:02:39 AM Central Standard Time,
> richwood at pobox.com writes:
>
> ------ At 09:34 AM 10/25/2005, Rob Atkinson wrote: -------
>
> >I recall CFL had a bit of reverb on their mics. I once was told
> >that they upped the speed on their turntables a wee bit. maybe all
> >that was common practice.
>
>
>
> if you a speaking of WCFL. In their days as a rocker all music was on
> cartridge. The carts may have been recorded on +3% turntables.
>
> Some older folks can explain the music playing from turntables in Chicago
> and the old AFM rules. Cartridge machines allowed the elimination of a
> seperate union AFM guy from cueing and playing all the records.
>
> At an NAB in Chicago, I visited WLS and it took three people to run a 
> show,
> the engineer in the control room, the real "Disc Jockey" was and AFM guy
> running two turntables in the studio with the announcer, and the 
> announcer.
> This was back in the dark ages. I think only Chicago and NY were still 
> under
> this type of contract.
>
> Dave
>
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