AirAmerica will no longer be on Sirius

[Larry Lovering]

 I had a Gates turntable that played at 16 2/3 RPM.  Back in the 40s, radio
programs often came on 16" records recorded at 16 2/3.  They were called
"transcriptions," hence the term "transcription table."

My BSR and Garrard turntables also had 16 2/3 as a speed choice, back in the
70s.

-Larry Lovering
The Radio Workshop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org 
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@rolinin.BostonRadio.org]
>  On Behalf Of Brian Vita
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:03 AM
> To: A. Joseph Ross
> Cc: BRI
> Subject: Re: AirAmerica will no longer be on Sirius
> 
> A. Joseph Ross wrote:
> 
> >
> >And 16 2/3 rpm.  Did anyone ever have a record that played 
> at that speed?
> >
> >  
> >
> As I recall, they were used as transcription disks, not 
> generally for music playback.  I've seen some.  I also seem 
> to recall that they were a larger diameter.  When I was on 
> staff at Hammond Castle many years ago, we had a very old 
> Gates turntable (with what looked like a washing machine 
> motor to drive it) and a bunch of the transciption disks in 
> the vault.  I seem to recall that they were 15" or more.
> 
> Brian Vita
> 
>