I am restoring a moviedial film...

5/23/2002 12:34:09 PMJohn McPherson

I am in the process of restoring a movie dial film for an Airline movie dial console. After corresponding with Rock Sea, at that time they had stated they did not have the movie dial, even though it was in their list.

Progress is very good, but I am missing a section of the film for the broadcast band between 1080 and 1300, and would like to know which stations were used in that range, and which level they were on (there were three levels. For reference, bottom level closest to frequency would be level 1.). I have a 1936 list of stations, but in the quest for accuracy it would be nice to have the stations that Wells Gardner used for the Airlines.

5/23/2002 3:15:06 PMNorm Leal

Hi John

Areas of the country used different film. There was a discussion about Airline movie dial film on antiqueradios.com forum a couple weeks ago.

Norm

:I am in the process of restoring a movie dial film for an Airline movie dial console. After corresponding with Rock Sea, at that time they had stated they did not have the movie dial, even though it was in their list.
:
:Progress is very good, but I am missing a section of the film for the broadcast band between 1080 and 1300, and would like to know which stations were used in that range, and which level they were on (there were three levels. For reference, bottom level closest to frequency would be level 1.). I have a 1936 list of stations, but in the quest for accuracy it would be nice to have the stations that Wells Gardner used for the Airlines.

5/24/2002 9:36:39 AMJohn McPherson

Hi Norm,
While regional films make sense, this particular film has three rows, each representative of a region.
Top row CFRB, WJZ,and largely Norhteast stations.
Middle row-WGN, KNBC, WCCO, WML, WRUF,Largely central stations, and southern stations.
Bottom row-KHJ, KOMO,KLX, KOIN, Largely west coast stations.

So, perhaps there was yet another variant for the units in the stores, or perhaps the mail order units. Or, the replacement films had different station choices.

While I could make a creditable stab at selecting stations off of my list that would be regionally correct, the chance of being correct far from absolute. Considering how this film had split and deformed, there is a fair chance that there are no surviving portions of that film. Yet, it would be nice to be able to state that the film was correctly reproduced.

:Hi John
:
: Areas of the country used different film. There was a discussion about Airline movie dial film on antiqueradios.com forum a couple weeks ago.
:
:Norm
:
::I am in the process of restoring a movie dial film for an Airline movie dial console. After corresponding with Rock Sea, at that time they had stated they did not have the movie dial, even though it was in their list.
::
::Progress is very good, but I am missing a section of the film for the broadcast band between 1080 and 1300, and would like to know which stations were used in that range, and which level they were on (there were three levels. For reference, bottom level closest to frequency would be level 1.). I have a 1936 list of stations, but in the quest for accuracy it would be nice to have the stations that Wells Gardner used for the Airlines.

5/26/2002 5:02:07 PMNorm Leal

Hi John

A guy is sending me information through the mail for your Airline film. Will take a few days as Monday is a holiday. I might be able to scan the information?

Norm

:Hi Norm,
:While regional films make sense, this particular film has three rows, each representative of a region.
:Top row CFRB, WJZ,and largely Norhteast stations.
:Middle row-WGN, KNBC, WCCO, WML, WRUF,Largely central stations, and southern stations.
:Bottom row-KHJ, KOMO,KLX, KOIN, Largely west coast stations.
:
:So, perhaps there was yet another variant for the units in the stores, or perhaps the mail order units. Or, the replacement films had different station choices.
:
:While I could make a creditable stab at selecting stations off of my list that would be regionally correct, the chance of being correct far from absolute. Considering how this film had split and deformed, there is a fair chance that there are no surviving portions of that film. Yet, it would be nice to be able to state that the film was correctly reproduced.
:
:
::Hi John
::
:: Areas of the country used different film. There was a discussion about Airline movie dial film on antiqueradios.com forum a couple weeks ago.
::
::Norm
::
:::I am in the process of restoring a movie dial film for an Airline movie dial console. After corresponding with Rock Sea, at that time they had stated they did not have the movie dial, even though it was in their list.
:::
:::Progress is very good, but I am missing a section of the film for the broadcast band between 1080 and 1300, and would like to know which stations were used in that range, and which level they were on (there were three levels. For reference, bottom level closest to frequency would be level 1.). I have a 1936 list of stations, but in the quest for accuracy it would be nice to have the stations that Wells Gardner used for the Airlines.

5/26/2002 5:41:59 PMJohn McPherson

Hi Norm,
At the stage where I am at with the rest of the film, all I need amounts about just those few station calls in that region of the damage, and I can have it printing off the computer within about an hour.

:Hi John
:
: A guy is sending me information through the mail for your Airline film. Will take a few days as Monday is a holiday. I might be able to scan the information?
:
:Norm
:
::Hi Norm,
::While regional films make sense, this particular film has three rows, each representative of a region.
::Top row CFRB, WJZ,and largely Norhteast stations.
::Middle row-WGN, KNBC, WCCO, WML, WRUF,Largely central stations, and southern stations.
::Bottom row-KHJ, KOMO,KLX, KOIN, Largely west coast stations.
::
::So, perhaps there was yet another variant for the units in the stores, or perhaps the mail order units. Or, the replacement films had different station choices.
::
::While I could make a creditable stab at selecting stations off of my list that would be regionally correct, the chance of being correct far from absolute. Considering how this film had split and deformed, there is a fair chance that there are no surviving portions of that film. Yet, it would be nice to be able to state that the film was correctly reproduced.
::
::
:::Hi John
:::
::: Areas of the country used different film. There was a discussion about Airline movie dial film on antiqueradios.com forum a couple weeks ago.
:::
:::Norm
:::
::::I am in the process of restoring a movie dial film for an Airline movie dial console. After corresponding with Rock Sea, at that time they had stated they did not have the movie dial, even though it was in their list.
::::
::::Progress is very good, but I am missing a section of the film for the broadcast band between 1080 and 1300, and would like to know which stations were used in that range, and which level they were on (there were three levels. For reference, bottom level closest to frequency would be level 1.). I have a 1936 list of stations, but in the quest for accuracy it would be nice to have the stations that Wells Gardner used for the Airlines.

6/2/2002 5:38:07 PMSam Bidkaram

Hi John
Norm Leal gave me your name. I understand you need a copy of 1100 - 1300 KC for your movie dial radio. I have made a copy for you, if you send me your home address I will mail it to you. Sam