Herald has obit today for George Capalbo, 86, saying he built WAAF in 1961 and was CE for WRKO at the launch of top 40 Big 68 in 1967.Later served as VP of engineering for RKO Radio Division, and built "RKO Satellite Network, the first radio sat. delivery network"
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Obit Engineer exec George Capalbo (AAF,RKO)
- Thread starter raccoonradio
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From all accounts one of the good guys in the business. But I don't think RKO had seven AMs on his watch; they had six after they divested CKLW in 1970. I cheated and looked at the list. Interesting, but only KRTH of the FMs has the same calls as when RKO General was broken up
To his credit he got RKO General to spend big bucks on the Bullfinch Place complex in 1968.
His biggest crisis was the IBEW strike in 1967 that almost stopped WRKO cold 3 weeks after the flip as AFTRA honored the picket line. The station survived and then exploded.
He could have gone the Westinghouse route and installed combo boards without VU meters but did not.
His biggest crisis was the IBEW strike in 1967 that almost stopped WRKO cold 3 weeks after the flip as AFTRA honored the picket line. The station survived and then exploded.
He could have gone the Westinghouse route and installed combo boards without VU meters but did not.
IF I recall correctly, the IBEW strike led to some enhanced pay for AFTRA members, such as combo fees for running their own boards, although the soundof management playing disc jockey may have encouraged a settlement.
Hmmmm...the strike was in '67, right?
RKO jocks didn't start running their own boards until the mid 70's.
Management decision, not contractual requirement.
Huh? I believe it was a contractual thing to have board ops. Not sure what you are trying to say.
Up until 1975 - WEEI, WHDH and WRKO had IBEW board ops - WMEX only the transmitter was union.
WBZ figured out a way to have the jocks do combo but Jerry Williams had a board op in his studio which was not the DJ one. BZ master control was union.
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