Posted By on Feb 27 2009 12:00 AM
Use two lapel microphones, one per person, clipped if possible on to a tie or centre of a shirt about one to one and a half hand widths below their chins. If it is only possible to clip the microphone to one side make sure it is the one in the direction in which they are talking It is also useful to...
Posted By on Feb 27 2009 12:00 AM
Here is a small glossary of things you may have read in our Broadcasting Articles section that you may not know of.. yet.
Balanced
Refers to a professional audio lead or input that uses three wires within the cable to carry the electrical signal for a mono audio sound. Less prone to hum than unbala...
Posted By on Feb 27 2009 12:00 AM
If you would like to stream your show from a laptop, you have to be aware of at least one thing. Some programs (Oddcast for sure) refuse to connect to the stream-server if you are running laptop from you battery. Secondly, using WI-FI (wireless internet) connection for live webcasting may not be a g...
Posted By on Feb 27 2009 12:00 AM
WAIT! Before you start webcasting, follow through these tips before you click any button! Print these tips out by pressing the print button below and post it up in your studio!
- Check the Internet connection and Skype by calling "Skype Test Call" lady. Ensure that the voice is clear on both ends o...
Posted By James on Feb 24 2009 12:41 AM
In an effort to better organize the vast variety of music genres available on SHOUTcast, and to make it easier for listeners to find your station, we will be making some changes to the way your stations are categorized in the SHOUTcast Radio directory. Starting WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25 at MIDNIGHT (ES...
Posted By James on Feb 24 2009 12:39 AM
The first pan-Pacific quantative research commissioned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has revealed strong figures for the ABC’s international radio and online broadcasting arm – Radio Australia.
“The survey results indicate that Radio Australia is gaining support in the Paci...
Posted By James on Feb 24 2009 12:38 AM
Dubai radio station Coast FM laid off all its DJs at a meeting yesterday. The station’s presenters have not been on air or been paid since early January but had hoped their jobs would be saved. Neil Petch, the managing director of Parent company, ENG, broke the grim news at a meeting at the Al Att...
Posted By James on Feb 24 2009 12:35 AM
Kelvin MacKenzie and Richard Branson have both expressed an interest to Ofcom to take over the national commercial radio licences, which are due to expire in 2011 and 2012.
Unless Ofcom or the Government change the rules, the licence currently held by Global Radio, will be offered to the highest bi...
Posted By on Feb 24 2009 12:00 AM
The man who invented FM Radio, Edwin Armstrong (1890–1954), had bizarre habits and lived a life that ended tragically.
Edwin Howard Armstrong was born in New York City, New York, in 1890. He studied at Columbia University and later became a professor there. He invented the regenerative circuit wh...
Posted By on Feb 24 2009 12:00 AM
The man who invented FM Radio, Edwin Armstrong (1890–1954), had bizarre habits and lived a life that ended tragically.
Edwin Howard Armstrong was born in New York City, New York, in 1890. He studied at Columbia University and later became a professor there. He invented the regenerative circuit wh...