Was that a board op I heard do the legal ID LIVE. :-[ Voice sounded very familiar
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Board Ops on WABC
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OC3 said:
Well I heard it again early this morning and in the middle of the day. The voice is very unprofessional. Why they let this Putz on the air is beneath me. I thought board ops weren't allowed ON AIR.
But I will say the voice sounded like a typical music radio DJ. Now I know why he works OFF air.
If there is a problem with the automation PC, and the host is in the bathroom or ordering pizza, somebody has to do it.
Tough to have board ops give live legal ID's at my station since their is no microphone in the control room.
badjef said:Ouch, what does that tell you.Boardengineer12 said:Tough to have board ops give live legal ID's at my station since their is no microphone in the control room.
Jeff in Sa-ra-so-ta!
Guess we are still living in the 1970's!
While the video is six years old, this YouTube video from JAM showing The Making of WABC #121 (top of hour jingle) shows what I assume is/was the master control room and, yes, there is a microphone at the board operator's position (3 mins, 30 secs in on the video).
It would only make sense to have a mic in the control room for emergencies, etc.
It would only make sense to have a mic in the control room for emergencies, etc.
Bill DeFelice said:
Fascinating piece!
Did it occur to anyone that this "work of art" jingle would ultimately be heard by listeners over AM RADIO where all the nuance would be lost? It's like buying a Maserati to drive solely on the LIE. More focus on the talk shows and less on the music would be helpful when programming a talk station.
Despite the number of French horns, WABC's ratings have declined since this gem was produced.
Wow, a lot of effing work, but the thing aired gazillions of times.Bill DeFelice said:
Climbing into our WABAC machine (for those of you old enough to remember)...
Good morning, good morning, everything looks great when you open your eyes with WABC.
Your whole weekend radiates around Saturday Sunday, WABC.
... and don't forget "Saturday Sunday W-A-B-C" from Pams Series 27.
Prior to the NRSC bandwidth limiting on AM in the late 1980's, I heard many stations sound absolutely gorgeous when listening off their in-studio modulation monitors. Wideband AM radio from the deep and not so distant past like the Sony SRF-A100 and SRF-A1 could have given FM a run for its money.
@wadio: While it may be deemed "wasteful" to put that sort of attention to producing a jingle, Jon and his crew put out a quality product and it doesn't matter if it's for an AM, FM or TV station - the same care and attention to detail is performed for every jingle they produced. They did some work for my high school project station and even though I barely had enough to get a few things produced it was evident the quality was 100 percent.
@wadio: While it may be deemed "wasteful" to put that sort of attention to producing a jingle, Jon and his crew put out a quality product and it doesn't matter if it's for an AM, FM or TV station - the same care and attention to detail is performed for every jingle they produced. They did some work for my high school project station and even though I barely had enough to get a few things produced it was evident the quality was 100 percent.
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