Anyone Old Enough to Remember TV/FM Stereo Radio Simulcast?

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OBMG74

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TV stereo sound is something that we have taken for granted for quite some time.

I remember setting up an FM stereo receiver with its speakers on either side of the TV to see a concert simulcast on a PBS TV channel and a PBS FM Stereo station. Don't remember who performed but it was quite the experience at the time.

From Wikipedia:
"Before stereo TV sound transmission was possible, simulcasting on TV and radio was a method of effectively transmitting "stereo" sound to music TV broadcasts. The band Grateful Dead and their concert "Great Canadian Train Ride" in 1970 was the first TV broadcast of a live concert with FM simulcast."
 
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A bit off topic, but how about tuning in the audio an your AM or FM radio while watching a movie at the drive in. All those cars with the engine run ing belching out fumes while watching the movie. :eek:
 
I had a Fisher Studio Standard VCR the would record simulcast programs. Onboard tuner for the video and line out from the FM Receiver to provide the stereo audio. I was also great for doing 2 to 6 hour long audio only recording, like a 'Top 100" countdown.

PBS stations were one of the simulcast providers, concerts, musicals, etc. The "We are the World" concert was broadcast in simulcast.
 
Lavane said:
A bit off topic, but how about tuning in the audio an your AM or FM radio while watching a movie at the drive in. All those cars with the engine run ing belching out fumes while watching the movie. :eek:
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Used to be a lot where we could see screen (without being in the theater. Hey we were broke kids. Looking back, i think the scam was more exciting than the movie itself.
 
My parents were both music educators and watched PBS simulcasts. My memory is a bit foggy, but I think we watched the Dave Brubeck Quartet 25th anniversary reunion concert as well as a Wagner opera. I was about 17 at the time.
 
nj pheonix said:
Used to be a lot where we could see screen (without being in the theater. Hey we were broke kids. Looking back, i think the scam was more exciting than the movie itself.
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There was a levee behind an old drive in near me. We and others would bring lawn chairs and watch the movie from the levee. You could even hear the sound.
There was an echo though.
 
I seem to recall watching/listening (on PBS TV and radio) to Roy Orbison/Black and White Night, backed up by Bruce Springsteen, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Bonnie Raitt, K.D. Lang and others. I think it was recorded in a club setting around 1987. It was a fantastic performance.
 
Oh yeah, those events were the bomb. Can't remember if it was HBO or The Movie Channel that Time Warner offered regular FM Stereo simulcasts. It was something special at the time.
 
My dad would watch the Green Bay Packers on Tv with the volume down and listen to the broadcast on the radio. Then at some point they put a delay in the radio broadcast….enough to make it painful to watch and listen.
 
I remember a Charlie Daniels Band concert that was simulcast on PBS TV with sound on the local NPR FM station. Pretty sure it was in 1979. The band's keyboard player had a cast on his arm but it didn't seem to affect his playing.
 
Going way back I saw and heard a concert at Winterland in Calif. back in '70 that was broadcast on TV and two FM stations for 4 channel stereo. I remember Jefferson Airplane and Grace Slick was one band. Things were a little hazy that night. Pretty amazing to me at the time.
 
In Concert was a great excuse to have a party at whoever’s parents weren’t home. Another memorable simulcast was Dr Demento doing the Rose Parade.
 
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