[QuadList] MTV and first video music shows

[Chuck Reti]

I directed most of the music segments on Detroit Tubeworks, both the WXON shows, and the earlier, "noncommercial" ones done as student productions at Wayne State University, that aired on WTVS. I have many of the quads, and recently made arrangements with a distribution service company that should make some of the material available.  David Crosthwaite of DC Video has been involved in recovery of this content from quads of widely varying physical condition.
There are many show elements that I never had possession of, and I don't know what became of them. I've been amazed to see clips I did pop up on YouTube of stuff that I have the studio masters of. I'm aware of some U-Matic and EIAJ 1/2" copies, some maybe taken off-air from the show's broadcasts on late Sunday nights from the palatial WXON facility in Walled Lake, MI, with two TK-42s and TR-50 VTRs. Also, since 2" tape was a precious commodity for a small production group, a lot of the performance tapes were recorded over following airing of the show. I'll add that it was great fun for all of us who worked on these shows. It was kind of an ad-hoc hobby gig, as we were working at "real" day jobs early in our TV careers. A great many of us are still doing this (since we have no other marketable or useful skills).
I'd be glad to discuss this further, on or off-list as may be appropriate.

Chuck Reti
Detroit MI

On Jun 15, 2011, at 12:39 PM, "Scott D. Smith" <lists at chicagoaudio.com> wrote:

> In addition, there was the show "Detroit Tubeworks", which I believe began airing around 1969. This was produced by WABX radio, and aired on Detroit station WXON channel 62. The show was mostly straight-ahead performances, although there was the occasional edited video segment. I ran across some of the original quads for this show about 10 years ago-sadly they are probably all gone now.
> 
> --Scott D. Smith
> 
> On 6/4/2011 12:37 PM, Dennis Degan wrote:
>> 
>> Additional note:  Bob Pittman wasn't first with the idea of music videos.  The first video music program began in Atlanta in 1969, created and produced by Robert Whitney, and was called "The NOW Explosion": 
>>         <http://www.thenowexplosion.net/> 
>>         <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Now_Explosion> 
>> 
>>             Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank 
>>                          NBC Today Show, New York
> 
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