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Post by bluebucketradio on Dec 21, 2016 4:39:45 GMT
I see these studio pictures and realize how much i miss working in commercial radio. Station's I have worked for... WRSL-AM & FM was Stanford,Ky - 95.5 moved to 96.3 with power increase then the fm was sold to Educational Media Foundation Now only the AM remains and moved to Corbin,Ky as WRSL-AM 1600 WKFC The Bandit 101.9 FM - Country Format - London,Ky WKFO AM 1600 ESPN - Now is WRSL-AM 1600 Corbin,Ky - I worked there for a bit as a board op and production and just in case, i was on standby for lite engineering duties. Both WKFC and WKFO shared the same building. All the stations mentioned above owned by Lincoln-Garrard Broadcasting, a great company to work for. Some images of the on-air studios i had the pleasure of working in over the years, nothing like what I am working with here at the Radio Ranch. <--thats a link...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2016 10:15:23 GMT
Those Radio Nights and Days
In professional radio the difference between working nights or days is huge.
In the daytime on weekdays the whole station staff is there, from the boss and sales staff to the secretary and chief engineer, so the social experience of the board-operator/announcer is internal with these people coming in and out of the studio. The telephones are answered by a receptionist up in the front.
But after they all go home at 5 the announcer has the place to himself and it's a whole other world because now he's also the receptionist and listeners do call and they become part of an extended social experience that's different than anything else.
For music stations the callers become first-name basis and feel free to call every night to talk about everything from their love of music to their pets. The announcer becomes a social worker and confessor.
Telephone-Talk formats are a huge ego trip with the host feeling like a switchboard operator for the city, getting to know all these voices by their quirks and individual messages... there was the woman who was trying to tell the world via radio that religion is a scam and I still have two books she sent me... "Deceptions and Myths of the Bible" and "Biography of the Gods".
There was a guy who wanted everyone to give up using money and switch to a barter system. We really got into it over the bridge tolls that I paid everyday driving to the station... he said the bridge should let me cross in exchange for me doing bridge maintenance.
I don't get calls like that with part 15.
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Post by bluebucketradio on Dec 22, 2016 1:33:26 GMT
Before I started at WRSL, I was a frequent visitor and would take part in the show General Store, which was a live Buy, Sell and Trade call in show.
At that time the station was on 95.5 fm with 5000 watts and AM 1520 with 1000 watts give or take, the studio was in a different section of the small building with the mixing board off to the side and a semi-round table where we all sat with microphones facing the board operator. We all took turns saying," Hello your on the General Store."
In this town the station was just small enough that everyone knew everyone, regular callers of the show soon caught on that there was a new voice in the studio, my voice. At the time there were no job openings but i was there so much that it was just like being on the payroll...without the paycheck.
I didn't know it at that time, but the stations owner and the engineer (brothers) were working on the paperwork and technical requirements needed to increase their FM power and to move to 96.3 MHz.
There had been nearly a month and a half where i wasn't able to visit the station and my new friends but on passing the studio's i could see something was going on there, a new tower was one of the clues that something happening. This peaked my interest so i called the engineer, he then told me what was going on and that if i wanted a job , i should come in on a certain day for an interview.
I did just that and was hired that day as a daytime dj, after a week of training on the new equipment and learning the format it wasn't long before I was turned lose doing the General Store, production and a 4 hour show in the afternoons. After a year I was moved to nights doing a show from Midnight to 6 a.m. where i followed a friend who did a request and dedications show until midnight.
It was a lot of fun and i liked both aspects of working alone over nights and during the day light hours when everyone from sales to the boss was there.
At some point i was in charge of the AM station during the weekends where preachers would pay to pray and i was running two countdown shows from compact discs on the fm.
After the FM was sold to Educational Media Foundation, it wasn't long before the community cried out for a new station, WPBK-102.9 FM was born and to this day is a thriving voice for the community in Lincoln County ( Stanford, Ky ) I get there when i can, which isn't very often.
I learned a lot and made some great friends along the way.
Barry
Fuzzy Memory: That station was on 95.9 Fm
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