[BC] Why FM took off in the 70 s

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/31/2005 5:29:57 AM Central Standard Time,  
hykker at grolen.com writes:

Did I  miss something, or were there NO faders on the console?  It looked  
like just switches.  Since all elements were on cart, were all levels  
pre-set?  Given the reliability (lack of) of cart machines of that  era, it 
must have been a maintenance nightmare.  Were there any other  stations that 
played music from carts that early?  I don't remember  ever seeing it until 
the early 70s.



KXOL,  top 40 in Ft. Worth used cartridges for music beginning in the  early 
'60's with Collins(ATC) machine even has a box of sharpened pencils to  
ocassionally shove under a dirty cart during a music selection to squew the tape  
when oxide build-up on the old style heads.
 
    When they moved to "Sound City Studios"  I  don't be;ieve they had a 
turntable in their studios (1967)  If they did it  was under a cover.
 
Dave