{"id":4299,"date":"2020-06-02T10:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T00:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/06\/02\/the-radio-collector-a-tv-series-from-1985\/"},"modified":"2020-06-02T10:32:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T00:32:00","slug":"the-radio-collector-a-tv-series-from-1985","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2020\/06\/02\/the-radio-collector-a-tv-series-from-1985\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Radio Collector&#8221;  A TV Series from 1985"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SEqUCrD8kjI\" width=\"440\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> H<b>ere is a really nice five part series of PBS TV programs about the history of radio and about restoring old radios. I got a kick out of W6AM&#8217;s description of the &#8220;exam&#8221; that got him his first radio license &#8212; you will find that story at the end of the first episode (above). <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>Here are all five of the progams: <\/b><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLLTogcYJemH5Oc_W8Q4gsae4a0zHvi5L8&#038;fbclid=IwAR1H1Eq1vqMb_-MntRvPId5f_UpU5h-KJVtz2Wj8ijbTmSusr1BmGvcAROk\"><b>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLLTogcYJemH5Oc_W8Q4gsae4a0zHvi5L8&#038;fbclid=IwAR1H1Eq1vqMb_-MntRvPId5f_UpU5h-KJVtz2Wj8ijbTmSusr1BmGvcAROk<\/b><\/a><br \/> <b><br \/><\/b> <b>And here is the background info (from the YouTube Channel): <\/b><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"style-scope ytd-playlist-sidebar-primary-info-renderer\" id=\"title\" style=\"background: rgb(249, 249, 249); border: 0px; color: var(--yt-spec-text-primary); font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 3rem; margin: 0px 0px 8px; overflow: hidden; 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background-color: #f9f9f9; display: block; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\"><\/ytd-expander> <\/p>\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-expander\" id=\"content\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;\">\n<div class=\"style-scope ytd-playlist-sidebar-primary-info-renderer\" id=\"description\" slot=\"content\" style=\"background: transparent; border: 0px; color: var(--yt-spec-text-secondary); display: block; font-size: var(--ytd-user-comment_-_font-size); font-weight: var(--ytd-user-comment_-_font-weight); line-height: var(--ytd-user-comment_-_line-height); margin: 0px 0px 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;\"> <yt-formatted-string class=\"style-scope ytd-playlist-sidebar-primary-info-renderer\" id=\"description\" split-lines=\"\" style=\"color: var(--yt-spec-text-secondary); display: block; font-size: var(--ytd-user-comment_-_font-size); font-weight: var(--ytd-user-comment_-_font-weight); line-height: var(--ytd-user-comment_-_line-height); margin-bottom: 16px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;\">The 5-part PBS series from 1985, \u201cRadio Collector\u201d was nominated for a Los Angeles Area Emmy for Best Informational Series. Radio Collector was shot in 1985 on 3\/4\u2033 video, a marginal format that boasted 240 lines of resolution. It was edited 3\/4\u2033 to 3\/4\u2033 using a control track\/insert cuts-only editor, then that 2nd generation 3\/4\u2033 was transferred to 2\u2033 at KOCE in Southern California where the credits were added. KOCE sent it to PBS and it was available to all member stations, and it has been aired on many stations. Mike Adams&#8217; students in Radio-TV-Film at California State University, Fullerton, were the camera operators, musicians, etc. Twenty eight years later CHRS President Steve Kushman transferred a copy of a copy of a copy of the master which went from 2nd generation 3\/4\u2033 to 2\u2033 to 1\u2033 to Beta SP to his computer. The story has held up well, and of course many of those profiled here are silent keys\/valves. Mike\u2019s inspiration for this series was the original \u201cThis Old House,\u201d thus \u201cThis Old Radio.\u201d Enjoy<\/yt-formatted-string><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a really nice five part series of PBS TV programs about the history of radio and about restoring old radios. I got a kick out of W6AM&#8217;s description of the &#8220;exam&#8221; that got him his first radio license &#8212; you will find that story at the end of the first episode (above). 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