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Older automation systems

Goat Rodeo Cowboy said:
As I recall, sometimes a station's transmitter would be given a pet name because transmitters seemed to have human qualities.... uh.... make that human frailties.

Over in the business world, I worked in or with enough computer departments to know that the same naming phenomena also extends to computers... you know the BIG ones... not these wimpy computers that fit under a desk.

I haven't looked at the lists of popular names for new babies, but based on the names handed out to transmitters and main-frame computers that were contankerous, I'm going to guess there is a name that people do not tend to pin on new-borns these days. BERTHA!
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I've had a number of transmitters I've named and called names that I guaranty would NOT show up on ANY list of baby names popular or otherwise ;D
The choicest names were usually given during the early hours of a holiday weekend especially after the transmitter has thrown a 3 foot long high voltage arc my direction :eek:
The names were easy to remember as they usually had between four and ten letters ::)
 
Jay Walker said:
Ah yes...the names we came up with for our automation systems. One of my favorites was "Fred" an acronym meaning "F*****. Ridiculous. Electronic. Device." tragically aptly named because of the systems "reaction" during lightning storms when close strikes would "fire off" every source in the system all at once.
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My System 9000 at WQII in San Juan was called "Arturito" which was, in fact, a "humanization" of R2D2 from the '77 Star Wars movie which appeared around the time we installed the system. In the Spanglish of the Island, Arr-two-dee-two became "Arturito" which is the diminutive for Art or Arthur.

I think it was the morning team who came up with the name in an attempt to adapt to technology.
 
A couple Sunday evenings ago (August 4) I tuned in the local Music Of Your Life outlet for some dinnertime music. The music was OK, but I dropped my fork when the DJ came on to wish me a happy Monday morning, now that July was almost over.

This they call an improvement?? ???
 
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