REC Networks started on July 20, 1984 in Chatsworth, California under the name California Comments (also referred to as "CalCom"). CalCom was a telephone entertainment commentline where callers would leave a message on an answering machine and then a few days later, they would hear their "comments" played back in a pre-produced program. In many ways, it is like talk radio over the telephone.
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