When
I was at WOBC-FM in the late 1960s, our sound was anything but
consistent. At certain hours we played classical music, at
other hours Top 40 rock and roll; and then there were occasional
speeches or sports or poems or dramas. What if we were somehow
able to multicast several different programs simultaneously, so that
each program type could be on 24 hours a day?
This
ambitious studio complex is set up for four program streams.
Perhaps one would be on FM stereo, one on an FM subcarrier, one on
short-range AM, and one on cable; the details don't matter.
Each stream includes newscasts and is identified by color.
Gold
is popular music played according to a format; Green is specialty
popular music chosen by the hosts; Blue is classical music; and
Orange is spoken programs, talk shows and the like. Each color
has its own control booth or "combo studio" and its own
Program Director's office.
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There
are also two other studio suites. Through a sound lock on the
right of the reception area is the news department (purple), with a
conference studio (table and six chairs), control room, and two
newsreader booths. On the other side of the reception area is a
large production studio for various special projects. All the
control rooms adjoin the central record library, which would also be
the staff gathering area. |