From the pages of AUDIO ENGINEERING, ’52: the Presto TL-10.
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These actually worked halfway decent for quarter inch full track tape. Provided the station engineers could wire them correctly, and provided the tape reels the station used would fit and mount. But they were playback only.
And they required a big table, which in the pre AOR days was as scarce as a tape machine. Airplay was off the heavy-arm 45 rpm singles tables made for in-desk mounting. When AOR came out, Japanese direct drive consumer tables became the standard.
That’s the way I remember it anyway. YMMV.