CKOK

[Jack Bennest]

some pictures coming out this week on old CKOK

these might just be for me and Cleaver as I will start with equipment.

[Mike Cleaver]

Having some trouble identifying that board.
It doesn't appear in my rather vast collection of photos.
EV 635 mic on a home made boom.
Two Magnecord PT6 Tape Machines in the rack on the announcer's right.
Looks like 3 16" turntables, can't tell the brand and Rek-o-kut arms.
Home made monitor wedges above the control room windows.
That building was in use when I started at CKOV in '61.
A few years later, construction started on the new building on Carmi Avenue.
Art Vipond and myself made a few trips to Penticton to help in that project.

[Jack Bennest]

does this help?

[Jack Bennest]

and Mike maybe the Cleaver Bros can identify who this is?

[Jack Bennest]

and now for some rolling stock

[Mike Cleaver]

Doggie: These tired old eyes can make out General Electric above the VU meter.
Never seen that particular console before but it looks quite similar to some Western Electric boards.
The turntables are RCA with the washing machine type motor and clutch assembly in the cabinet underneath.
These were the same turntables still in use when I went to CJOC in 1967.
Those are the really old style Gray arms.
As to the CHBC photo, that might be Ralph Richardson before he put on a lot of weight and lost a lot of hair.

[glaherty]

Even at CKQR in Castlegar we didn't usually do our shift in
a white t-shirt or undershirt. Nice look though Fonz. Just kidding.

[Jack Bennest]

??

Russ Richardson CKOK to CHBC

Ralph Robinson in the mobile unit for CKOK

[BossRadio]

Couple of things come to mind seeing those pics. First, that jumbo board in the two shot was still sitting in the CKOK catacombs on Carmi Avenue in the early seventies, covered in dust but still in one piece and apparently still able to be pressed into service if it was needed. They had another that looked an awful lot like that one still in use as their production board too,circa '73.

The host in the tee was probaly in survival mode..Glaherty, you worked in the Okanogan, and you know the mercury regularly bumped over 100 Farenheit in the south end of the valley during the summer. Besides, have you even know radio station AC to work as it should? Bet they didnt even have it at OK at that time.

Mr.Pash may be the best source for replies on this one.

[jon]

Other than Bill Bellman's office, CHQM didn't have air conditioning until September 1971, but that was Vancouver, where a 90 degree High was something you only expected for a few days each year.

CJAT Trail had had air conditioning for many years when I arrived in 1972. In fact, it very clearly had been installed before the FM studio was built, as that was the only part of the premises that was not cooled sufficently.

I've read about stations in the San Bernardino/Riverside area not having air conditioning even in the late 1960s. And it gets very hot in that area.

[gwp]

Doggie: These tired old eyes can make out General Electric above the VU meter.

It is the same set up as shown here, except the board is more pristine without additions and likely full of tubes unlike the version here which was rebuilt/refurbished with solid state preamps etc. .
http://www.bcradiohistory.com/Pictures2/pash1.jpg
When CKOK moved into Carmi Ave they installed two RCA boards. There was a GE four pot remote version of the same vintage that was used well into the 1970's. Like the magnacord machines in the photo it was solid piece of gear.

The chap beside the van, may be Maurice Finnerty himself. There are photos of him with a very short haircut and the glasses look right.

[Mike Cleaver]

I think I'll always curse the guy who invented Dymo tape.
As soon as that came out, every engineer decided to label the board with the stuff.
If it was a tube board, the glue on the Dymo tape turned into a substance only kryptonite or the equivalent would remove.
Usually, you had to carefully scrape off the plastic part without scratching the finish on the board and then use something like GoJo, the industrial hand cleaner used by auto mechanics, to dissolve the hardened muck.
It came off a little easier from the transistorized boards.
IIRC, the RCA boards installed in the "new" station were RCA BC7's.
They too became bastardized over the years, with engineers adding extra buttons, pots, etc.
I think my brother ended up with one of them but it was only good for salvage by then.

[Jack Bennest]

the CHBC tv guy pictured is Stan Lettner