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Old 05-14-2022, 05:15 PM
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Curious... what kind of camera are they using?

Watching some old DVDs one from 1972 "Glass Harp" and the cameraman wheeling around the huge broadcast camera amongst the audience sitting on the floor. Looks pretty good for vintage color TV. Don't see any resonating tube elements making squiggles or bands in the video from the loud music like some of that era. What is it?

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Old 05-14-2022, 08:48 PM
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From the size and date, that must be a solid state (except for pickup tubes) Plumbicon camera. Maybe someone can recognize the brand. Do you know whose studio that is? It might help track down what gear they had.
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Old 05-14-2022, 10:00 PM
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That's a Norelco plumbicon camera...bet it's a PC-70, which was pretty much the industry standard. The earlier PC-60 proved itself at CBS for almost 20 years on shows like Match Game, Carol Burnett and Price Is Right. Many were electronically converted to 70s over time.

I ended up rabbit-holing a little for this one. Found out Phil Keaggy is in this group. Also learned that the concert was done at WVIZ, the PBS in Cleveland, and was simulacast in FM stereo on WMMS - a possible first.
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Old 05-14-2022, 10:42 PM
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From the size and date, that must be a solid state (except for pickup tubes) Plumbicon camera. Maybe someone can recognize the brand. Do you know whose studio that is? It might help track down what gear they had.
Good idea. So far this is what I've found.

"Glass Harp is a rock band formed in Youngstown, Ohio in 1968 consisting of Phil Keaggy, drummer John Sferra and bassist Daniel Pecchio."

"In early 1972, Glass Harp was asked to play a live concert for a local PBS TV station to be simulcast in stereo on a local radio station."

"GLASS HARP - Circa 72 Excellent Cleveland PBS broadcast from the early 70s. Prior to television being broadcast in stereo, this was the first time that a concert was simulcast live on TV and FM radio. WMMS in Cleveland provided the stereo feed and the PBS station did the video."

Pretty much confirms what colortrakker says. Thanks for the info and effort.


I got to be in the audience at our local PBS station KERA for a program done similar to this, called "Jazz Here and Now" which I have on tape, but that was around 1979.

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They did this with Austin City Limits in the Mpls/StPaul area during the late 70s into the 80s thru our PBS & MPR affiliates.
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Old 05-20-2022, 04:34 PM
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They did this with Austin City Limits in the Mpls/StPaul area during the late 70s into the 80s thru our PBS & MPR affiliates.
Yep hence the "simulcast" switch on many stereo VCRs back in the day.
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Old 05-28-2022, 05:20 AM
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I do remember that on our family Hitachi HiFi deck, remember thinking it was rather wierd at the time.
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Old 05-28-2022, 11:58 AM
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I do remember that on our family Hitachi HiFi deck, remember thinking it was rather wierd at the time.
First stereo TV here was via Warner Amex cable. We got MTV and The Movie Channel, each with a spot on the FM b'cast band using a splitter from the cable, one side going to the cable box the other side going to an FM radio. Sometimes had to add a balun to go from the 75 Ohm coax to 300 Ohm balanced twin lead input on the radio. It worked pretty well once you got everything tuned in!
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Warner-Amex...did they have a QUBE system where you lived?
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Warner-Amex...did they have a QUBE system where you lived?
Ha! Yes! The Qube box, made by Pioneer! I have a picture of one somewhere! Had forgotten all about that!
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We had Rogers Cable system running Zenith Z-Tac with the A/B system and FM radio simulcast well into the 90's. They changed hands many times (Paragon, Time-Warner Roadrunner) going digital around the early 2000's... stereo option was another $10.00 and the "Disney Filter" on CH-14 was $20.00.
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We had Rogers Cable system running Zenith Z-Tac with the A/B system and FM radio simulcast well into the 90's. They changed hands many times (Paragon, Time-Warner Roadrunner) going digital around the early 2000's... stereo option was another $10.00 and the "Disney Filter" on CH-14 was $20.00.
Our local cable system growing up (St. Joseph, MO) had HBO on...(wait for it)...Channel 6. Radio Shack could not keep FM traps in stock.
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Our local cable system growing up (St. Joseph, MO) had HBO on...(wait for it)...Channel 6. Radio Shack could not keep FM traps in stock.
I remember our HBO started on Channel 6 in 1978.
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