VO-BB - 20 YEARS OLD!

Dan-O · The Gates of Troy Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638

How to feel old really quick: Ask your new part-timer, who is fresh out of broadcasting school, to thread up a reel. Then witness the blank look on their face.

True story. He had no idea what I was talking about.

I am on the younger end of this discussion, but I caught the tail end of splicing, cueing-up records and recording on 4-track analog tape. Loved every second of it.

DaveChristi · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 6:39 pm Post subject:

Dan-O · The Gates of Troy Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 1638

Dave, you nailed it on the head.

LaurenLee · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject:

I had a radio jock give me the deer in the headlights look just last week when I gabbed a bit about the joy of carts. Man, oh man...

On goofy nights we used to have contests to see who could eat a potato chip closest to back on mic moment. I always beat the guy with the mustache!
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DaveChristi · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject:

Hang on a tick! This here thread's been going now for 3 pages and not a single

??? We're not losing our touch are we?
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SoundsGreat-Elaine Singer · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:14 pm Post subject:

Jowillie · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:37 pm Post subject:

OK...we'll see who's old enough to have really "been there."

did you wear--
Clevites
or
Pro4AAs?
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glittlefield · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:43 pm Post subject:

DaveChristi · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:45 pm Post subject:

billelder · Guest

I have two pair of Pro4AA and one pair of Pro4AAA. Still have 'em...still use em. I kept one for on the air and a spare in the desk. They had to be loud. As Alan Freed said, "They know when you're not listening."

Did you ever pass out "walking up" Richie Havens "Here Comes The Sun?"

....would you believe the "Theme From Shaft?"

donrandall · Guest

Clevite headphones!

Yah - that's the ones. It's funny you should bring that up - for some odd reason I was thinking about them just a day or so ago. I remember there were black rubber cups around the ear piece, and when I took 'em off my head and let 'em hang loosely around my neck, the old dried out rubber would end up leaving a black mark on my shirts. My wife used to get a bit irritated about that.

CWToo · Guest

Back when AM stood for "Ample Money" and FM stood for... well, never mind. Anyway, the station's headphones constantly crapped out because they were so cheap. So I went to the chief engineer and we built a pair of really sturdy headphones. They started out as a pair of Sony headphones, we added heavy duty strain-relief on the 'phones and the plug and used heavy gauge cable. He once worked for the phone company (there was only one at that time) so he rigged the cable connections with the same hardware telco used on pay phones. Then, for a bit of panache, we added Mickey Mouse ears to them. They were surprisingly comfortable and never, ever broke. They could have survived a direct nuclear strike. They disappeared the same day one of the jocks was fired, which wasn't me for a change.

Deirdre · Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 8:29 am Post subject:

Who else used a console with the rotary pots that were about the size of the bottom of a coffee mug?
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billelder · Guest

Deirdre, You talkin about this console? It's the first pic on the opening page.