Re: [ARSCLIST] "Aircheck" history

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Judging from how many copies of OTR programs are circulating out there, I think most stations 
transcribed most programs and many others down the line made line-checks (now learning the right 
terms thanks to this list). So, bottom line, it was possible but maybe not plausible. If it was a 
major market station, they'd have several disk recorders, so possible they made 2 transcriptions at 
once or made a copy for the person in your book. I imagine you'd need connections at the station and 
a roll of bills to get that done back then since the process would take the time of a station 
engineer and was thus costly.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Judson" <loujudson@xxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 12:55 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] "Aircheck" history


Slightly off the topic but this must be the place to ask this -
Listening to an audiobook drama recently, in the story there was a live
concert broadcast on a major NYC radio station in 1939. Someone (the
private eye, star etc.) missed part of it and someone called the
station and was able to get a copy of the program - the same day. Would
this have been possible then? Wouldn't it have had to be the original
transcription disc, if any were made? It is a work of fiction so this
is more fact-checking than actual history, but could that have happened
in 1939?

Thanks,

<L>

Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
415-883-2689