[QuadList] Cronkite's first half-hour newscast... count the tape roll ins

[Dennis Degan]

		On Jul 19, 2009, at 6:30 PM, dcfwtx at aol.com wrote:

 > Dennis might be able to confirm this, but when the TK 44's finally 
came to 30 Rock or Brooklyn, News appeared to get them last. They 
seemed to be on the TK 41's later than other production studios.

		I reply:

	When I came to NBC NY in 1978, all the cameras were TK44's.  But in 
speaking with many of the older-timers (older than me) back then, it 
was mentioned (and has been confirmed elsewhere) that NBC did not 
upgrade their TK-41's with new TK-42/43's because those cameras were 
generally considered to be dogs.  So they held onto the -41's until a 
suitable replacement became available, which turned out to be the 
TK-44.
	I am not aware of any particular studio being last to be outfitted 
with TK-44's but certainly they did not replace all the TK-41's at 
once.  There must have been a 'last studio' to have TK-41's at 30 Rock 
but I cannot confirm which studio that was.  As I mentioned, by the 
time I arrived, they were all TK-44's.

			Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
	  					NBC Today Show, New York