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<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><U><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Doug
Bingley – Introduction</FONT></U></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Hello to
all – Here is a bit of my background:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4><FONT
face=Arial>High school – Ham radio. Took many radios and TV’s apart. Put a few
back together<SPAN class=453303519-19102009>. Developed a healthy respect for
high voltage...</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>1971 –
Enrolled in Electrical Engineering, I snagged the summer job to end all summer
jobs<SPAN class=453303519-19102009> </SPAN>- I heard that TVOntario, the
provincial Education television network wanted someone with experience on VTR’s,
so I dropped into my old high school and talked the AV tech into showing me how
to lace up a 1” Ampex. Armed with that extensive experience I got a job
maintaining and setting up small format VTR’s and studio equipment. We had some
of the earliest skip-field Sony’s, 1” Sony’s, Panasonic, Shibaden, IVC etc. When
they broke, I took them apart, put most of them back together. (Mechanical
problems seemed to dominate) This was all leading edge technology. Imagine a
Porta-pak weighing only 20 pounds!</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>1972-
Back for a second summer. Now EIAJ and colour ½” were king. The techs found out
that Sony was holding a hospitality event where there would be free beer. When
we showed up Sony unveiled the first videocassette. It was a monster; about
twice the size of a ½ inch reel to reel machine. They had the lid off of the
demo unit and when we saw the mechanical gyrations involved <SPAN
class=453303519-19102009>in </SPAN>threading <SPAN
class=453303519-19102009>up </SPAN>the tape all of us concluded that it would
surely jam up and videocassettes would go nowhere: An open reel tape was so easy
to th<SPAN class=453303519-19102009>r</SPAN>ead, why would you need the
complications? We went back to drinking Sony’s beer. ( First Forrest Gump
moment)</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>1973 Too
much beer. Dropped out of engineering and got a job in master control <SPAN
class=453303519-19102009>at</SPAN>TVO. Rotated between switcher, telecine and
tape. We used VR 1200’s with an RCA TR3 thrown in for comic relief. The TR3
would lock up somewhere between 7 and 9 ½ seconds, making things very exciting
when switching since we used a 10 second roll. Learned many great things
including how to clear an on-air head clog with your fingernail…before you
maintenance types start to twitch it was better than one poor guy who thought
he’d clean the head on-air with a Kim-Wipe<SPAN class=453303519-19102009>.
</SPAN>When he called in maintenance his comment was “I dunno, it just stopped
spinning<SPAN class=453303519-19102009>.</SPAN>”</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4><FONT
face=Arial>Moved to editing, working with VR2000’s with manual PP editors (push
and pray) and then Editec, then RCA TR70’s with EECO editors. We also used RCA
TR4’s for dubbing. My main fear was that one day I would forget to switch to
edit mode on the Editec and would go into hard record when I hit recor<SPAN
class=453303519-19102009>d</SPAN>/play for the actual edit. One day it happened
– the day that I was taking a studio feed and the whole crew was waiting to see
how my insert went..After that I previewed the edit, triple checked I was in
insert mode<SPAN class=453303519-19102009>, </SPAN>hit play and only hit
record/play at the last possible second.<SPAN class=453303519-19102009> Never
happened again.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>1976 –
CBC television – VR2000’s date coded 1967 with Editec, AVR1’s with Ampex
editors, <SPAN class=453303519-19102009>and most amazing the </SPAN>ACR
25’s for on-air playback of news items. It was always exciting when a feed came
in late and I had to record on one deck while the other deck was on-air.<SPAN
class=453303519-19102009> I still remember the gulping Thoonk sound they made
when loading a tape.</SPAN> </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>I
remember one night I was working with <SPAN class=453303519-19102009>Mike
Newell, </SPAN>a young freelance English producer, on a two hour drama. It was
not a good night. Everyone was tired and the AVR1’s were very poorly maintained,
meaning that every once in a while instead of stopping happily from fast forward
they would barf tape all over the floor. At about two in the morning, the
producer realized that half the shots he was using were from the wrong take. He
was so frustrated that he punched the door (better that than the PA,) only to
discover that the door was lead-lined. He turned white,”Gawd I shouldn’t have
done that,” but we worked for another couple of hours correcting the errors. He
showed up the next day with a cast on his hand. (Second Forrest Gump
moment)<SPAN class=453303519-19102009>..</SPAN> Mike went on to bigger
things<SPAN class=453303519-19102009>: </SPAN>Four Weddings and<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Funeral, Harry Potter and Goblet of
Fire, etc.<SPAN class=453303519-19102009>,</SPAN> but I’ll always remember him
as the only guy who broke his hand during an edit session.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>By this
time I had married<SPAN class=453303519-19102009> to my d</SPAN>ream <SPAN
class=453303519-19102009>g</SPAN>irl. My new wife worked in Master Control and
could handle tapes with the best of them. Our first son was born and money
was tight so I took a job selling Life Insurance. </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Later I
moved on to Bell Canada selling Datacomm products. In 1981 we could provide
email and an integrated telephone and data terminal. Shortly after that we added
access to networks, online shopping, etc. No one wanted any of it.(another
Forrest Gump<SPAN class=453303519-19102009> coming..</SPAN>) A few years later
the President of the United States started to carry a little one of those voice
and data terminals around in his pocket and now everyone wants to send email,
and.. that’s all I’m going to say, etc. </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>During
this period my wife, Pat went back to work first as an ENG editor at CFTO TV and
later, after a bitter strike, back to her old job at TVO in master control. I
wandered in one day in late 1984 and she let me line up and cue an on-air show.
The crew chief was a bit nervous that some guy in a suit had just cued up the
next item to go to air. That was the last time I operated a quad machine.<SPAN
class=453303519-19102009> (come to think of it the shop steward probably would
have ben a bit miffed as well.)</SPAN> </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>In 1986
I decided I wanted to get back into broadcasting so I applied for an FM licence
in Barrie, Ontario, about 60 miles north of Toronto. We launched <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Rock 95</I> in 1988, <SPAN
class=453303519-19102009><A
href="http://www.rock95.com">www.</SPAN>rock95.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4
face=Arial> later followed by a Hot AC, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">KOOL FM</I> <SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> <SPAN class=453303519-19102009><A
href="http://www.1075koolfm.com">www.</SPAN></SPAN>1075koolfm.com</FONT></A><FONT
size=4 face=Arial> in 2001. In 1994 I travelled to Russia and set up a JV radio
station in St. Petersburg <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Radio
Hits.</I> <SPAN class=453303519-19102009><EM><A
href="http://www.Radiohit.ru">www.</EM></SPAN>Radiohit.ru</FONT></A><FONT size=4
face=Arial> <SPAN class=453303519-19102009> </SPAN>I’m still the president
of the company and GM of the Canadian stations. (No Bubba Shrimp Co., but it
will have to do..) </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Our
youngest son is carrying on the family tradition. He is working for CBC as a
freelance writer/producer and last year did some reporting from Canada’s far
north.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>The last
few years I have been restoring some boat-anchor radios, but some of my fondest
memories involve working as a tape editor. I have a line on a VR1200B and I hope
to restore it. </FONT><FONT size=4><FONT face=Arial>It’s great to find your user
group since, as compared to fixing an old radio, restoring a 40 year old machine
can be a daunting project. <SPAN class=453303519-19102009>Perhaps</SPAN>
some of you can help out with a bit of advice (not, “run while you can,” I
hope)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT size=4 face=Arial>I’ve
also enjoyed the great videos on restoring a VR1200 on Youtube. It all looks so
easy in high speed… I’m not sure who that is in the video, but in addition to
his obvious technical skills he has a great set o pipes!</FONT></P></FONT><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT
size=4>I’ll keep you all posted as the project progresses.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=453303519-19102009><FONT size=4
face=Arial>Cheers,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=453303519-19102009><FONT size=4
face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Doug Bingley</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=4 face=Arial>President</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Central Ontario Broadcasting
Ltd.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=4 face=Arial>431 Huronia Road, Unit 10</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=4 face=Arial>Barrie, Ontario L4N 9B3</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><A href="http://www.rock95.com/"><FONT size=4
face=Arial>www.rock95.com</FONT></A><FONT size=4 face=Arial> </FONT><A
href="http://www.1075.koolfm.com/"><FONT size=4
face=Arial>www.1075.koolfm.com</FONT></A></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=4>PHONE
705-797-8701</FONT> </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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