Today Show

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Thanks Harry.

I was not aware of such a system, however, I imagine that it was  
still pretty uncommon in most places by the early 1960s. I know we  
did not have such capability until the 1980s, and Roanoke was like a  
65th market, and we spent a bunch of money on the news operation and  
equipment (certainly not on us employees!)

Since this was a network operation in conjunction with the local NBC  
folks, I doubt they brought in any big equipment for this piece.

Ken Miller

On Mar 31, 2007, at 11:25 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:


>  Ken,

> 	While satellite broadcasting did not exist until the 1960's, AT&T

> started development of their microwave backbone transmission system  

> in the

> late 1940's and it was old news when I joined them in 1966.  We  

> were putting

> in second or third generation equipment by then.  While ENG from a  

> moving

> locomotive was most likely out of the question at that time, remote  

> pickup

> from microwave trucks just as we do today (I'm still in the TV  

> engineering

> business after 34 years) was certainly available.

>

> Just picking a few nits..

>

> Harry Wilkins

> Huntsville, AL

>

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>>  Satellite or microwave

>> broadcasting that is common today was unheard of in 1958.

>>

>> Ken Miller

>>

>> On Mar 31, 2007, at 1:18 PM, NW Mailing List wrote:

>>

>>>

>>> I do recall the Today show broadcasting from Roanoke in

>>

>

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