FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


            WQLN-TV IMPROVES ON-AIR LOOK WITH D-9
Wayne, NJ (October 20, 1999) --  PBS-affiliated station WQLN-
TV in Erie, Pennsylvania has upgraded it's on-air quality by
investing in 14 D-9 (D-9) tape machines from JVC
PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY.  The acquisition of six BR-
D50U players and eight BR-D85U player/recorders in mid-May
represents the first D-9 purchase by the station.

"We saw the format at NAB a couple of years ago, and we were
all quite interested in it," says Dennis Spagnolo, director
of broadcast operations and engineering.  "Now we've begun
to finally make the move from 3/4-inch SP in our master
control and edit bays, and we're phasing out 1-inch.   We
didn't want to continue with Beta SP so we felt the best
format to move to was D-9."

Spagnolo cites a number of benefits inherent in D-9.  "We
liked its picture quality and 4:2:2 processing," he reports.
"The mechanics inside the machines are much better than
other formats we looked at.  And the two-hour tape run is
very important to us.  As a PBS station, many times our
shows are two hours long.  There were times with the SP
format where we had to switch tapes three or four times and
match frame them while they were running."

Four of the BR-D85s work strictly as record machines in
master control, recording programming off the network on
timers.  Five of the BR-D50s have also been installed in
master control to play back interstitial material and some
programming.
Production 1, an edit suite with TV studio adjacent, houses
two BR-D85s.  They interface to a CMX editor which also
controls two Beta SP machines and a 1-inch VTR.  The BR-
D85's pre-read capability comes in handy for editing
underwriters' credits, promos, station IDs and some local
programming.

A second edit bay, Production 2, is equipped with a JVC 820
editor controlling a BR-D85, the sixth BR-D50 and a 3/4-inch
machine.  Production 2 handles editorial tasks similar to
its counterpart.

The remaining BR-D85 is located in a dub bay where it can
record material from the satellite or router system.  It
also dubs to or from other in-house formats.

"Everyone in the control operations and engineering staff
likes the D-9 machines," Spagnolo says.  "We have already
noticed the difference on air, and we think viewers will too
as we work all the 3/4-inch out of the system.  As more and
more material is originated on, edited on and brought to air
on D-9, we expect to see real differences on air."

JVC PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, headquartered in Wayne,
New Jersey, distributes a complete line of broadcast and
professional equipment including cameras, recorders and
editing products.  For more information regarding D-9,
contact David Walton at 1-800-JVC-5825 or visit the D-9 web
site at www.D-9.com or the JVC web site at www.jvc.com/pro.