Broadcast  Radio, television, cable TV T. Buckingham Thomas physics Oberlin WOBC Richwood Tom Thomas Chyron Infinit Pittsburgh Most articles in this category are listed below.  There's also another category, WOBC, specifically about my college radio station.  To search for specific names or events that might be listed elsewhere, use this utility:   Stratocasting In 1948, TV pioneers proposed transmitting from five-mile-high "towers." The Intercontinental Web Discovering an ancient TV show through on-line research. Where's NBC Radio? Remembering network radio, from 1955 until my college friend shut it down. This Is Your Secret Some of my earliest memories of TV shows, including M Squad and What's My Line? Dotto My 1958 visit to the TV quiz show scandals. The Bixbys A script for a radio sitcom that I wrote in 1958. Ed Paulin and the Radios A portable radio in a $4,000 carrying case; a sportscaster who called Richwood High School basketball. Ernie and the Marxkado Two unlikely television Ko-Kos introduce me to Gilbert & Sullivan. . 1960 Keeping Score Scoreboards, from the huge one at the L.A. Coliseum to the antiquated one at the Richwood gym, inspire my playful experimentation. Kentucky Derby The 1962 telecast featured the band playing "My Old Kentucky Home." The Trial of Mrs. Peter Piper The script of a comedy sketch, transcribed from network TV in 1962. Dizzy Dean and the Goose-Eggs Half an inning with the legendary broadcaster. Script vs Performance Comparing the written word with the spoken word for a scene from The Dick Van Dyke Show. Hoops Copy Introductions and imaginative commericals for my mock radio broadcasts of basketball. Let the Sportscaster Beware High-school fans don't like to hear their kids criticized. Where Can We Put the Camera? The gym's too small; try on the wall! Audio Radiance Previously published pictures of WOBC, circa 1967. WOBC Control Engineer's Handbook Excerpts from the 1968 instruction manual. The Sorcerer's Effects Sound effects, that is, in a little radio play about incantation incompetence. Radio and TV at Syracuse Letters from my year of study in 1969-70.

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. 1970 TV Show & Tell, 1970 Studio production miscellany. Broadcast Stuff Ideas for a radio studio complex, a handheld camera, and TV studios tricked out with mirrors. Benchmark Series 1970 field trips take me to Johnny Carson's New York studio and to the Nixon White House. WAER in Syracuse A brief stint at another campus FM. Fantastic Fred Legend DJ Vin Ialenti presents his Annette Funicello Dance Festival & Retrospective.  I play a scientist. Determination of Audience Size Preparing to leave Syracuse, I propose how ratings could be measured at Marion CATV. Marion CATV My first real job is with a tiny local operation where I have to do just about everything. Cable TV Bingo A small-budget game show occasionally starring yours truly, Tom Baby. Those '70s Shows Tales from Marion CATV. Washington Channels My next job takes me to Washington — the college town of Washington, PA, that is. A Bicentennial Newscast In 1976, Washington plans new downtown construction.  Included: update photos from 2002. Earl Bugaile Collaborating with a radio reporter and attempting to interview a hockey coach. Message Cards Graphic displays from an automated 1970s cable TV channel. . 1980 TV3 New Kensington Local cable starts inserting ads into ESPN. Early 1984  A photo album of TV3 productions during the first week of 1984. Total Communications I become a TV sports graphics operator. The Evanston Story I travel to Illinois.  It's a needless trip, since my employer has come up a few million short. Backstage in Paradise Miami Beach!  New Orleans!  Maui!  All on a corporate TV tour in the spring of '85. Pecos Bill Scenes from a 1986 TV show featuring the lovely Rebecca DeMornay. I Invented the Fox Box Or at least the diagram of the bases. Indianapolis 1987 Hanging out at the Pan Am Games, occasionally running off to work telecasts elsewhere. The Day I Touched the Net I held CBS on my fingertips. All News All the Time If WOBC were all-news, how would I organize it? Security Adventures in making a training video for security guards. Game Day Hour-by-hour details of telecasting a Pirates baseball game, with pictures of me and my colleages. The Seoul Cypher The 1988 Summer Olympics in Korea. Freelancing My work in 1988-89 involves Las Vegas, logos, a helicopter getaway, and a French T-shirt. Chunk Beefsteak! Transcribed from MST3K. An Eighties Flashback More than two dozen video frames from 1989-90 Pirates baseball telecasts, including commercials. 1990 The Nineties More adventures take me to Tokyo and London.  Also, technical details about my Chyron designs. I'm Still on the Road I get to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame while pondering rusty towns, blood pressure, and Bach performance. Atlanta and After The 1996 Olympics, followed by baseball and C-USA football on Fox Sports Net, long travel days, and more. End of a Century Brayett, Mitch Miller, 9/11, and the climax of my football and baseball travels. 2000 What Is It Again That You Do? I work in sports television, but not as an announcer. TV Truck at PNC Park Hooking up at the new baseball field in March 2001. Directing Our Attention High-definition TV may make it possible to change camera angles less often. Bryan & Mary Seip's Party Pittsburgh-area sports TV folks gather in December 2001. How I Watch Television Keeping track of 131 channels requires more than one TV. What I Did at the Olympics There was a lot of sitting around at Salt Lake City 2002. Bammer Interviews Brian A lesson in TV production. The Pete Surveying Pitt's new basketball arena with an eye to TV. Century XXI In rainy Santa Monica for tennis, snowy Buffalo for hockey, and frigid Pittsburgh for high school football. Methodist Conferencing I'm behind the scenes as the denomination holds its quadrennial General Conference. If You Teach Us Not, How Shall We Learn? Why radio stations should identify the music they're playing. The Six-Box We can put six camera angles and a lot of stats on a high-def TV screen, but should we? I Never Thought about That Creating high-definition TV pictures that will be compatible with your old ten-inch black-and-white set.   A $64,000 moment A TV "camera" from 1961 Anchors' intros to reporters' intros to reporters' stories Backdrops for TV could have been minimal rather than realistic Bingo arrives on ABC-TV Captioning explains what's happening in a commercial Circus TV; re-pairing a basketball doubleheader Comcast's complex On Demand menu Comcast now brings me 159 unique channels, 34 of them HD Digital switchover now on staggered schedule; might be a good thing Dizzy Dean "slood" into third Don't put me in the credits Dreaming of problem-solving at my former studios Fantastic plot premises leave me cold Harding High School band pre-empted by Cosell Holographic TV is in the future; my concept was in 1960 Jubies and bummage Line painters are unimportant? Lists:  oldest first, or most recent first? Literal-minded cameramen Mistakes in the telecast of a horse race, with likely explanations Munich 1972:  No translator available Pitt Stadium Predicta:  the Edsel of television sets Providing context for statistics Radio music once had more variety Scripts that interleave three story lines Sitcom characters we never saw Specialization in TV production jobs Split-screen audio Spreadsheet tracks timing of TV program segments Stylized headshots of newsmakers "Sunday Driver" tours the farms outside town Super Bowl XLII inside the TV trucks Synching live radio with live video Transfer type; Bud Hedinger lands a video tape "on the moon" TV closed-captioning goofs TV is becoming less tapeworthy TV movies are 37% commercials TV production trucks:  Rows of computers TV shows that invite you to leave them? Using ancient Shatner footage Widescreen TV on the wall — in 1966 Working half as hard and earning twice as much Yvonne Strahovski's two front teeth