[QuadList] TV Station Engineering Report
David Crosthwait
david at dcvideo.com
Tue Mar 19 12:42:22 CDT 2013
Yes, a local station with both second generation VR's and second generation TR's was not that common as far as I know. The slo-mo HS-100 was exclusive territory to Ampex until years later i.e. Arvin Echo. If you look at some of the RCA Broadcast News, you will see the TCR or TR's in the foreground with a lone shot or two of a VR series in the background. The VR 2000 was introduced in 1964, at least a full year ahead of the RCA high-bands. In the case of NBC NY and Burbank, this necessitated the purchase of the VR-2000's to stay competitive production wise. I believe Dennis has mentioned earlier that NBC NY aired to the network in prime time on VR-2000's. Did the General know this?
I will reveal the station identity soon. Meanwhile, the guessing game continues. And as Pat mentioned mentioned, no it was not KPRC.
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On Mar 18, 2013, at 10:05 AM, Pat McGowan wrote:
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> The head hours sure piled up on the B side of the TCR didn't they? Doing all the recording when dubbing. Should not be too hard to figure out which station--lists the HS-100 out on Baseball, that narrows it way down to a station that had both Ampex and RCA quads (not too many of those I'll wager) and a mobile unit with an HS-100.
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> Was NOT WGN, we had TCR's and HS-100 but no TR-70's.
> KPRC had the TR-70's but no Ampex machines that I know of, so Chicago and Houston are off the list. Any other ideas?
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> Typical
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> No spare 2" on hand!
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> Says the former VTR operator....
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> On Mar 17, 2013, at 6:03 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:
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> > Some might find this interesting. This is an engineering report at a TV station listing the status of various videotape machines on the date May 1, 1976. Note the combination of RCA and Ampex gear.
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> That was the "miracle of videotape": It could be erased and re-used. Any many stations did just that.
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> David
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> On Mar 17, 2013, at 6:30 PM, Dennis Ray Wingo wrote:
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> > Typical
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> > No spare 2" on hand!
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> > Says the former VTR operator....
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> > On Mar 17, 2013, at 6:03 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:
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> >> Some might find this interesting. This is an engineering report at a TV station listing the status of various videotape machines on the date May 1, 1976. Note the combination of RCA and Ampex gear.
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> David,
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> Are the numbers listed next to the individual Quads the total operating hours, total headwheel hours, or the hours on a specific headwheel that was on the machine at the time?
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> On Mar 17, 2013, at 6:03 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:
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> > Some might find this interesting. This is an engineering report at a TV station listing the status of various videotape machines on the date May 1, 1976. Note the combination of RCA and Ampex gear.
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