By far the workhorse of the broadcast transcription turntables I picked up is this 1938 RCA Model 70-B. There were four iterations of RCA broadcast turntables (Model 70-A through 70-D). The RCA 70-A was introduced in the mid 1930’s. By 1938 RCA had rolled out the 70-B. Somewhere down the line in the 1950s a…

Earlier this month, I picked up some 16″ transcription records that were at a local estate sale for a gentleman named Joe. Joe was in the Navy, trained on aircraft electronics (radar was his thing), repaired radios, mechanical calculators, TVs, and was essentially one of those guys that could fix or build most anything. Joe…

Photos of a handful of 16″ War Department & Armed Forces Radio Records