I did the College radio thing on a 3AM shift too. We could pretty much do what we wanted. I played Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds routinely for a girl that would regularly call in and chat. We also did a lively trade business with money, alcohol, drugs and other favors in return for reading all the PSAs that no one wanted to do. We also used the bathroom once for a "remote broadcast from Durango canyon" (not really a place).
That's true, but I must quibble with some of the other points in the article. KCPR was not "new wave" during Al's tenure. It was as anti-college as it could be, a weird combination of easy listening, pop, and overnight they'd do classic rock or whatever. If Al was on the 3am shift he was pretty much welcome to play anything. One program director during Al's stint actively lobbied for the station to play music college kids could study to/not be distracted by.
We used the bathroom as a sound stage a lot before we got electronics that could imitate it. Instead of the dead sound of the radio booth, if you hooked up your studio mic to a speaker in there, then miked that and brought it back into the board, it gave it a bigger feel. You could go from "nightclub" to "stadium" by moving the mic further away from the speaker. I usually put the speaker against the far wall and the mic on top of it, so it got maximum delay from bouncing off the far wall... And that's about as techy as I ever got.
I did the College radio thing on a 3AM shift too. We could pretty much do what we wanted. I played Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds routinely for a girl that would regularly call in and chat. We also did a lively trade business with money, alcohol, drugs and other favors in return for reading all the PSAs that no one wanted to do. We also used the bathroom once for a "remote broadcast from Durango canyon" (not really a place).
Actually they are not related. They have played together though. Frankie was a big piece of the Cleveland and Polka music scene.
That's true, but I must quibble with some of the other points in the article. KCPR was not "new wave" during Al's tenure. It was as anti-college as it could be, a weird combination of easy listening, pop, and overnight they'd do classic rock or whatever. If Al was on the 3am shift he was pretty much welcome to play anything. One program director during Al's stint actively lobbied for the station to play music college kids could study to/not be distracted by.
We used the bathroom as a sound stage a lot before we got electronics that could imitate it. Instead of the dead sound of the radio booth, if you hooked up your studio mic to a speaker in there, then miked that and brought it back into the board, it gave it a bigger feel. You could go from "nightclub" to "stadium" by moving the mic further away from the speaker. I usually put the speaker against the far wall and the mic on top of it, so it got maximum delay from bouncing off the far wall... And that's about as techy as I ever got.
I'm sure I'll regret it but what is the secrect?
