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TOPIC:   Radio/TV Here are the articles currently on the website. 1958-65:   Golden Age Where's NBC Radio? Remembering network radio, from 1955 until my college friend shut it down. Dotto My 1958 visit to the TV quiz show scandals. The Bixbys A script for a radio sitcom that I wrote in 1958. 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. Where Can We Put The Camera? The gym's too small; try on the wall! Hoops Copy Introductions and imaginative commercials for my mock radio broadcasts of basketball games.   1966-70:   College Letter to Jeff Hanna Planning the 1966 college-football broadcast season. Oberlin Digest Copy A routine script by and for the host, January 1967. Audio Radiance Previously published pictures of WOBC, circa 1967. WOBC Control Engineer's Handbook Excerpts from the 1968 instruction manual. Threads:  Returning to WOBC Some things are constant at my old college station, especially change. All News All the Time If WOBC were all-news, how would I organize it? photos and other WOBC    Carr Confonted at Cox    Leaving Oberlin    March, Arch, and Vigil    Returning to WOBC    Ringo and Rodstein    The Banner Threads: Benchmark Series 1970 field trips take me to Johnny Carson's New York studio and to the Nixon White House. Threads:  Radio and TV at Syracuse Letters from my year of study in 1969-70. The Sorcerer's Effects Sound effects, that is, in a little radio play about incantation incompetence. Threads:  WAER in Syracuse A brief stint at another campus FM. TV Show & Tell, 1970 Studio production miscellany. Designs: Broadcast Stuff 1970-82:   Cable Threads: Marion CATV My first real job is with a tiny local operation where I have to do just about everything. Those '70s Shows Tales from Marion CATV. Threads: Washington Channels My next job takes me to Washington — the college town of Washington, Pennsylvania, that is. A Bicentennial Newcast In 1976, Washington plans new downtown construction.  Included: update photos from 2002. Message Cards Graphic designs from an automated 1970s cable TV channel. Cable TV Bingo A small-budget game show occasionally starring yours truly, Tom Baby. TV3 New Kensington At my third local cable studio, we start inserting ads into ESPN. Early 1984 A photo album of TV3 productions during the first week of 1984. How I Watch Television Keeping track of 131 channels requires more than one TV.   1983—:   TV Sports Total Communications Adventures in becoming a graphics operator. What Is It Again That You Do? I work in sports television, but not as an announcer. The Evanston Story On Groundhog Day 1985, I travel to Illinois.  It's a needless trip, since my employer has come up a few million short. Indianapolis 1987 Hanging out at the Pan Am Games, occasionally running off to work telecasts elsewhere. I Invented the Fox Box Or at least the diagram of the bases. The Pete Surveying Pitt's new basketball arena with an eye to TV. Backstage in Paradise Miami Beach!  New Orleans!  Maui!  All on a corporate TV tour in the spring of '85. Directing Our Attention High-definition TV may make it possible to change camera angles less often. The Intercontinental Web Discovering an ancient TV show through on-line research. What I Did at the Olympics There was a lot of sitting around at Salt Lake City 2002. Security Adventures in making a training video for security guards. Left On Base Doesn't Matter Correlating baseball statistics with winning. Bammer Interviews Brian A lesson in TV production. other Sports articles    Fleeing the Storm    Let the Sportscaster Beware    Riding on the Basketball Bus    Where Can We Put the Camera?