Subj : Turntables and LPs
To : Brian Rogers
From : Ogg
Date : Sat Sep 04 2021 09:19 pm
Hello Brian Rogers!
** On Tuesday 31.08.21 - 18:33, Brian Rogers wrote to Ogg:
Og>> It went alright. The university radio station had three
Og>> studios all "connected" and visible to each other by
Og>> large glass windows. I would be in one studio and the
Og>> host would be in another. The host of the show would
Og>> either give me a hand signal or they give me the key
Og>> words to listen to before starting a song or breaking to
Og>> commercial.
BR> I could never do a show like that. While I realize it may
BR> have been easier for you, I'd still have an issue doing
BR> that.
It wasn't a problem at all. We could always get the attention
of the other person by sending a message over the headphones.
It was like working as a team. I learned how different hosts
preferred to work. Techs could select a particuilar show to
work on, or a host could try to request a specific person to
work with.
Og>> To qualify being part of the radio club, we were put
Og>> through a test that consisted of a mock solo radio show.
Og>> [...]
BR> I never minded the announcing. I'm sure it was a pretty
BR> simple test to take.
It was fairly simple for the most part. But the tester injected
random "emergencies" or something specific that needed to be
done. One random request required me to queue up a specific
commercial/announcement which tested my ability to find it in
the pile of tapes, and even queue it up in an adjoining studio
and control it back in my main studio. And.. I had to play it
within a specific time integrating it into the flow and context
of my own show. I loved the ability to control gear in another
studio, but it required specific jumpering to set that up.
Og>> I volunteered to power up the transmitters on Sunday
Og>> mornings and queue the national anthem. That was a cool
Og>> job with lots of switches to flip and dials to turn.
BR> I bet! When I was in high school still, I was doing a
BR> sunday morning show and then had to run the weekly god
BR> squad. It was a 500Watt daytime AM that played hot A/C...
BR> borderline CHR. I'd have to fire up the transmitters and
BR> wait a bit for them to be at spec before turning the
BR> switch to the sticks out in back on.
Yes.. I think my campus station was on AM at the time too.
There was a warm up period to reach spec before flipping some
main switches.
BR> The station had a cat, it was it's mascot of sorts which
BR> was cool. Feeding the cat was part of opening duties. It
BR> was a pretty neutral cat, not mean but not overly
BR> friendly.
