[QuadList] Fun with a PCP-90 and AVR-2 at WRET-TV, Charlotte/Possible TR-70C motor service source

[Ted Langdell]

Whoops...

Eyes not focused well. Brain not recognizing visual input. That's what  
I get for staying up until 4am and getting up at 8.

The station signed on as WCTU-TV, and was Charlotte's first Indy, July  
9, 1967. I gather WHKY, 14, Hickory, NC hit "ON" Feb. 14, 1968?

With a TRT-1B (if I recall correctly) that you used to run and that  
David Crosthwait now has in Burbank? David's posted pix here of that  
move.

Ted

On Sep 16, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Don Norwood wrote:

> Hi Ted:
>
> You probably know this, but that station was purchased in about '70  
> by Ted Turner who renamed it WRET (his initials are RET).  Over the  
> years, I knew a number of the folks that worked there, and although  
> I visited while Dennis worked there, I never met him.
>
> The Ampex gear that they had, at least in the early 70's, was leased  
> from Ampex.  The machines were VR-1200's....don't think they ever  
> had a VR-2000.
>
> Don
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ted Langdell
> To: Quad List
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2010 6:29 PM
> Subject: [QuadList] Fun with a PCP-90 and AVR-2 at WRET-TV,Charlotte/ 
> Possible TR-70C motor service source
>
> Just had an enjoyable and lengthy chat on the phone with new member  
> Larry Odham in the Knoxville, TN area.
>
> During a discussion of his need for a TR-70C capstan motor or a  
> replacement for the glass tachometer disc on the back I googled "RCA  
> TR-70C."
>
> This 1977 Video Tour of independent station WRET-TV, 36, Charlotte  
> popped up, but there's not a 70 to be seen here. Ampex is, though.
>
> And so is QuadList member Dennis Degan, who's now an editor for the  
> Today Show at NBC, NY.  He's the person you see threading up the  
> VR-2000 in the first segment.  Dennis posted the clips to his  
> YouTube channel.
>
> Advisory: (Warning Will Robinson!) There are some (bleep) words not  
> bleeped in the videos, so be prepare to use your fingers to hit  
> "Mute" quickly. Oh, and blink to avoid the index finger near the  
> head of the first segment.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAp1Q7BTUxQ  Segment 1
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JAWv7SLLdo    Segment 2
>
> WRET-TV is now Belo's WCNC, Charlotte, the NBC affiliate.  You're  
> not likely to see something like this repeated there.
>
> We did find something potentially useful:
>
> Possible TR-70C Capstan Motor service:
> http://www.servorep.com/PMIKollmorgenPage.html
>
> Hope this wakes you up in the middle of a drowsy Thursday afternoon.
>
> Ted
>
>
> Ted Langdell
> Secretary
>
>
>
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