circuit board
date: label: date made
content: 1995
name: label: maker
content: Univision Communications, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: Signed by the engineers who built it, this IFB (interruptible feedback) circuit board let producers at KMEX-TV in Los Angeles (Univision) talk to journalists while they were on the air. Reporters wore ear pieces that fed through the circuits on the board and they could hear the broadcast, but also be interrupted by program producers who might signal them when to start, break for commercial, or wrap up a report. Because Spanish-language television stations both often worked on tight budgets for equipment and did lots of on-location shows, this board was created by the engineers at the station to design what they needed and make it affordable. The engineers were Richard Morse, chief engineer, Jeff Staigh, assistant chief engineer, and Alan Landaker, engineer/designer.
label: Description
content: In the 1950s, consumers made television the centerpiece of the home, fueling competition among broadcasters to create new products, new programming, new stations, and even new networks. Innovators, such as those behind the creation of independent Spanish-language stations and eventually the Spanish International Network (SIN), challenged established broadcasting companies by creating new programming in Spanish and catering to underserved audiences. Established in the early 1960s, SIN knit together independents and created new stations to serve a national audience. With a complex business and legal history, SIN eventually became Univision in the 1980s. In the decades after 1980, Spanish-language programing options grew with recognition of Latinx communities as powerful consumer groups and the advent of new broadcasting technologies such as cable and digital TV.
label: Description (Spanish)
content: Firmada por los ingenieros que la construyeron, esta placa de circuito IFB (retroalimentación interrumpible) permitía a los productores de KMEX-TV en Los Ángeles (Univision) comunicarse con los periodistas mientras estaban en el aire. Los reporteros usaban audífonos que se alimentaban a través de los circuitos en el tablero y podían escuchar la transmisión, pero también ser interrumpidos por productores de programas que podían indicarles cuándo comenzar, hacer una pausa para un comercial o terminar un reportaje. Debido a que las estaciones de televisión en español a menudo trabajaban con presupuestos limitados para equipos y realizaban muchos programas en el exterior, los ingenieros de la estación crearon esta placa diseñada de acuerdo con sus necesidades y de manera accesible. Los ingenieros fueron Richard Morse, ingeniero jefe, Jeff Staigh, asistente de ingeniero y Alan Landaker, ingeniero / diseñador
label: Description (Spanish)
content: En la década de 1950, los consumidores hicieron de la televisión un componente central de sus hogares, fomentando la competencia entre las difusoras para crear nuevos productos, nueva programación, nuevas estaciones, e incluso nuevas redes. Los innovadores, como los creadores de los canales independientes de habla hispana y el Spanish International Network (SIN), desafiaron a las emisoras establecidas creando nuevos programas en español centradas en audiencias históricamente ignoradas. Establecido a principios de los sesenta, SIN unió a difusoras independentes y creó nuevas estaciones para responder a una audiencia nacional. Tras una compleja trayectoria empresarial y legal, SIN se convertiría en Univisión en la década de 1980. Durante las próximas décadas, las opciones de programación en español crecieron gracias al reconocimiento de la comunidad Latinx, como poderoso grupo de consumidores, y a la introducción de nuevas tecnologías de difusión, como el cable y la televisión digital.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: used
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: general subject association
content: Television broadcasts
label: general subject association
content: Technology
label: general subject association
content: Spanish
label: general subject association
content: Latino
label: general subject association
content: Hispanics
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content: Work and Industry: Work
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dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.0342.01
label: catalog number
content: 2017.0342.01
label: accession number
content: 2017.0342
objectType: label: Object Name
content: circuit board
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 in x 8 1/8 in; 35.56 cm x 20.6375 cm