[BC] BC] No More Remotes

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

Chuck:

Speaking of your days in  comemrcial radio doing remotes there, I call
seeing you YEARS ago at a BIG D 103 remote when you guys had a concert at
the then Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford... this would've been several years
ago when I was just starting high school, I think.. (I'm 23)

I've done one remote in my entire life, when I worked for CCR Williston....
headphones/microphone/celljack/cellphone... consisted of just me walking
around the UMV Fair, interviewing people.... no sponsorship involved. I just
did it to get the stations name out there a bit more.

Paul Walker



On 4/4/07, cldube <cld at admin.umass.edu> wrote:
>
> Jeff:
>
> Usually one person- the client.
> Having done a tremendous amount of remotes (commercial station days); some
> very good and some almost life threatening,
> my impression is that *frequent* remoting was bad for the talent, put the
> quality of the show at question
> (bad for the listener), but excellent for the sales person who got the
> commission. And there, I think
> is the reason why these things can get scheduled at the most mundane
> locations at the oddest hours.
>
> Chuck Dube
> Am'erst, MA
>
> > I hope more stations make the decision to no longer do remotes. Out of
> my
> > 30
> > years in this business, remotes have been the number one cause of
> > frustration
> > and hard feelings among the departments at radio stations where I have
> > been.
> > Not all of these hard feelings necessarily had o do with engineering.
> All
> > of
> > this hassle just to get a remote announcer on the air live. Who is this
> > costly
> > hookup intended to impress?
> >>
> > Jeff Glass, BSEE CSRE
> > Chief Engineer
> > WNIU WNIJ
>
>


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Paul B. Walker, Jr.
www.walkerbroadcasting.com
walkerbroadcasting at gmail.com