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<DIV>I believe that the camera is a Ferenseh. They had the blue and cream
color scheme if I remember.</DIV>
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<DIV>Chris Hill</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/5/2011 10:15:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
ted@quadvideotapegroup.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>On Feb 5, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Dennis Degan wrote:</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN>Wow, that's great. It's been known for
some time that recordings of SB I were not saved by the networks (this was
the only SB game aired on TWO networks at the same time).<BR><BR><SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN><SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN><SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span></SPAN>Dennis
Degan,</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>This is likely to be the CBS version. </DIV>
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<DIV>WDAU-TV (22) Scranton was the CBS affiliate in the market at the
time.</DIV>
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<DIV>May have been recorded on 2nd generation Ampex VR-1200 gear:</DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://www.carlabraham.com/wdau.htm href="http://www.carlabraham.com/wdau.htm">http://www.carlabraham.com/wdau.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Scroll down to the photo with the Ampex Quad on the left.</DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://www.carlabraham.com/Joe%20Jones%20Web.jpg href="http://www.carlabraham.com/Joe%2520Jones%2520Web.jpg">Joe Jones
Web.jpg</A></DIV>
<DIV><A title="http://www.carlabraham.com/Joe Jones Web.jpg" href="http://www.carlabraham.com/Joe%20Jones%20Web.jpg">http://www.carlabraham.com/Joe%20Jones%20Web.jpg</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Wonder if the employee who recorded the tape is pictured... either at the
recorder or the photo to the right.</DIV>
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<DIV>The network feed recorded may actually have been an off-air feed of
WCBS-TV, NYC:</DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYOU href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYOU">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYOU</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em; MARGIN: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px">Despite
its link with one of Northeast <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania">Pennsylvania</A>'s most
prestigious broadcasters (the AM station had been founded in 1925), WGBI-TV
operated on a tight budget. For example, the Megargees (station owners)
found <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Telephone_&_Telegraph href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Telephone_%26_Telegraph">AT&T</A>'s
rates for a dedicated network feed line too high for their liking. This forced
station engineers to switch to and from the signal of <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCBS-TV href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCBS-TV">WCBS-TV</A> in <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City">New York
City</A> whenever CBS programming was on-the-air. As a result, picture
quality for network programming left much to be desired. The switchover was a
delicate process requiring tight coordination between engineers stationed
around the clock at the transmitter site and directors at the studios since no
one there could see the WCBS feed.</DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5em; MARGIN: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px">WGBI
went into a limited partnership with the <I><A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Bulletin href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Bulletin">Philadelphia
Bulletin</A></I> in 1958 and was
renamed <B>WDAU-TV</B> after <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" class=mw-redirect title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCAU-TV href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCAU-TV">WCAU-TV</A> in <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia">Philadelphia</A>, which was
also owned by the newspaper. The <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission">Federal
Communications Commission</A> (FCC) ruled that there was so much signal
overlap between the two stations that they were effectively a <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duopoly_(broadcasting) href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duopoly_(broadcasting)">duopoly</A>. Its
Grade B signal reaches the <A style="BACKGROUND-IMAGE: none; COLOR: rgb(6,69,173); TEXT-DECORATION: none; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehigh_Valley">Lehigh Valley</A>, which is
part of the Philadelphia market. The <I>Bulletin</I> opted to retain
WDAU-TV, and sold WCAU-TV to CBS. Even with new ownership, WDAU continued to
rebroadcast WCBS's signal for network programming until the 1970s, when
complaints about the poor quality of color network programming led it to buy a
network feed.</DIV>
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<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px">The
station also had a bat invade the newscast in 1980:</DIV>
<DIV style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; FONT-FAMILY: sans-serif; FONT-SIZE: 13px"><A title=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqc5587f6UY href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqc5587f6UY">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqc5587f6UY</A></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span>What cameras are in use?</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=Apple-style-span><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: medium" class=Apple-style-span>Ted</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=Apple-style-span><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>Ted
Langdell</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=Apple-style-span>Secretary</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=Apple-style-span>Skype: <SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span> </SPAN>TedLangdell</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT class=Apple-style-span size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12px" class=Apple-style-span>e-mail:<SPAN style="WHITE-SPACE: pre" class=Apple-tab-span> </SPAN><A title=mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR>=<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Please
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