General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

METAL CABINETS, CONTROL PANEL & MICROPHONE/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, BUTTONS AND SWITCHES, & METER CASES; GLASS METER COVER; GLASS, SYNTHETIC AND METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

202.0 cm

Width

88.0 cm

Height

95.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Radio

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MCCURDY

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

British Columbia

Period

THIS UNIT USED BY THE DONOR BETWEEN 1963 AND 1996

Canada

PART OF THE CBC RADIO BROADCAST STUDIO INSIDE THE REGIONAL EMERGENCY GOVERNMENT HEADQUARTERS, NANAIMO, B.C. THIS WAS ONE OF 7 UNDERGROUND BUNKERS BUILT ACROSS CANADA FROM 1959-1963 TO SHELTER GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY OFFICALS, PROVIDE COMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES, AND ENSURE "CONTINUITY OF GOVERNMENT" AFTER A NUCLEAR ATTACK.

Function

MIXES AUDIO INPUTS FROM VARIOUS PROGRAM SOURCES - MICROPHONE, TURNTABLE, TAPE PLAYER, NETWORK FEED - AMPLIFIES THE BLENDED SIGNAL AND RELAYS IT TO THE TRANSMITTER. PROVIDES MONITOR AND TALKBACK FACILITIES FOR STUDIO USE.

Technical

PART OF A "PACKAGED" STUDIO CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDED, IN ONE UNIT, ALL FACILITIES REQUIRED TO OPERATE AN AM OR FM BROADCAST STATION. IT ALLOWED QUICK INSTALLATION AND FLEXIBILITY IN ROOM LAYOUT. CANADIAN MADE. TUBE TECHNOLOGY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MFG'S PLATE: 'MCCURDY/ RADIO INDUSTRIES LIMITED'/ PRINTING ONPANEL INCLUDES: 'CHANNEL 1 CHANNEL 2/ MIXER CHANNELS [1 TO 9]/ ST. MIC.1 [TO 4]/ C.R.MIC./ OUT-LINE 1 OUT-LINE 2/ C.R. MONITOR/ CHANNEL 1/ MASTER/ CHANNEL 2/ MASTER/VOLUME/ [NO. DESIGNATIONS AROUND DIALS]'/ DYNOTAPE LABELS READ IN PT: 'FADER INPUTS/ CONTROL RM MIC./ TALKBACK/ OUTPUT KEYS/ MIC 1 REMOTE MIC 1/ MIC 1 LOCAL ON MIC2/ LINE 1 IN LINE 2 IN/ CHAN1 CHAN2 [8 TIMES]/ TAPE1 TAPE2 TT1 TT2 MIC1 MIC 2'/ FRONT CONTROL PRINTING INCLUDES: 'MONITOR SELECTORS/ ANN.1 ANN.2 STUDIO REM.LINE/ CH.1 OFF CH.2 [3 TIMES]/ FROM ANN.1 SEL./ OVER RIDE/ ' FROM ANN.2 SEL.'/ .2 & .3:'[MCCURDY PLATE]' PRINTING: `TALKBACK/ STUDIO SPKR./ MICROPHONE'

Missing

.3 BUTTON COVER FOR "TALKBACK" CONNECTION

Finish

.1 CABINET TOP: GREY/ SIDE & BACK PANELS: BLUE/ CONTROL PANEL BLUE WITH POLISHED METAL SIDES, BLACK OR WHITE KNOBS & DIALS, WHITE PRINTING/ FRONT CONTROLS BLUE & SILVER WITH BLACK KNOBS AND PRINTING/ BLACK METER CASES WITH YELLOW FACE AND BLACK & RED PRINTING/.2 &.3 BLUE BODY WITH POLISHED METAL SIDES; BLACK KNOBS & DIALS WITH WHITE PRINTING

Decoration

N/A