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Vol. 5. No. 22
Dec. 15. 1979
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Staff
Featu res
Publisher and Editor:
Ralph C. Lally II
Record Crowds at 78 AMOA .. .................... 22
David Pierson
The AMOA Show " grew up" to be a full-fledged
convention this year, with attendance figures of 7,130
setting an all-time record high. PLAY METER, of course,
played the games and the results were rather surprising.
Editorial Director:
Managing Editor :
Vicki Darlington
International Editor:
David Snook
Editor, Coin Slot
Technical Editor:
Zac Oliver
Correspondents:
Roger C. Sharpe
Pat Matthews
Dick Welu
Douglas McCallum
Art Direction :
Katey Schwark
Circulation Manager &
Classified Advertising :
Valerie Cognevich
Typography :
Vickie Lofton
Advertising Representative :
David Pierson
European Representa tive :
Esmay Leslie
PLAY METER , December 15, 1979.
Volume 5, No . 22 . Copyright 1979 by
Skybird Publishing Company . PLAY
METER ( ISSN 0162-13431 is publish-
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PLAY METER , December , 1979
A Look at a Big Music Operation
That'. Better. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Debbie Grant takes a look at a successful music
programming operation in New Orleans, T AC Amuse-
ments.
The Definitive AMOA Primer . ................•.... 33
Dick Welu kept his usual notebook fuU of his Jaundiced
impressions of the AMOA Show.
Departments
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Mailbox .......................................... 7
Colnman of the Month . ...............•........... 10
Operadng ••.............................•...•••..•
Equl."..... Poll ................................... 43
Dl8'trlbutlng ...................................... &2
M .... c ...........................................•
Manufacturing ................................... &8
Intametlonal New •............................... 14
Crldcl'. CortIer .................................... '7Ii
Technical Topics . ................................ 83
New Product:s ....................................•
CI ... lflecI ........................................•
News Briefs ...................................... 12'
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