Re: "News before the hour"

[Sven Weil <sven@lily.org>]

> 
> 
> If you sat behind a board in the late 70's you could listen to the
> network in cue.  
> 
> Same newscast, same sounder...sometimes even the same stumbles.  
> 
> I'm sure they had the capability to go live in the case of an ongoing
> development. 

The same thing happens in the 90s. During my tenure at 
WNYU-AM (new York University) in 1995-1997 I used to do a 
Saturday morning music/talk show. At the top of the hour
I used to pot up the ABC news and sports feeds for 
broadcast. Sometimes I would keep the ABC pot in cue
5 minutes before the hour (with MY mic shut and a record
playing, of course) and listen to the pre-feed. Ditto 
Paul Harvey's show. 

And now you know the rest of the story... :)> 
> 


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