WEZE, WCOP and NBC

[Brian Vita]

Actually in a typical 35mm projector that still uses reels, the upper feed
reel runs counterclockwise, the takeup reel below runs clockwise.  In Europe
they both run clockwise.  Very few theatres actually still use reels,
however.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dan.Strassberg [mailto:dan.strassberg@att.net] 
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 1:10 PM
> To: Bob Nelson; Brian Vita; A. Joseph Ross
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@lists.bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: WEZE, WCOP and NBC
> 
> 
> If you noticed, the two Cs in the GCC logo rotated in 
> opposite directions, so instead of acting as a takeup reel 
> for the film from the upper C, the lower C spilled the film 
> on the floor, where it must have created an incredible mess. 
> No doubt the film became so tangled it would never again pass 
> through the projector without causing a jam. One often hears 
> that companies get into financial trouble when they neglect 
> or forget about the fundamentals of their business. 
> Certainly, if you run movie theaters, knowing how to thread a 
> projector is one of those fundamentals. Maybe in this age of 
> digital delivery of theatrical films, the same fundamentals 
> no longer apply. Therefore, maybe a resurrected GCC could 
> make it in this new age;>)
> 
> -----
> Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bob Nelson" <raccoonradio@mail.com>
> To: "Brian Vita" <brian_vita@cssinc.com>; "A. Joseph Ross" 
> <joe@attorneyross.com>
> Cc: "Dan.Strassberg" <dan.strassberg@att.net>; 
> <boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:51 PM
> Subject: Re: WEZE, WCOP and NBC
> 
> 
> I knew about General Cinema and their ownership of WHUE. They 
> had a theatre in Peabody and before the show they'd have an 
> animation of their logo, a G, C, and C, that looked like a 
> projector (the C's being the film reel and takeup reel). As a 
> beautiful music station on 100.7 and 1150, the ads in the 
> paper read "Beautiful Music for YOU" (apparently we were to 
> pronounce the "HUE" as "YOU"...)
> 
> You can see that GCC logo here: 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonrev/1003637900/
> `
> 
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