[QuadList] 15,000 hours of quad tape to be transfered

[Don Norwood]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Degan"

> On Feb 28, 2009, at 9:22 AM, Don Norwood wrote:
>
> > As far as I know from a few visits to the studio, PTL was always an
> RCA shop, starting out with a TR-22 and later having a bunch of TR-70's.
>
> I offer:
>
> I worked in Charlotte in 1977 at WRET-TV Ch 36 and visited PTL a couple of 
> times.  Yes, they were all RCA and their studio was equipped with the best 
> studio equipment in North Carolina.  I'm pretty sure they had the only 
> Chapman Crane I'd ever seen outside of New York.  I think there was an 
> issue of RCA Broadcast News with a cover story on PTL.
>
> Dennis Degan, Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
>   NBC Today Show, New York

Hi Dennis,
You are correct, there was at least one RCA Broadcast News cover of PTL. 
Visiting there was always interesting, not just for the production 
facilities, but also for the "behind the scenes" surprises like the huge 
Roman bath that they had at one of the locations.  But keeping the thread 
quad related, somewhere, I have a picture of them taking delivery of their 
first TR-22.  Like everything else, according to Jim, it was a miracle!

Incidently, we might have run into each other at 36.  I was there from time 
to time to see Jack Barr.

Don