On arrival, the box is taken to a special international meeting and is opened to find a reel-to-reel tape.

In the 1970s, the show was sent to participating radio stations on reel-to-reel tape.

This was recorded on reel-to-reel tape, state of the art at the time.

And I was pretty sure that the cell phone companies didn't record the messages themselves on reel-to-reel tape.

In the late 1980s digital recording was offered as an alternative to the reel-to-reel tape, and soon became the medium of choice.

A collection of reel-to-reel tapes has been more widely dispersed.

Back home the box is taken to a special meeting and in it is found a reel-to-reel tape.

Because the reel-to-reel tapes ran two hours, he would sometimes leave the machine running, go about his chores and let the tape run out.

In 1990, a reel-to-reel tape of Campbell's entire fourth quarter call surfaced.

On the side, he sold reel-to-reel tapes and installed stereos.