Ah, thanks for the reminder. I also have Westwood One shows from the early 90's.
I doubt any stations were still using a lathe in the 60's, but I do not know that for a fact, of course.
I remember reading in Popular Electronics back in the 60's of a guy who used that equipment to record the Metropolitan Opera off the radio each Saturday during the opera season. I also had a lathe and could still buy blanks from Allied Radio (bought later by Radio Shack). All of that has long since disapeared. And no, I did NOT record opera!
> I think I have some syndicated commercial shows
> (ABC/Westwood One) that were still pressed on vinyl at least
> as late as 1990, perhaps later.
>
> Were any stations still using a lathe and acetates past the
> '50s?
>
>
>
> > Most stations stopped using them in the late 1950's as the
>
> > reel-to-reel gained in popularity and the cart machine
> > arrived. However, some public service programs,
> particularly
> > of a reigious nature, continued to use them into the 70's
> > for programs ranging from one minute to 15 minutes. One
> of
> > the more commonly aired programs, "The Sacred Heart
> > Broadcast" continued to use transcriptions into the early
> > 90's, when they finally changed to cd's. That program, by
>
> > the way, ended at the end of 2005.
> >
> >
> > > Thanks for the info. When did radio stop using those
> > > transcription discs?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > KYW 1060 (formerly WRCV)
> > > >
> > > > KYW originated in Chicago in 1921(which explains why
> it
> > > > starts with a "K" ), and moved to Philadelphia in
> 1934.
> > In
> > >
> > > > 1941, KYW moved from 1020 to 1060 on the dial as an
> NBC
> > > > Radio Affilliate. In January 1956, Westinghouse and
> NBC
> > > > swapped their broadcast properties in Philadelphia and
>
> > > > Cleveland.
> > > > Cleveland received the KYW calls, while Philly picked
> > the
> > > > WRCV calls.
> > > > Westinghouse later cried foul to the FCC about
> > > strong-armed
> > > > tactics that NBC used to force the
> > Cleveland-Philadelphia
> > > > swap. NBC supposedly threatened to yank its network
> > > > affiliation if Westinghouse didn't agree to the swap.
> > > > So, the FCC made NBC reverse the swap. In June 1965,
> > WRCV
> > >
> > > > became KYW once again. KYW then became an all-news
> > > station
> > > > on September 21, 1965.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>