Old is New - technology-wise

[louiemanno]

Any one ever cue up and play a Sunday public affairs program that was delivered tails out?

Also on my first gig WOND Atlantic City NJ I was so excited on the night of my first shift I brought along my old Kodak instamatic and took a picture of their “futuristic” looking Automation System for the FM (WMGM). All of the Drake formatted soft rock tapes were all on Revox reel-to–reel decks. These decks had light sensors to stop the segment when the leader tape passed the electronic eye. When I took a picture of this cool looking gizmo every one of the reel-to reel decks began to shift into fast forward mode. Apparently the flash cube had some kind of effect on the tape deck's electronic eye. It took about 10 minutes for the PD to talk me through getting the station back on the air…

Nice way to start a career…

 

[radiothis!]

Allow me to show my youth/ignorance by asking what you mean by "puking on the mic?"

I assume you don't mean that literally, but the metaphor confuses me (which is an easy thing to do).

--Radio(miss watching --and idolizing-- jocks editing tape on the fly)this!--

 

[louiemanno]

RadioThis:

Let me throw in my well seasoned 2 cents and try to answer your query. The term puking into a mic refers to DJ’s or announcers that have an over the top announcer affectation in their delivery. For example sort of like Bill and Marty the DJs on the Simpsoms. Bob Ubanks the game show host is a real world example of a “puker”. Many of the so called “Boss Jocks” from the 60s and 70s were pukers.

I suspect that the name comes from the fact that in order to produce the “phony announcer” style you use the soft pallet at the back of your throat as a sounding board… Which has the feel of the beginning of a gag response. Now mind you that is just a guess.

By the way youth and ignorance are underrated… enjoy them both.

Louie Manno

 

[bub]

RadioThis:
The term puking into a mic refers to DJ’s or announcers that have an over the top announcer affectation in their delivery. For example sort of like Bill and Marty the DJs on the Simpsoms. Bob Ubanks the game show host is a real world example of a “puker”. Many of the so called “Boss Jocks” from the 60s and 70s were pukers.

I suspect that the name comes from the fact that in order to produce the “phony announcer” style you use the soft pallet at the back of your throat as a sounding board… Which has the feel of the beginning of a gag response. Now mind you that is just a guess.

Louie Manno

For those of us in this racket, I'm of the belief that we have a "normal" conversational speaking voice and a "radio" voice. The difference, especially for newcomers, is that in the beginning, we have a tendency to really overdo it with the radio voice when we crack open the mic. After a while, we tend to dial it down a bit. It just takes time and experience.

 

[ken gilbert]

Allow me to show my youth/ignorance by asking what you mean by "puking on the mic?"

Hi Louie,
I don't remember anyone who puked on a mike, but boy, do I remember the Yuckers. Who else but a few of us know what that means. Seg-Awayin' back to you again.

Squirt

 

[bub]

Old Technology nightmare: I was playing AT40 on Vinyl. Played the flippin' records out of order.

At my first station, I had to play the old Unistar syndicated show, "The Great Sounds" with Ray Otis off vinyl. I could never get the hang of timing those damn things out to the top of the hour. ;D

True story: In 2003, I went down to Nashville and popped in to a 50,000-watt, old-school, live, local Adult Standards station located in the basement of an apartment complex. Was given the nickel tour of the place and when we got to the main studio, noticed in the top back corner of one of their record racks on the wall were old vinyl records of The Great Sounds program...a program I used to board tech...a program that hasn't aired in any radio station since the show's cancellation in 1990.

I also recall working at another station, they had in their record racks vinyl records of an old rock-n-roll show hosted by The Real Don Steele. Don't remember the name of the show.

 

[louiemanno]

I don't remember anyone who puked on a mike, but boy, do I remember the Yuckers.


Kenny:

I believe puker and yucker are synonyms.
And yes pukers and yuckers are often rookies

Catch you on the flip side

Louie

 

[valhallafred]

When someone pukes, often times the response is yuck!

 

[NO DAG]

Seems with the advent of computers and the economy of radio, the 'yucker' and 'puker' crowd has thinned quite a bit. Heyyyyyyyyy

 

[CrankyYankee]

"I also recall working at another station, they had in their record racks vinyl records of an old rock-n-roll show hosted by The Real Don Steele. Don't remember the name of the show. "
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If it's the one I'm thinking of, and I don't recall another with TRDS, it was something like,
"Keepin' the 60's Alive", I think.

 

[Radiodeity]

...I bet if you ask 90% of people today what is "cue burn" they would either have no clue or have to ponder for a few minutes...

Isn't that when you're playing pool and you use too much english and run the cue stick across the felt leaving a nice scratch on the playing surface?

Har! ! ;D

 

[Big Bill]

I worked WCCC in the mid nineties and we had mono carts and and a 1950's mono reel to reel as the main editing unit. I still have no idea how he edited with that piece of junk. Also, the carts didn't always fire and that wasn't fun. They sometimes would work their way to speed like records. The most fun I used to have in the overnight was when I was taking the meter readings and I'd just touch a button and the whole thing would go off the air. That would get my heart going.

 

[bub]

If it's the one I'm thinking of, and I don't recall another with TRDS, it was something like,
"Keepin' the 60's Alive", I think.

Oh, wait a minute. I believe it was "Live from the 60's with the Real Don Steele." That station also used to have the old cassettes of "Streisand Coast to Coast" lying around, too.

 

[FM AM]

When I worked at classic rocker WQBK-FM, Albany, I persuaded the program director to keep a turntable in the studio so that I could do a nightly classic album feature at 3AM, "Vinyl archives". The station no longer had any vinyl around what so ever. I brought in records from home, as well as my own stylus! This lasted until the mid-90s when the station went to a modern rock format, and out went the turntable!