Continuing our tour of my second radio home, let’s walk in to the adjacent “Production Room”. This is the money room. All of the commercial spots were cut here. Shoebox shaped, the area accommodated up to two announcers (
Effects were limited to vocal compression and tape echo. But the studio sounded superb thanks to the Urei board, Otari and Tascam tape decks. Vinyl playback was on the coveted Technics SP-15 Turntables. Most commercials were mastered on ¼” tape, then dubbed to the Audicord Cart Recorder; although, sometimes I would go live to cart. The station was all balanced professional broadcast equipment. No consumer level gear was used. (That’s me rocking the mike in 1988 from production.) I spent the majority of my work day there. More freedom and creativity spurred my affection for this place.
Despite its small size the WSPZ production room was, in a word, cool.
Stay tuned.
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