Who need a greenie
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- philo
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Who need a greenie
The proper way to tune a BE transmitter
TV before color!!
Check out the WF, whats missing?
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WOW, fun with Bill Geyer and Cameron!! I remember that evening! I took the color pictures over at the WCMI tower back in 2001. Man, I miss Bill. A true gentleman. Cameron.. great to hear from you this past week, and congrats on your recent honors!
The other photos date to circa 1960, at the WHTN Barkers Ridge transmitter.
Philo, thanks for posting. I have all of these in my "archive", but have not looked at them lately.
The other photos date to circa 1960, at the WHTN Barkers Ridge transmitter.
Philo, thanks for posting. I have all of these in my "archive", but have not looked at them lately.
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In 1969, my instructor, Raymond Johnston, told me that WHTN's monitor at the tower had a channel selector in it. It had to be removed for the crew kept watching WSAZ!!
Johnston took care of WSAZ's microwave link and the weather radar when it was at the SAZ transmitter.
Johnston took care of WSAZ's microwave link and the weather radar when it was at the SAZ transmitter.
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The off air receiver with a channel selector. It's still on the shelf in the morgue.
Thats a youngtvguy at the switch... See he wasn't asleep.
Thats a youngtvguy at the switch... See he wasn't asleep.
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...in 8 years, the remote-control, a couple of those transmitters as backup, and a mod-monitor are all that survived from those pics.
(...oh and the scar healed nicely.)
(...oh and the scar healed nicely.)
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Actually Merlin Pitts maintained the radar at the transmitter, he was the transmitter supervisor. I believe Raymond installed and maintained it during the warranty time. Raymond was my home room teacher and shop teacher when i went to EAST TRADE SCHOOL A very good instructor. Was part of a team that designed a color TV using a color wheel. The monitor that had the messed up tuner was at the studio. It never got a good picture after Ed Gurney worked the tuner over. By the way the morgue was in the back of the radio center building on 4th ave. It was called the morgue because the coffin from chiller was stored there. This was scrapped along with several years of local history on film when we moved to 5th ave. WSAZ saved a lot of film when they moved, The young guy at the transmitter was me. By the way did you notice the Lucy Show on the transmitter monitor? and I don't see anything missing from the wave form monitor? The TVs at the transmitter all worked great. The transmitter engineers at several times had to monitor 3 & 8 and record on paper the times and length of their spots. The station would pay the womans clube to do this in the past.
Bill Guyer and Eddie Walters were both GREAT engineers and GENTLEMEN, and both are missed greatly Eddie hired me along with Seeb in 1959 to work at WTCR as assistant chief and morning announcer, then transfered me to their station in KINSTON NC as chief engineer and evening announcer. I came back to WV and WHTN TV in 1960. Great memories and great years. I would not trade any of the memories for anything
Bill Guyer and Eddie Walters were both GREAT engineers and GENTLEMEN, and both are missed greatly Eddie hired me along with Seeb in 1959 to work at WTCR as assistant chief and morning announcer, then transfered me to their station in KINSTON NC as chief engineer and evening announcer. I came back to WV and WHTN TV in 1960. Great memories and great years. I would not trade any of the memories for anything
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I believe it was Jesse James who once told me a story of Eddie. Once, the AM went off the air. Jesse called Eddie, who refused to head to the site until he had finished his coffee and had another piece of pie.
If I pulled that shit I would be canned for sure. Good thing I am not on call. I like pie.
If I pulled that shit I would be canned for sure. Good thing I am not on call. I like pie.
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Color burst is missing from the WFM.
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That's why it is a black and white show, the burst is missing.
"Everyone Should be aware that you're just a screen grab away from infamy."
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DAmn!!!!.....The two pics on the right are memorys.
I sat at that console for a short time. Don't get me started on Ed Gurney
I had a shirt that looked like that too....... At least that wasn't me.
When I set there, the WFM did show color burst. By then that GE monster of a transmitter was color.
At least at WSAZ we had Techtronics monitors and WFM's.
Thanks for that memory
I sat at that console for a short time. Don't get me started on Ed Gurney
I had a shirt that looked like that too....... At least that wasn't me.
When I set there, the WFM did show color burst. By then that GE monster of a transmitter was color.
At least at WSAZ we had Techtronics monitors and WFM's.
Thanks for that memory
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WaveForm Monitor
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I think Hoosier Daddy was busy with a DRE.Hoosier Daddy wrote:Uhh ... what's a WFM?
"Everyone Should be aware that you're just a screen grab away from infamy."