NBC Today Show Weather from 1982

Old Segment of NBC Today show weathercast transferred from quadruplex videotape shows the quality of the first tape format that was used by broadcasters for about 30 years after its introduction in 1956.

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[shstrang98]

NBC was still using quad in 82? Who woulda thunk it.

[AmpexQuad]

@shstrang98 This tape was recorded from the network feed by an affiliate station. Don't know how much quad was still in use by the network at that time.

[Colortiniz]

You have a quad deck???

[AmpexQuad]

Yes, we have several. This segment was played on an Ampex VR-1200.

[AmpexQuad]

Program was recorded 2/22/82

[blank77]

It's rare to see what you don't see after Willard says,"Here's what's happening in your world this morning...",and see what you just saw in that clip.Usually they relay it to a local NBC station (My case WMAQ-TV in Chicago,saying something like "43 degrees at Channel 5,it will rain in Chicago today,...").

[coolwafferman]

@bmasters1981 I kind of like the studio they have now. I actually been there before. I like this set better then the one they had a few years ago. I do like the set from back then as well,and from when Tom Brokaw was on "Today". That set was quite retro. I think "Today" is a okay news show. I watch it and everyone is pretty good except Meredith Vieira. Also, NBC need to cut the show to 2 hours.

[bmasters1981]

@coolwafferman Good point, there. On a somewhat unrelated tangent, NBC should bring that studio design back for today's version of the "Today" show. I still might not watch, but it might liven it up a bit for those who do, I think.

[coolwafferman]

@bmasters1981 Probably just a slip up. It happens to most of us. He probably thought it was 8:07,but it probably was 8:30.

[bmasters1981]

@coolwafferman He certainly did. I read it as 8:07:30, though. I don't understand however, what he meant by adding the "30" onto the time.

[coolwafferman]

Did Bryant Gumbel say 8:07-30? lol

Also this is great. I like how the news was back then. They were great.

[Colortiniz]

Wow, this looks great! Did you have to replace the heads? Is it solid state? How do you get replacement parts?