Radio disc jockeys should always let callers know when they will be on the air. Learn to take on-air phone calls in this free radio station overview from an experienced radio technician.
Expert: Eric Nash
Bio: Eric Nash has volunteered with WXOJ Valley Free Radio, a Pacifica Radio Network affiliate station in Florence, Mass., working extensively with the technical and equipment aspects of broadcasting.
Filmmaker: David Pakman
Duration : 0:2:32
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March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
I am going to …
I am going to college soon to learn all of this. How hard is it to actually get a job in the field? Are stations usually pretty selective?
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
u might want to use …
u might want to use somthing called voip, and software
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Its called a …
Its called a telephone balancing unit I live in the uk I have used one or two mostly made by a company called Sonifex
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
It’s funny to think …
It’s funny to think that I took a college class in hopes that I would find a fob in radio… It wasn’t until I started doing a weekly podcast with my buddy, that I got an entry level board-op job at a local station.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
**thumbs up** yuuuup
**thumbs up** yuuuup
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
and to think i went …
and to think i went to college to learn this.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
what is the …
what is the equipment you need to put the caller on the air? what is the box and how do you connect the phone to the mixeing software? I run an internet radio station, and would like to put live callers on the air.. please help me if u can..
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
what is that box …
what is that box your using to have callers on the air?…the name of it.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
It looks like a …
It looks like a Telos One to me. If it is, the output can be routed directly into the board with no other interface needed. Our broadcast group uses a larger version of this for our news/talk station. The Telos One+One with a desktop switch console allows us to have holding callers on up to 10 lines and also put two callers on the air at once.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
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March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
and another thing …
and another thing too, as a disc jockey, we are required to ask you if we can record the call because it’s illegal for us to put you on the air without your prior knowledge.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Actually,,,if a …
Actually,,,if a listener calls the radio station, you DONT have to let them know they are on the air, or you will air them..Its called Implied Consent…If you call someone you DO have to get their permission
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
where’s the delay …
where’s the delay system?
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
yeah, it is kinda …
yeah, it is kinda lame, but overall good for the novice.
I wish I had a mix minus plus assuming you mean the one from henry engineering? it’s NOT cheap, and i’m sorta broke anyway….gotta figure where I’m gonna tap on the console to feed the phone….still experimenting…
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
oh god! I rember …
oh god! I rember the mix minus plus. maby the 360 systems aint so bad huh?. this video was kinda lame. watch fot mine. it will be verry informitave.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
what happened to …
what happened to the tellos 360 systems?
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
What is the unit …
What is the unit you use to hook up the phone to the board? also where can I get the unit you need to use to put people live on the air? let me know if you can.. thanks
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
looks like just a …
looks like just a basic hybrid used here, I have one myself from jk audio. my console is so old though, I have to build a mix minus bus so that you don’t get feedback. one of these days I will….the WBS console has bus for each channel you can use, which is probably why he does want to have people touch those buttons….I worked on a bigger version of these consoles for many years. very rugged and basic.
no mention of the radio shack phone flasher as the studio ringer? go figure.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
What is the unit …
What is the unit you use to hookup the phone to the board?
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
What phone hybrid …
What phone hybrid are they using in this example?
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Thanks!
I … 
I appreciate it. Please let me know when it’s complete!
Thanks!
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Yeah i can work on …
Yeah i can work on putting one together. =)
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Thank you. Can you …
Thank you. Can you make a short video showing this in progress? I was always intriged on how radio stations do the contests. I like to see how you actually “edit the call.” Sometimes they will take a caller sound bite and the announcer will say something different afterwards and dump back the sound bite.
Good job!
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Most broadcast …
Most broadcast boards have multiple output busses. Example: The board in my studio is an Arrakis 22,000 board. There are 3 outs: PGM (program which it to air), AUD (Audition, which dumps to the computer running our editing software, Adobe Audition), and UTL (Utility, which dumps to our main automation computer). As long as you tell the input where to go you can record it. When I do contests, i put my mic and phone in AUD and then let the computer record it.
March 10th, 2010 at 11:52 pm
Good video. Can you …
Good video. Can you show us how the radio stations RECORD calls ahead of time and edit out some of the call and then play the call over the air after they record? Usually this is done for requests and contests. Generally stations don’t like to put callers live on the air because they fear the caller might use vulgarity. Thank you