Automated camera equipment

[WISCOJIM]

Originally Posted by April S.

In the late 1980's while traveling I came across a local TV station (Wichita Falls, Texas) that had a dedicated channel where they had a motorized camera that would scan the faces of several weather gauges (temperature, wind speed, wind direction, barometric pressure).

There were a lot of motels/hotels I stayed in back in the 1960's-early 1970's that had those setups for their MATV distributions. On either end of the rotation they could insert cards for local advertising and even letterboards for area events.

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[April S.]

Originally Posted by WISCOJIM

There were a lot of motels/hotels I stayed in back in the 1960's-early 1970's that had those setups for their MATV distributions. On either end of the rotation they could insert cards for local advertising and even letterboards for area events.

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IIRC in this case it was the local Cable TV company that operated the channel.