[GreenKeys] Teletype sounds in newscasts

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Tue Mar 24 18:26:30 EDT 2020


On Wed, 24 Mar 2020, Bill Horne wrote:

> In 1976, I was a newly-hired engineer at WRKO in Boston. On my first 
> day, during break, I wandered down to the (abandoned) TV studio and wen 
> to inspect the Teletype machine that they showed in the background of 
> the opening to their news program.

[...]

Jut curious, was WRKO any relation to RKO Radio Pictures?  I loved seeing 
those old B&W films on TV (hey, all B&W films are good!), and especially 
the "RKO Radio Pictures V V V" being transmitted in CW :-)

-- Dave VK2KFU


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