[BC] Comparing the audio in the Big 50's

[Jim Seaman]

Mike Erickson wrote:
 

>WNBC had been Kahn stereo.  None of the Kahn stuff was left behind as I'm told Andy Butler returned it to Leonard.  The crossovers for Gary Blau's homemade airchain did get saved (complete with "WNBC Audio >Processor" engraved in them) have been returned to Gary :)
 
It's true. WNBC was basically the flagship for Kahn AM Stereo. When I would visit 30Rock, our old suite on the 2nd floor still had "Stereo 66" on the door. I took over from Andy upon the move to 660 and we replaced the Kahn with C-QUAM.  Andy gave the components back to Leonard which I think were on loan to the station.
 
As far as Gary's air chain, I saved it from the dumpster. The system was replaced with a custom Gregg (Ogonowski) Labs processor. The audio meter bridge eventually landed at WTEM 570 (ex-WGMS), a then new sports station in the DC-area that I later built.  Gary had put a similar system into WGMS when it was still RKO owned. That system was still intact although it was replaced with an Optimod-AM 9100B.
 
Jim Seaman