[QuadList] Quad tapes of First SuperBowl--Recorded at WDAU-TV--More about...

Sat Feb 5 22:44:11 CST 2011

I believe that the camera is a Ferenseh.  They had the blue and cream  
color scheme if I remember.

Chris Hill
WA8IGN

In a message dated 2/5/2011 10:15:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
ted at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:

On Feb 5, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Dennis Degan wrote:

Wow, that's great.  It's been known for  some time that recordings of SB I 
were not saved by the networks (this was  the only SB game aired on TWO 
networks at the same time).

Dennis  Degan,

This is likely to be the CBS version.  

WDAU-TV (22) Scranton was the CBS affiliate in the market at the  time.

May have been recorded on 2nd generation Ampex VR-1200 gear:
_http://www.carlabraham.com/wdau.htm_ (http://www.carlabraham.com/wdau.htm) 

Scroll down to the photo with the Ampex Quad on the left.
_Joe Jones  Web.jpg_ (http://www.carlabraham.com/Joe%20Jones%20Web.jpg) 
_http://www.carlabraham.com/Joe%20Jones%20Web.jpg_ 
(http://www.carlabraham.com/Joe%20Jones%20Web.jpg) 

Wonder if the employee who recorded the tape is pictured... either at the  
recorder or the photo to the right.

The network feed recorded may actually have been an off-air feed of  
WCBS-TV, NYC:
_http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYOU_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYOU) 

Despite  its link with one of Northeast _Pennsylvania_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania) 's most  prestigious broadcasters (the AM station 
had been founded in 1925), WGBI-TV  operated on a tight budget. For example, 
the Megargees (station owners)  found _AT&T_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Telephone_&_Telegraph) 's  rates for a dedicated network feed line 
too high for their liking. This forced  station engineers to switch to and 
from the signal of _WCBS-TV_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCBS-TV)  in _New 
York  City_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City)  whenever CBS 
programming was on-the-air. As a result, picture  quality for network programming 
left much to be desired. The switchover was a  delicate process requiring 
tight coordination between engineers stationed  around the clock at the 
transmitter site and directors at the studios since no  one there could see the 
WCBS feed.
WGBI  went into a limited partnership with the _Philadelphia  Bulletin_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Bulletin)  in 1958 and was  renamed 
WDAU-TV after _WCAU-TV_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCAU-TV)  in 
_Philadelphia_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia) , which was  also owned by 
the newspaper. The _Federal  Communications Commission_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission)  (FCC) ruled that there was so 
much signal  overlap between the two stations that they were effectively a 
_duopoly_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duopoly_(broadcasting)) . Its  Grade 
B signal reaches the _Lehigh Valley_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley) , which is  part of the Philadelphia market. The Bulletin opted to 
retain  WDAU-TV, and sold WCAU-TV to CBS. Even with new ownership, WDAU 
continued to  rebroadcast WCBS's signal for network programming until the 1970s, 
when  complaints about the poor quality of color network programming led it 
to buy a  network feed.

The  station also had a bat invade the newscast in 1980:
_http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqc5587f6UY_ 
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqc5587f6UY) 

What cameras are in use?

Ted

Ted  Langdell
Secretary
Skype:  TedLangdell
e-mail: _ted at quadvideotapegroup.com_ (mailto:ted at quadvideotapegroup.com) 

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