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I've noticed that some of the filmed shows I'm seeing on MeTV/AntennaTV look really great-I think Kojak, for instance, is amazing. When I was a kid my favorite station was WTTG/5 from DC, known for lots of cartoons throughout the day. That "we are experiencing technical difficulties, please stand by" really got a workout! Sometimes it seemed like it got used at least once a day. All those old reels of short films, I guess. I wonder if they were still using DuMont equipment? Back then I use to think that there was an announcer sitting there at the station the whole time, ready to do that announcement live as needed...how do I know he really wasn't?
My one filmed TV episode is a copy of My Little Margie, plus a reel previewing the new CBS shows for the fall of 70 as I recall. Film did hang on a long time. I've read that when our area got a new station in 1980 (WMDT) they were a real pioneer in the use of videotape; the competition was still using all film for news gathering.
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Bryan
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