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Recorder used for original KKFI programs, 1988

Original KKFI reel-to-reel recorder.
in 1988 while KKFI was constructing its studios at the Mainmark Building in downtown Kansas City, programs were recorded on giant reel-to-reels in a basement in Westport. Because there was no link to the transmitter at the tower, a volunteer had to take the recordings out to the tower and play them back. This is one of the original reel-ro-reel recorders used.
Posted by KKFI History on Thursday, July 19, 2018

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