<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>KTXL, 40, Sacramento, debuted the market's first 10 p.m. newscast in 1974, something I recall auditioning for a year out of high school with some radio reporting under my belt.</div><div><br></div><div></div><div>Here are what appear to be dubs from Quad to ?/ that are now on YouTube. Watch in the HQ mode, as it makes a surprising difference.</div><div><br></div><div>How do I know these are Quad recordings? Take a look. You'll see :(])</div><div><br></div><div>Look for a little mis-timing when they key the the graphics.</div><div><br></div><div>The station had 3 or 4 TR-50's or 60's in the machine area off Master Control. </div><div><br></div><div>It was an RCA turnkey plant that went on in 1969 with TK-42's, later replaced with TK-44somethings... and then TK-47's that Chuck Pharris acquired when they were retired about four years ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Clip 1:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyjA5CTDO60">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyjA5CTDO60</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Clip 2:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhzj8ST4hH4">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhzj8ST4hH4</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Clip 3:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCixzLEP0KA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCixzLEP0KA</a></span></div><div><br></div><div>Sign off 1:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1982 w/TCR-100s, TR-600 and TR-50's or 60's</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buI9CoEgI0o">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buI9CoEgI0o</a></font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>They had two TCR's when I was shooting newsfilm there in 1979. At :46 You'll see both </span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>in the machine room config I recall.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre;"><br></span></font></div><div>Sign off 2<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1985 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kz469Be8CQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kz469Be8CQ</a></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>starts w/Sacramento's first one inch room...</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>VPR-2(B's?) and a Paltex Vanguard ABC roll editor</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>TCR-100s but not side by side, more VPR's in MCR and the aforementioned</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>TR-50/60's beyond the TP-66's.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I think the shot at :26 is the play to air part of the machine room.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Sign on 1:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1995: By now, there were no Quad machines, but still a lot of 1" for recording </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>satellite-fed programming (and pre-FOX, a lot of movies.) I have some of the </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>syndie and movie reels, rescued when the library was converted to BetacamSX.<br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br></div><div>LaBries Spot<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Tour of KTXL during "Night Comfort Theatre." Watch for the TR-70, and </div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the trio of TR-50's or 60's next to the TCR-100</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Enjoy.</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Ted Langdell</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Secretary</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Skype: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>TedLangdell</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">e-mail:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></font></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>