Speaking of Beeeps

[bill.smith@comcast.net]

There seem to be CAP alum everywhere, and half of them seem to be practicing law. I was there 79-84, arriving when they got rid of the jocks and went to automation that was tended by the news dept., which, after changing reels,  invariably forgot to turn on the ancient RCA cart machine that fired off Jerry Bishop's liners when it detected a right channel tone at the start of a song with  musical intro of serven seconds or longer on an unvoiced reel  ("Billerica...Here's a song for you from Music 98"  or "It's a slushy day. Be careful and take Radio 98 to get you through" or my favorite "Wow, It's a scorcher. Beat the heat and relax with Music 98").    I bet if you hopped on the Motorola 2-way today, keyed the mic and said "KCG492 Base  to Unit 2,"  Mo would answer you.  I looked at the Fybush pictures and it's remarkably similar to what I found in 1979, save swapping the CCA board for another by a similarly obscure manufacturer and adding a  PC to the on-air studio and STL equipment to the racks. Even the orange folder on the wall holding the EBS instructions and code word envelope  is unchanged!!  I just wonder if the Grace Kelly Memorial Flashing Lights, installed per order of Ike Cohen after the ABC net bulletin on her death went unaired, are still on the newsroom window  opposite the sales manager's office...