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PIA" ItIETER
Volume 2/No. 1
features
Two-Way Street to Economy
26
East Coast writer Tom Oliver examines the role two-way
radio can play in economizing your operation and making
it more efficient by citing examples from North Carolina
operator Ken Flowe's business and by discussions of the
alternatives available with a radio expert .
Who Are Those Guys, Anyway
MEMBER
JanualY, 1976
staff
47
At last, the Southern gentlemen and ladies at Play Meter
unmask themselves, letting our readers in on who we are
and how we got to be here, putting out the best trade
journal available for the coin -operated amusements
industry.
departments
From the Editor ....... .. .... .... .. ... ...... ..... ... .. ... . 7
Editorial .. .... ...... .... ... ... ..... ... ..... .... _ ... .. ... 12
Editor and Publisher:
Ralph C. Lally II
Managing Editor:
Sonny Albarado
Associate Publisher :
Linda Theis
International Editor:
David Snook
Technical Editor :
Perry Miller
Correspondents :
Robert Haim
Gene Beley
Tom Oliver
Dick Welu
John Osborne
Circulation Manager:
Lynn Zielinski
. Production Assistants :
Roy Willis
Reggie Bowman
Amy Lindblom
Typography :
Skybird Typography
Mailbox .. .... .. ... ........ .... ....... ...... .. ... ..... .. 14
Coinman of the Month ..... .... ... ........ .... .. ..... ... 18
Jon Brady on distributing and the industry
Operating ..... ...... .. .. ....... .. ... ..... ... .... .. ... .. . 20
Arcade owners experience first tournament
Distributing ....... .... ....... ..... ...... .... .. .. .. ..... 30
Louis Boasberg on coin chutes
Manufacturing ....... ...... ... .. ... .... .... ... ... ...... 33
International News .. ....... ..... .... ... ...... ... ... ... . 38
On the Move ... ..... ........ .... .... .... ...... .. .... .... 39
New Products ....... .. ....... .............. ... . ... .. ... 40
Music Programming ......... ... ..... ... ..... ..... .. .48-53
. Classifieds ..... ................ ......... ... .. .. ........ 54
PLA Y METER , January 1976, Volume 2,
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