How a Radio Station Works : Radio Station Equipment: On-Air Mixing Board

Posted by admin on October 20th, 2009 and filed under radio station | 6 Comments »

The radio mixing board channels all of the broadcast signals. Learn how to use an on-air mixing board 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 : 0:2:6


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6 Responses

  1. cks1001 Says:

    i love when idiot s …
    i love when idiot s like you comment on videos pretending to be a genius. oh and fyi u do not want to peak at the red. The red signals that the station has to amplify the sound to get it to that desired level……its ok for music to max in the mid reds

  2. jeeisenz Says:

    Very nice. it …
    Very nice. it should also be noted that some studios have their board wired to trigger “remote starts”. What this mean is the second you open a channel (turn it on) , it sends a signal to whatever input you selected to start playing. So if you don’t have something cued right, it can burn you.

  3. RMEProd Says:

    IMHO, there’s a …
    IMHO, there’s a time/place for ‘nit-picking’ the idiosyncrasies of another person’s video…and Youtube isn’t one of them! Consider the ‘crowd’ who is watching the video and then ask yourself..”would they know what a potentiameters is, or would that just confuse them more?

  4. endotox1 Says:

    thanks for the …
    thanks for the reply!

    as re: ancient:
    i just don’t want to give the impression that we are running some kind of ‘modern’ operation here… we look pretty sad compared to people with today’s digital boards. but it’s nice to know we’re not alone!

  5. snarfdude Says:

    I find it hilarious …
    I find it hilarious that he calls a 20 odd year old ward beck console aka “board” ancient. It’s seen some better days be the look of it….

    I’m running a rotary pot QRK console thta’s almost 40 years old on my internet stream

    still, very good basic explanation. using the mackey to expand the input capability of the WBS…very common practice in any radio studio.

  6. tangypanda Says:

    This is awesome. …
    This is awesome. Very helpful for my classes. :)

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