iam going to get my station up this year I think i am going with the roadmaster am1000. in buffalo the am is tight with 76out of detroit 77 out of ny city and 100 other am stations even 1610 is used for the highway information. but i think i am going to use upper 1600. my ? is if you were starting your station what are three things you wouldnt do without?
thanks
iam going to get my station up this year I think i am going with the roadmaster am1000. in buffalo the am is tight with 76out of detroit 77 out of ny city and 100 other am stations even 1610 is used for the highway information. but i think i am going to use upper 1600. my ? is if you were starting your station what are three things you wouldnt do without?
thanks
The three things I put into my station (besides a computer) are:
* a good audio console
* a good microphone
* an alternate playback source
I'm kind of old school; I think a radio station should have at least some mechanical playback device such as a turntable, CD player, tape deck, cart machine, etc. I've used my turntable many times while I was kicking an obstinent computer back to life!
Frank
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4 Things....
Good Audio Console, Good Mic, Excellent Audio Processing Comprising of AGC/Leveler and Asymetrical Limiting with NRSC Roll-Off, A Decent Computer Running a Automation Program.
This on top of a hamilton AM1K Rangemaster.
Absolute minimum to run a station
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* Computer with good backups. OS does not matter.
* Mic (medium grade or better - it's AM..)
* Backup Computer ready to go in case the other one fails.
Face it, if you are on a budget, you can buy a pair of 700+MHz computers with 20GB disks for about 150.00 if you dig through your local newspaper, craigslist.com, whatever. It's really all you NEED to run a station.
What *I* would do is this (minimalist):
* Computer x2
* Console with at LEAST 8 Channels
* Pair of CD decks
* At least a Behringer B1 model Mic
* Quiet mic stand (OCWhite types are nice)
* Copies of my mp3's on audio cd's
And to add to that:
* Pair of turntables (Tech. 1200's or Gemini clones if I can afford it)
* A tape playback deck
* A tape recording unit (maybe a 3rd computer to handle this instead?)
* A second Mic
* A telephone line
* Telephone patch
thats about it for me...