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WAS THERE A NEON SIGN IN THE WIBG STUDIOS BACK IN THE DAY?

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Early Byrd

I'm from Boston, so please forgive me if the answer to this question is well known, but here goes...

I remember seeing a picture somewhere of a WIBG jock (unknown who it was) at the mic in the WIBG studios in Lafayette Hill taken sometime in the early to mid 60s, I suspect.

I thought I remember seeing what appeared to be a neon sign with the WIBG call letters attached to the wall to the side of the jock. Am I imagining this, or did such a sign exist?

While we are on the subject, does anybody have any links to pictures of what the inside of WIBG's studios looked like at that time?
 
I've never heard of one or seen one lurking about. But, that's not to say there wasn't. I'll defer to Sam Lit on this.....
 
Neon signs with their open exposed high voltage and gas discharge tube arrangement is asking for noise problems in the console
or any other nearby unshielded electronics.
Mighta worked fine in the 60s with steel shielded boards and balanced lines on all audio. I would not try it today.

"Neon" lights and all forms of flourescent lighting with gas discharge create a wideband "hissing" rf from the
quantum action of the gas atoms being raised to a higher energy level and falling back.
The falling back to the lower energy state then stimulates the phosphors which do the lighting as seen.

I've never tried a wire screen shield around flourescents, maybe that might help.

There's always the chance that it was only there for the photo shoot.

I've always admired gas discharge tube lighting but realize it is an rf pig that requires serious rf noise supression.
Glad I never had to live in an apartment with neon lights below in a store.
 
Tom Wells said:
Neon signs with their open exposed high voltage and gas discharge tube arrangement is asking for noise problems in the console
or any other nearby unshielded electronics.
Click to expand...
I thought all that noise between noon and 3pm each day was just Rush talking; and all along it was that big neon sign behind him. :)
 
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