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Ann Arbor News, June 26, 1962
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VIDEO TAPE RECORDER: Leonard Eden, video tape recording engineering, is shown as he operates an Ampex video tape recorder in reproduction of NET programming. NET provides at least 10 hours of broadcasting of educational and cultural material to each of its affiliates. Its 10,000-square-foot building, which can be added to, has permitted doubling of video tape reproduction operations. Reproduction takes place 17 hours a day on two shifts. The firm anticipates a huge growth with the addition of new affiliated, may of then educational TV stations either planned of under construction. NET currently employs 25 persons here.

Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 26, 1962
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MASTER CONTROL PANEL: The National Educational Television and Radio Center recently moved to a new building at Packard and Colony Rds., where it is reproducing video tapes for 67b affiliated NET stations and commercial stations throughout the nation. It is the only such video tape reproducing and distribution center in the world, Jack Caldwell, director of the center, said. Shown above is a master control system for remote handling of video tape and recorder-reproducer equipment. Ten TV screens are used for quality control. Eight copies of a TV program can be reproduced at one time. Richard Jorgensen, video tape recording engineer, is shown making an operational switch and electrical measurement involved in duplication of video tape.

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Ann Arbor News, June 26, 1962
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THOUSANDS OF PROGRAMS: This is the humidity-controlled storage room for thousands of TV motion picture films the video tapes (not shown) which are shipped to affiliates and commercial stations throughout the country. NET also serves the British and Canadian Broadcasting Companies. Technical aspects relating to the films are carries out here, but reproduction of the film is done by concerns throughout the world upon NET order. Prior to moving to its new building recently, NET was located at 2320 Washtenaw Ave., where in 2 1/2 years it reproduced 10,000 video tape recordings representing 100,000 broadcasts throughout the nation.