[QuadList] Blanking Issues

Sat Feb 6 11:43:51 CST 2010

Kyle

I found that there were  a few that understand.  I would take the time to explain to anyone that asked why we did things and how to get the best quality.  There were just  a handful that I would consider hiring for anything beyond button pushers.  It is unfortunate that the quality of the hiring is where it started and then the managers were not interested in educating the workers.  It started at the top and worked its way down.

Chris Hill
WA9IGN

-----Original Message-----
From: kylebook at aol.com
To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
Sent: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 11:49 pm
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Blanking Issues

Chris,

There are some of us on this list who realized the future lay in more than "button pushing", and low salaried jobs and left the broadcast profession to pursue more challenging professions in the 80s after stints threading Ampex VR-1100s, feeding TCR-100s, striping time code on tapes, and threading 16mm film projectors.  

Your posts on this list are deeply informative, and I truly wish that a quarter century ago I had an opportunity to work on quad machines with someone of your knowledge.  Unfortunately, some of us ran into a solid wall of resistance & hostility from those who regarded us post-license rookies as interlopers, and beneath contempt.  That was the post-FCC regulation reality in the Reagan years at TV stations.  

Please keep up the great information exchange, and if possible, please don't paint all of us post-FCC license tape ops as dumbed down slackers.  Some of us would have preferred our baptisms under better circumstances.

Sincerely,

Kyle Bookholz 
ex-WGGB, WHCT, WTZA
now software Sr. Programmer Analyst

-----Original Message-----
From: Chill315 at aol.com
To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
Sent: Fri, Feb 5, 2010 5:20 pm
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Blanking Issues

Park

It just confirms to me how bad and sloppy the operations were in the broadcast industry.  I went back to station operations and was so amazed at how little beyond button pushing many of the operators understood.  It was just terrible.  Then the other thing was that so many of the people thought they were the greatest thing to come along.  And wanted the pay to go with it.  I could see the handwriting on the wall for these folks.  Robotic cameras, better technology to bring the quality up and lower the brain quotient required.  New technology that got around archaic union rules that prevented better work.  

The old days of having to understand what a signal was and how to adjust things no longer apply.  FCC licenses are not required.  It all dumbed down the lowest common denominator and thus we saw the results.  

Sorry to get on soap box but some times have to say things.

Chris Hill
WA8IGN

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