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“A new era in TV programming” becomes “business as usual:” Videotape technology, local stations, and network power, 1957–1961

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  • 1956 . “Video Tape Process Unveiled by Ampex,” . Broadcasting‐Telecasting , 50 ( 16 ) April : 72
  • 1959 . “Videotape Progress Report,” . Broadcasting , 57 ( 4 ) 14 December : 100
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  • 1959 . “Is TV Tape Effecting Long‐Term Savings?” . Sponsor , 13 ( 38 ) 19 September : 46
  • 1958 . “How Do You Plan to Use Your Video Tape Machine?” . Sponsor , 12 ( 28 ) 12 July : 50 52
  • 1958 . “Videotape Gets New Tricks, New Fans,” . Broadcasting , 55 ( 10 ) 8 September : 60
  • 1959 . “TV‐Tape Survey,” . Broadcasting , 57 ( 21 ) 23 November : 82
  • Woodstone , Art . 1958 . “NBC‐TV Alerted to Sweeping Ramifications of Videotape,” . Variety , 10 September
  • 1959 . “TV Tape's 1st Year Blasts Myth,” . Sponsor , 13 ( 4 ) 13 June : 44
  • 1953 . “RCA Tapes Video Color; Early Utilization Seen,” . Broadcasting‐Telecasting , 45 ( 19 ) 9 November : 42
  • 1958 . “RCA's Color VTR Shown in Camden,” . Broadcasting , 54 ( 3 ) January : 97
  • Brumbaugh , J. M. , Goodale , E. D. and Kell , R. D. 1957 . “Color TV Recording on Black and White Lenticular Film,” . IRE Transactions on Broadcast and Television Receivers , October : 71 – 75 . BTR‐3,
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  • 1959 . “How Stations Are Using VTR,” . Broadcasting 57, , 14 September : 46
  • 1950 . “KTLA Has Private ‘Kine’ Network,” . Variety , 29 November
  • 1959 . “TV Tape Syndication Pays for KTTV (TV),” . Broadcasting , 56 ( 18 ) 4 May : 82
  • 1959 . “Television Stations Exchanging Taped Programs,” . Telefilm , July : 16
  • 1958 . “VTR Gets 4‐Star Report Card,” . Broadcasting , 55 ( 3 ) 21 July : 52
  • 1958 . “how Do You Plan to Use Your Videotape Machine?” . Sponsor , 12 ( 28 ) 12 July : 52
  • 1956 . “Little Ampex Steals Show from Electronics Giants,” . Broadcasting‐Telecasting , 50 ( 17 ) 23 April : 31
  • 1957 . “Does Local Live Programming Have a Future?” . Television , 14 ( 4 ) April : 61 – 63 . 101
  • 1958 . “TV Tape: New Vistas and Problems,” . Sponsor , 12 ( 17 ) 26 April : 31
  • 1958 . “VTR; Prodigy Poses Some Problems,” . Broadcasting , 54 ( 19 ) 12 May : 31 – 32 .
  • 1961 . “Look, Ma—Only 4 Years Old!” . Sponsor , 15 ( 29 ) 17 July : 31 49
  • 1958 . “Is Videotape Practical Now? Ampex Gives Some Answers,” . Sponsor , 12 ( 17 ) 26 April : 33
  • 1963 . “Television Tape Challenges Film,” . Sponsor , 17 ( 4 ) 28 January : 39 – 40 .
  • 1957 . “Categories of Local Programming,” . Television Magazine , 14 ( 4 ) April : 101
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