[GreenKeys] Teletype sounds in newscasts

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RKO General resulted from the sale of RKO Pictures to General Tire in 
1955. General Tire merged all its broadcast holdings into the holding 
company RKO General in 1959. RKO General operated six TV stations and a 
dozen radio stations between 1959 and 1991. General Tire had invested 
heavily in broadcasting beginning in 1943, and with the advent of TV the 
purchase of the studio was mainly for RKO's extensive library which 
could be shown on TV. RKO Studios stopped movie production in 1957 and 
the facilities were sold to Desilu Productions.

73, Tim WS4V

>> 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 :-)
>
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> The stations was owned by RKO General, but I don't know if they were 
> the company that made the RKO pictures
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