tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104908437911552400.post2093950658755204699..comments2024-03-13T10:36:05.451-07:00Comments on The Mighty 1090 KAAY: Cart Snarl Blooper, By Dave M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/17570209125522920917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104908437911552400.post-59843762586756346272013-09-07T14:34:13.170-07:002013-09-07T14:34:13.170-07:00Mr Duncan, did you know my father Joe Nearns perso...Mr Duncan, did you know my father Joe Nearns personally?<br />Bobbie Jo NearnsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104908437911552400.post-11423543432368230112012-05-07T09:13:44.500-07:002012-05-07T09:13:44.500-07:00Paul Kirby et. al. are absolutely correct. My wri...Paul Kirby et. al. are absolutely correct. My writeup was only intended to be a coarse overview primarily for people not familiar with the cartridge tape technogy. It was after all a cart that failed in the KLPQ air check and i was attempting to explain how it might have happened. If you read it too closely you may miss the reason for the comment.<br /><br />In fact, my mentor at ITC was Jack Jenkins, who held most of the cartridge and cart machine patents at that point in time. If anyone is interested, I can upload the technical history of the development, along with the major milestones and accomplishments along the way.<br /><br />Too much fine detail sometimes causes one to lose track of the main point and center thesis. It was a cart failure after alll. Heh!<br /><br />Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570209125522920917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104908437911552400.post-17368039537103274492012-05-04T08:20:50.736-07:002012-05-04T08:20:50.736-07:00And a comment sent to me by Paul Kirby:
"Bud...And a comment sent to me by Paul Kirby:<br /><br />"Bud, We had our semi-annual San Antonio air personality/engineer luncheon today, where I got to speak with a a number of old time broadcast engineer types from the 50s and 60s about the following Dave M. comment from the KAAY 1090 blog: The endless loop tape cartridge was a derivative of 8 track tape cartridges, except it used high quality studio grade lubricated tape All of the engineering types strongly state that the 8 track tape cartridge was developed from the 4 track tape cartridge which was developed from the endless loop broadcast cartridge technology of the 50s. Still enjoying reading the blog. Paul"<br /><br />(Search 'Paul Kirby', who is one of the renowned broadcasters mentioned in San Antonio Radio Memories....thanks, Paul! bs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17570209125522920917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8104908437911552400.post-37208435918604563482012-05-03T16:43:31.458-07:002012-05-03T16:43:31.458-07:00The endless-loop cart was invented by Bill Lear (o...The endless-loop cart was invented by Bill Lear (of Lear Jet fame) to provide music in an automobile. It didn't take long for broadcasters to catch on.<br /><br />My first engineering job was in 1971 at KALO-1250 in Little Rock. New Owner Bernie Mann wanted to replace KALO's ancient cart machines and some kind soul recommended ITC. After a career of working with Spotmasters, they were wonderful.<br /><br />So, why didn't we install ITC machines at KLAZ? That was one of many technical arguments that I lost. Manager Joe Dickey was heavily into imitating KAAY and KAAY had Spotmasters, so that's what he bought for KLAZ. It did not work out well.<br /><br />The very first broadcast cart machine was homebuilt at KLCN-910 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Then-engineer Joe Nearns acquired a cart deck mechanism from Viking and added the circuitry to start and stop the deck remotely. These machines were cued using piece of metal foil glued to the tape at the starting point. Joe published his design in Broadcast Engineering magazine around 1962.<br /><br />We inherited these machines at KAWW-1370 in Heber Springs in 1967 and they were still working just fine. However, the foil tape couldn't be removed and it was necessary to find a cart that was divided up like you needed (for instance, a 5 1/2 minute cart divided into one-minute segments or 30-second segments).Hollis W. Duncannoreply@blogger.com