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Taped Syndication of Radio Programming: Unlike today, in the 1960s there were no orbiting satellites to permit the live distribution of radio or television programming. The first satellite delivery of an NBC Today Show segment happened in early May 1965, but full-time use of satellites to deliver radio, television, and cable programming would be several years in the future. The most cost-effective means in that pre-satellite era to distribute syndicated radio programming was to produce it in a studio, transfer it to open reel audio tape, and then ship it physically to hundreds of radio stations.. Drake-Chenault was a pioneer in this form of radio programming. Read More.
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