[BC] Destroying history

[DHultsman5@aol.com]

Isn't it amazing that management still has cabinets full of old program  
operating logs stored all over their studios and transmitter buildings but can  
find a place to document their own history.
 
I worked for a station in the late '50's that had a very comprehensive  
record and ET library all cataloged and filed. A new manager needed some  
additional office space and had the entire library hauled to the dump before  anyone 
realized what was happening.  The old p[opular 79's could have been  sold.   
Many of the transcription library are worth thousands  now.  And many of the ET's 
were important news histories that were recorded  of the network around new 
years each year.  According to the old librarian  they had most of Roosevelts 
speeches during WWII.  She was heartbroken  about her work and assigned a job 
in sales before she retired.
 
It is hard to imagine the amount of archiving that the TV networks must be  
doing now since old programming is worth so much and we have so many cable  
outlets for the old shows.  I understand that NBC has lost many programs  that 
were kinescoped in a film warehouse fire many years back.  Just think  how old 
the stuff is on TV Land.
 
Dave