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WBUF Test

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Yeziknoradio

The emergency alert system was just repeating

"This is a test of the Western New York emergency alert system. In the event of an actual emergency, this system would bring you news and important information. This concludes the test of the emergency alert system" over and over again.

It kept running until 3:48am. I didn't catch the exact time of start, but it ran for quite some time before going to music by the Go go's song, our lips are sealed.

What caused that? <P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"









</P>
 
> The emergency alert system was just repeating
>
> "This is a test of the Western New York emergency alert
> system. In the event of an actual emergency, this system
> would bring you news and important information. This
> concludes the test of the emergency alert system" over and
> over again.
>
> It kept running until 3:48am. I didn't catch the exact time
> of start, but it ran for quite some time before going to
> music by the Go go's song, our lips are sealed.
>
> What caused that?
>

NEGLECT and not caring if your $tation actually $erve$ the public. Oh and a server glitch.

I love computers, and I love radio but I sure don't like the two living together! Bring back the turntables and cart machines.
 
Re: Two Turntables and a Microphone

>
> I love computers, and I love radio but I sure don't like the
> two living together! Bring back the turntables and cart
> machines.
>

Turntables!

QRK, Russco, Gates Transcription (frequently used as a pizza lazy susan in production rooms), Rec-O-Cut, RCA or Technics?

Cart Machines:

Triple deck ITC, Spotmaster, Tapecaster (with or without manual clutch) or Otari? Fidelipac Gold Carts or Scotchcarts?

Microphones:

Neuman, AKG, Sony, Shure (SM7,58), EV (RE20), Sennheiser?

reel to reels:

Ampex 440C (the tank... still the best production reel to reel I ever worked with), Revox-Studer, Otari and the ever faitful (going way back) Magnecord and Crown decks.

Don't forget your EditAll.
 
Re: WBUF test

Note to Infinity: Pay more attention to WBUF please. thanks...unless a non stop repeater of the emergency broadcast system really is what you want to play! lol!!!!<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"









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Re: Two Turntables and a Microphone

Also a mixer and two manual (you have to play them one at a time) CD players.

And, most importantly, a live announcer who can inject his/her personality.
 
Re: Two Turntables and a Microphone

> >
> > I love computers, and I love radio but I sure don't like
> the
> > two living together! Bring back the turntables and cart
> > machines.
> >
>
> Turntables!
>
> QRK, Russco, Gates Transcription (frequently used as a pizza
> lazy susan in production rooms), Rec-O-Cut, RCA or Technics?

I'll take the QRK with the big speed idiot lights and the cool 45rpm well with the built in spindle or the Technics.

> Cart Machines:
>
> Triple deck ITC, Spotmaster, Tapecaster (with or without
> manual clutch) or Otari? Fidelipac Gold Carts or
> Scotchcarts?

Make mine the triple deck ITC, used everywhere. I have one at home to remind me of my mispent youth which I rescued from the trash at WBT. The Gates Criterion was good too. You didn't have to worry about wow like you did with the manual clutch Spotmaster. Anybody here remember the RCA cart machines? I thought I got a cart stuck in one till I realized you had to lift up on the end for it to disengage!


>
> Microphones:
>
> Neuman, AKG, Sony, Shure (SM7,58), EV (RE20), Sennheiser?

Liked the Sennheiser we had at one station, also used all of the other listed except for Sony. Everybody seems to use the RE-20 these days. I also used a Shure SM5 which had a huge foam wind screen.
> reel to reels:
>
> Ampex 440C (the tank... still the best production reel to
> reel I ever worked with), Revox-Studer, Otari and the ever
> faitful (going way back) Magnecord and Crown decks.

Agreed the Ampex 440C was the best. Scully made a good deck, don't forget MCI which had more IC chips in it than any pice of equipment I ever saw. Sony later bought MCI but by then the cheaper Otari's started showing up. Only used the Magnacord at one place WROC Rochester. A few stations used the old lever Ampex 601's which were small field machines, and I just remembered the Ampex PR-99.

> Don't forget your EditAll.

Bet the stock in grease pencils has gone down in this day of computer editing!

Yikes I feel really old! But it was fun remembering all this stuff.
 
Re: WBUF test

> Note to Infinity: Pay more attention to WBUF please.
> thanks...unless a non stop repeater of the emergency
> broadcast system really is what you want to play! lol!!!!
>

Note to all radio station owners someone on the payroll should be listening to your station at all times! You could probably hire someone for minimum wage. If you can't afford that I suggest you get out of the business and let someone else run it.
 
Re: Two Turntables and a Microphone

Turntables" Technics, SP-10's or 1200's... liked tgose big Gates jobs, but you could get damaged hand tendons just from slip cuing a 45. Micro trak tone arms, and oh, how about those Gray Research viscous damped arms? they were two ton cranes! Stanton cartrdiges and Urei pre-amps.

>
> Make mine the triple deck ITC, used everywhere.

Roger that. And yeah, those RCA's were beasts. Didn't they have 48 volt relays? Ka-chunk!

>
> Liked the Sennheiser.
>

Ditto. Black finish, about five different EQ settings on the back ring. Nice prod mic but highly susceptible to pops.


>
> Agreed the Ampex 440C was the best. Scully made a good deck,
> don't forget MCI which had more IC chips in it than any pice
> of equipment I ever saw.
>

Scully's were rock solid decks, but I'll go with the Ampex 440C's also. Those MCI's had minds of there own. Never liked 'em. Static discharges could ruin a take in a heartbeat. MCI's could go from PLAY to FAST FORWARD on a whim... that Sunday morning PA show was a real treat! And how about those joysticks for scrubbing and cue-ing. One word: Maddening. Don't miss those puppies at all.

> > Don't forget your EditAll.
>
> Bet the stock in grease pencils has gone down in this day of
> computer editing!
>

Grease pencils and Dennison (cart) labels took a serious hit.
>

Nice thread here.
 
Re: Two Turntables and a Microphone

> Turntables" Technics, SP-10's or 1200's... liked tgose big
> Gates jobs, but you could get damaged hand tendons just from
> slip cuing a 45. Micro trak tone arms, and oh, how about
> those Gray Research viscous damped arms? they were two ton
> cranes! Stanton cartrdiges and Urei pre-amps.

Most places I worked had the wooden Gray or Micro Trak arms with either the M-44-7 or SC-35 cartridge. State of the art in the 70's.
> >
> > Make mine the triple deck ITC, used everywhere.
>
> Roger that. And yeah, those RCA's were beasts. Didn't they
> have 48 volt relays? Ka-chunk!

Not sure only played with the RCA's once. A buddy of mine got two somehow and put them in his little bedroom studio. Never saw the RCA's in a station.

First ones I saw were Spotmasters, followed by Gates Criterions, and ITC took over, everyone had them!
>
> >
> > Liked the Sennheiser.
> >
>
> Ditto. Black finish, about five different EQ settings on the
> back ring. Nice prod mic but highly susceptible to pops.

We had a really good pop filter on ours, worked great you could work it nice and close and not pop. The Sure SM-5 was huge and had so much foam it was impossible to pop that one!
>
> >
> > Agreed the Ampex 440C was the best. Scully made a good
> deck,
> > don't forget MCI which had more IC chips in it than any
> pice
> > of equipment I ever saw.
> >
>
> Scully's were rock solid decks, but I'll go with the Ampex
> 440C's also. Those MCI's had minds of there own. Never liked
> 'em. Static discharges could ruin a take in a heartbeat.
> MCI's could go from PLAY to FAST FORWARD on a whim... that
> Sunday morning PA show was a real treat! And how about those
> joysticks for scrubbing and cue-ing. One word: Maddening.
> Don't miss those puppies at all.

Funny story about the MCI... I was in the production room one night when I heard what sounded like banging as though someone was pounding on the building. It turned out I had the pot up on the MCI and the tape was creeping ever so slowly!
 
> The emergency alert system was just repeating
>
> "This is a test of the Western New York emergency alert
> system. In the event of an actual emergency, this system
> would bring you news and important information. This
> concludes the test of the emergency alert system" over and
> over again.

And what if Jack didn't want to relay that information?<P ID="signature">______________


New York City Radio and TV</P>
 
> "would bring you news and important information. This
> concludes the test of the emergency alert system"

> And what if Jack didn't want to relay that information?
>
If there's no FCC regulation requiring them to provide the info, why are they even testing it?


<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"









</P>
 
Key Solution

> > Turntables!
>
> I'll take the QRK with the big speed idiot lights and the
> cool 45rpm well with the built in spindle or the Technics.

Ah, those hub rings. I have a case full of 45s with the center ring "modified" because of the tight fit of the QRK well spindle. The tool of choice for such modifications was my house key, which conveniently had a large notch that scraped a little vinyl out of the center ring quickly and painlessly.

> > Cart Machines:
> >
> > Triple deck ITC, Spotmaster, Tapecaster (with or without
> > manual clutch) or Otari? Fidelipac Gold Carts or
> > Scotchcarts?

At WDOE, we had a cart deck that allowed you to change the function of the heads. You could set it in the "delay" position,and the heads would function in "Play-Erase-Record" order. If you had a :40 cart, you had a :40 tape delay. I used it during high school and college sports to do "instant replay" and compile half-time shows. I thought it (and I) was very cool at the time.

> > reel to reels:
> >
> > Ampex 440C (the tank... still the best production reel to
> > reel I ever worked with)

Ditto the Ampex. Simply the best.

> > Don't forget your EditAll.
> Bet the stock in grease pencils has gone down in this day of
> computer editing!

Not to mention single-edged razor blades. And band-aids for the unwary.

> Yikes I feel really old! But it was fun remembering all
> this stuff.

If you can remember all this stuff, you ARE really old! I can hardly wait to hear what today's guys will be reminiscing about in 20 years.

"Golly, we had to use a MOUSE to MARK the in and out points when we were editing 'tracks'. Can you BELIEVE IT?"
 
Re: Because EAS Tests Are No Joke

> If there's no FCC regulation requiring them to provide the
> info, why are they even testing it?
>
Uh, because the IS an FCC requirement to receive, log weekly and rebroadcast monthly tests of the EAS message from the priamry or secondary EAS station. It's damn serious stuff and the FCC pays close attention to this issue. Stations that do not comply with the rules usually incur hefty fines. (This is the way it works here in the lower 48.)

The salient point that was made is, "if nobody's there to hear or monitor, just how does Jack tell it's community of license that there is an emergency?"

Hurricane, severe thunderstorm, flooding... dirty nuke?

Serving "in the public public interest, convenience and necessity, eh?"
 
Re: WBUF test

> Note to Infinity: Pay more attention to WBUF please.
> thanks...unless a non stop repeater of the emergency
> broadcast system really is what you want to play! lol!!!!
>
Didn't you know that's the next WBUF format? Can hear it now..."Playing what we want...and all we feel like playing is EBS tests! :p"
 
Re: WBUF test

> > Note to Infinity: Pay more attention to WBUF please.
> > thanks...unless a non stop repeater of the emergency
> > broadcast system really is what you want to play! lol!!!!
> >
> Didn't you know that's the next WBUF format? Can hear it
> now..."Playing what we want...and all we feel like playing
> is EBS tests! :p"
>
Ok...as long as they don't try to tell me that it is now an emergency to go to subway sub or something like that...LOL!!!!<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"









</P>
 
Re: Key Solution

> "Golly, we had to use a MOUSE to MARK the in and out points
> when we were editing 'tracks'. Can you BELIEVE IT?"
>
Are you refering to Touch screen editing?<P ID="signature">______________
"If you never say NO, How much is your YES worth?"









</P>
 
Re: Key Solution

> Are you refering to Touch screen editing?

Yez, I can't even imagine what kind of interfacing we'll be using in 20 years. Touch screens are already here. Surely, we'll be issuing voice commands. Maybe we'll be using brain-wave response, or eye position readers fitted into our virtual visors, or using "virtual razor blades" to cut "virtual tape" - all done holographically.
 
Re: Key Solution

SirRoxalot said:
> Are you refering to Touch screen editing?

Yez, I can't even imagine what kind of interfacing we'll be using in 20 years. Touch screens are already here. Surely, we'll be issuing voice commands. Maybe we'll be using brain-wave response, or eye position readers fitted into our virtual visors, or using "virtual razor blades" to cut "virtual tape" - all done holographically.
Click to expand...

Good point. I just hope people will still be listening to local radio, instead of smothering their ears with whatever the internet has to offer...let alone an iPod.
Then again, radio DID stop me from listening to dozens of casette tapes (proudly bought from a music store) for my music fix back in the day, so who knows???
 
Meeengya! A four year old thread comes back to life! I guess this one falls under "old threads never die, they just turn into re-currents." Well, in some convoluted way, it may be a good sign. Ahem.
 
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