So often when we read of a modification on a classic piece of tube electronics we prepare to wince, as such work often results in senseless butchery of a well-preserved survivor. With [Frank Olson]’s ...

KNBC announcer Jack Wagner records a news feature from the San Francisco waterfront in the mid-1950s. The recorder is the famous Ampex 601 professional suitcase portable, an industry workhorse for ...

AMPEX engineers called their machine the VR-1000; it used a spinning head and ran 2" tape, and would be the first in AMPEX's line of Quadruplex recorders. The team was led by Charles Ginsburg, and on ...

CBS goes on air with the first videotape delayed broadcast, Douglas Edwards and The News, using the Ampex Mark IV. Ampex introduced the videotape recorder on April 14, 1956, at the National ...

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KYA(AM) Studio Engineer Carl Christiansen. Photo courtesy of Kevin Mostyn.In the radio studios of the 1950s, commercials and recorded announcements were played from 16-inch Electrical Transcriptions ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

WASHINGTON – Legendary audio-video recording company Ampex Corp., which is scheduled to receive a Grammy next month for its contributions to the recording industry, said it may be forced to file for ...