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NBC Radio Final Wiring Check Circa 1942
NBC Radio, San Francisco Engineers Checking the Final Wiring, Just Before the Opening of Radio City Circa 1942.
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Radio Station KPO 50 KW G.E. Transmitter Belmont, CA 1933
KPO’s 50 KW transmitter, model RT-152-G, was custom-built by General Electric on contract to N.B.C. The contract also included the construction of the transmitter building, cooling pond and antenna system. The driver section of the […]
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KPO 50kW Transmitter Building Belmont, CA 1933
The KPO transmitter building was built under contract to NBC by General Electric in 1932, along with the transmitter itself. First Floor: In the main room were located the filament and bias motor generator sets, their […]
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NBC Radio, San Francisco Max Dolin Broadcasts From NBC Remote Vehicle Early 1930s
Another view of the NBC remote broadcast truck shows NBC’s West Coast Music Director, Max Dolin, conducting a broadcast, early 1930s.
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NBC Master Control Room 111 Sutter St., San Francisco Circa 1930s
This photo shows Master Control at NBC in San Francisco, used from 1927 to 1942. At the extreme left is the Morse code operator’s position, where the NBC Pacific Division communicated with New York, Chicago […]
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Radio City, San Francisco Recording Room (Undated)
This room in the Radio City building was the center for all program recordings. Six transcription lathes were used to make recordings on 16-inch 33-1/3 R.P.M. acetate disks, fifteen minutes to a side. The four […]