[QuadList] NBC, ABC Retirees Assn in NYC or Bur/LA??/TK-44's at NBC-NYC

[Ted Langdell]

Hi, Dennis and David

Is there an NBC retired engineers or retirees  group on either/both  
coasts like the NYC CBSretirees.com and LA CBSretirees.org?

Or a similar association of ABC employees?

Ted


On Jul 20, 2009, at 1:50 PM, Dennis Degan wrote:

>
> 		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
>

Ted Langdell
Secretary