[BC] Transmitter Readings every 30 Minutes

[Charles Ring]

I don't think an Ampex 350 could handle 3 inch reels properly. One local 
station (WFAR) still had 5-6 stripped-down PT-6's in racks through the 
70's but had cart machines that got most of the use. The right reels to 
use for individual spots before carts were 5 inch reels with wide hubs.

On 4/10/2010 11:56, Glen Kippel wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Dale Adkins<adkins at gotblip.com>  wrote:
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>> Some of you young whippersnappers might not know that there were radio
>> stations before "cart machines".. When I was at KLIN we had "state of the
>> art"
>> Ampex 350's on which we ran commercials using 3-inch reels.
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> That would seem to be a bit of overkill.  My first station had Magnecord PT-6's, and the next had Ampex 600 and a Roberts unit, siminar to the 600 but Japanese.  The next had ATC carts.  I visited one station where the jocks would manually stop the cart after the spot was over and then insert a new cart and hit Start to cue it.  I guess they didn't really grasp the concept.
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