[BC] Sta-Level

[Charles Ring W3NU]

One of my many points of pride at WPIC was to keep the ability to play 
any kind of disk record. 16" transcriptions and 78RPM with the right 
needle, vertical and lateral, etc. Even wire recordings. I figured a 
historic station still in its original building had a duty to do so. 
Cost: nothing, used old gear on hand. Benefits: goodwill from when I 
dubbed one of those to cassette or whatever for local people. Some of 
the ethnic shows would play 78RPM records in the main studio and they 
sounded as they were meant to, not the awful scratched noise people now 
associate with 78RPM, which reminds me of the horrible false impression 
that the public has swallowed about AM radio today.

All trashed when Cumulus ejected me in 2001.


Alan Kline wrote:
> Anyone know where I could find a turntable to play 16" transcriptions?
> Or anyone who can dub some?  I actually found some ET's awhile back at
> one of the local "antique malls" (indoor flea-markets) and I'd love to
> listen to them...
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> ak
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> ------ At 10:29 AM 6/6/2006 -0500, The Most Honourable Stevan A. White wrote: -------
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>> Understood.  I too have a handful of old reels that I just can't bring
>> myself to throw away.  Just like I can't bear to throw away the old Revox
>> and Otari machines I have!  I guess when the time comes to dub them onto
>> something that'll last another 20 or 30 years that I'll be set.  Just dust
>> off the machines, clean the heads, tapes in a 250 degree oven for a couple
>> of hours, let cool, dub to newer, better media, put old tapes back in boxes,
>> store for another 20 years, tell grandkids about the glory days of radio!
>> :-)
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