Look at my wonderful tubes!

I found this promotional picture in an old NAB conference technical papers book dating to 1969:

RCA TT-30FL promotional picture
RCA TT-30FL promotional picture

So here we see an obviously qualified and appropriately dressed technician gesturing to all the components she is about to install in the transmitter behind her. I wish I worked there.  No, wait, I wish I had that transmitter and perhaps this fetching young woman would come and work at my station.  Well, hell, I don’t need a TV transmitter, just the woman.

Sigh.

I wonder how many of these rigs RCA sold before the broadcast division went out of business.

By way of reference, the RCA TT-30FL is a VHF television transmitter, 30 KW peak visual power, 7.5 KW peak audio power, air-cooled.

Thanksgiving Turkey Drop

In one of the better TV shows about radio, newsman Less Nessman reports live on the “WKRP Thanksgiving Turkey Drop give away”

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I always liked that show. “As god is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!”

I tried to embed “Alice’s Restaurant” but youtube wouldn’t let me, so here is the link, if you haven’t heard it this year and are feeling so inclined.

Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone.