Radio Board Op 101

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2 жыл бұрын

Ever wondered what goes on behind the radio show? I can show you! I work as a radio board operator on a couple of stations with many hosts and I've also trained multiple other board operators. This video shows you some of the most important things that we pay attention to when running a live show.

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@timothystockman7533 Жыл бұрын

I was a board operator back in the days of turntables, tape machines, and cart machines. We did all the same things back then, just with more primitive equipment. When I was a freshman student at Purdue, one of my tasks was to insert the network commercials into the football radio network. We were feeding the game to a bunch of stations around Indiana and Illinois. The pressure was on, because if I screwed up my mistake got aired on a bunch of stations...

@awaismushtaq5719 24 күн бұрын

Those were beautiful days unlike these!

@dickginkowski6071 Жыл бұрын

This will be a long comment. I gave up radio (back doing podcasting) when I "got a paying job" (lol). Radio stations and equipment have changed a lot but I think you'll be surprised to hear that it's mostly "not for the better." The basic radio studio had a board, microphones, two or more turntables, cart machines and reel-to-reel recorders. We had cans (seldom as nice as today's although the upper end Koss cans were heavenly). Also Sparta made a 7 second delay cart machine for call-in shows. Boards had rotary "pots." No computer screens, keyboards,, etc. Most on-air talent ran their own boards. It was very much a "tactile experience" and it was interesting to watch the groove and rhythm that some of these people had. Ironically, the more that "computer stuff" got in the less personable the sound. It started in the early 70's not with just with automation but with news copy. We couldn't figure out why it was becoming so bland, especially the wire copy. Turns out that the first "television typewriters" meant that editors just bounced around some words in the newspaper copy instead of someone actually rewriting it for broadcast on a typewriter! It was also easier to get things on the air quickly. When I have to play with Audition or Hindenburg it takes more time than slapping it onto a cart or even doing a reel to reel edit with a razor blade and crayon. Yes, some of the stuff was more "primitive" then but it worked and simple to run and gun. And when and if it didn't work easy to bypass. You did a good job with the video. My sense is that with some practice you'd also be good "on air" talent. And this from a guy who started as a board operator at the age of 13!

@truecrimereaction 11 ай бұрын

Ive got some carts running here in New Zealand and the quality of the audio is incredible, they sound amazing. I thought about recording some new music onto the carts??

@revoxjazz8317 Жыл бұрын

Nice work, nice overview, Xandra. Most listeners have no idea how the broadcasting process is conducted and it's good to talk about it. Personally, I stopped working as a radio operator quite a few years ago and it was a good time. But I don't forget what I did during those long years. Cheers to you, Xandra! Macedo Pinto, Portugal

@JimmyZNJ Жыл бұрын

Excellent overview!! Many of the key points which help a show run smoothly! 👍

@raylynch7412 2 жыл бұрын

Thank U I’ve been watching this Several times. I’m applying 4 radio operator 4 overnight shift. Your the best video

@australianvoiceover 2 жыл бұрын

Did you get the job? :)

@raylynch7412 2 жыл бұрын

@@australianvoiceover nah It was several people there & a few people ahead of me. & they hired 2 people for the nite gig. Right on the spot

@InsideOfMyOwnMind Жыл бұрын

I saw a morning radio show where the board op also did sidekick and news. They had a third person do traffic and weather and an intern running around making sure everything was where it needed to be at the right time for the on air people to use. The girl who did traffic was also the one who just came off a four hour 2AM-6AM dj shift.

@captainkeyboard1007 Жыл бұрын

I love this video! I have been more interested in radio broadcasting since I first became an audiophile in 1978. Your show is very impressive.

@klim_lecta Жыл бұрын

That's great thank you for the three most important..

@CynMermaid 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, Xandra. Always been interested in radio and TV production. Bought an old Arrakis board to play around with.

@antowa94 Жыл бұрын

Excellent overview!!

@BlackExperienceNetwork Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Veryhelpful

@Djwestcarr-gl2tg 2 ай бұрын

Great video

@revoxjazz8317 Жыл бұрын

And i hope you have a nice year!

@arriagatwo777 Жыл бұрын

Thanks, beautiful Xandra 😍

@truecrimereaction 11 ай бұрын

this is awesome, hi From New Zealand. Subbed.

@wxsawxsa2941 8 ай бұрын

THANK GREAT INFORMATION💯❤⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@apollosmartyn 21 күн бұрын

Great work hope to work with you ❤❤❤Namibia 🇳🇦

@PhilipAJones Ай бұрын

I'm about to start my job as a Board Operator at Salem Communications in Glendale. I need all the help I can get.

@charleskadletc2431 Жыл бұрын

I with WRLR 98.3 IN Round Lake Beach Il. I run my own board and music.

@davidweary7342 Жыл бұрын

Nice video! You must be in a major market. Do you have to record and edit for break intros? Like if the host says something spectacular?

@radioxandra4410 Жыл бұрын

Sure, sometimes the host have me record things or find audio clips for them during a show break. A lot of this job is about timing and being quick with the software we work with. I think its pretty fun!

@rty1955 Жыл бұрын

Haha I worked in broadcast Television back in 60s & 70s radio is a piece of cake compared to TV where u had a mix film, video tape, announcers etc all which need pre-notification. Example film needed 3 second pre-roll, tape required 7 second pre-roll, announcers usually were not in the announce booth so they go a 5 min warning, 1 min warming prior to going live on air. Typically a simple sequencer was used that uses punch cards. This was so tue master control operator could make changes quickly. This was all before computers took over. A broadcast log was printed for each department so that commercials can be ready and in sequence for the next day. Some people made edited commercial reels for they day, but that was very inflexible. For example if an airline had crashed, the airlines did not want to broadcast their commercials for a period of time, so while the traffic dept scrambled to sell the air time, we would place PSAs in those empty slots. People think that video is exciting bit there are 3 phases to video. 1. Production - hurry up and wait 2. Post-production - fixing up a show 3. Broadcast - where each second in real time counts, the pressure cooker

@dickginkowski6071 Жыл бұрын

Ah, the "crash" rules. I was doing a newscast and, having looked at the program log, kept going through the spot break with the engineers making all kids of gestures at me for ignoring them. After I was done I was asked, "What the Hell are you doing? Why didn't you take the spot break?" I replied by asking, "Who was the spot for?" The answer was the movie, "Invasion of The Body Snatchers." The lead story was John Wayne Gacy.

@rty1955 Жыл бұрын

@@dickginkowski6071 Heheh the news is a very dynamic program for sure

@crissranger8925 Жыл бұрын

Looks so hard but probably once you get the hang it’s just a breeze lol

@GothGuy885 8 ай бұрын

basically Roz-101 😀 or in other words what Roz did on Frazer Cranes Radio show

@getstew Ай бұрын

So... necessary to super-aggressively pound the buttons 8 times each? :-)

@whuffer5103 4 ай бұрын

Whoa, was this 91.1 The Globe?

@manuelfortbroadcasting432 10 ай бұрын

Is music streamed from KZfaq?

@WorldWideHipHopVideos 5 ай бұрын

Lol

@walterantonioribeiroribeir9729 9 ай бұрын

como chama mesa de som da radio ? .. vou monta uma radio pirata legal isso aqui só toca sertanejo a escuta musica rock . dualipa ariana taylo brasileira mpb .. as radio só fica no sertanejo ... muito linda

@shanebuckley9886 Жыл бұрын

What make is the board in this video?

@radioxandra4410 Жыл бұрын

Harris RMX digital

@ssbrod1 Жыл бұрын

She sound more like producer then an Board Opt

@dylan4413 11 ай бұрын

Assistant producer is sometimes interchangeable

@mattbarnett4210 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for being able to say “Important” and “button” correctly, instead of “impor-int” and “buh-IN.”

@adriancressy8363 Жыл бұрын

WOW at 1:11 minutes ....kind of rough on those buttons. But an interesting rundown what happens during a live production

@revoxjazz8317 Жыл бұрын

Yes, Adrian…all equipment needs specialist maintenance and this one is no exception. That's why I devoted myself to it on a large scale, during the time I spent working at radio stations. And that's also why I have a lot of broadcast equipment in my personal collection, all of it working properly. Health to you, with wishes for a good 2023!

@radioxandra4410 Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately they don't take board management very seriously here anymore. I have heard that they used to have someone come in quarterly to deep clean/replace buttons if needed but they just don't do that anymore. Probably a cost cut kind of thing :/ This means that some of the buttons require more pressure than others to actually fire their assigned function.

@djkraze5018 10 ай бұрын

Typical of iHeart, it's been published in industry blogs for the past few years about how they have been reducing everyone on staff by the thousands. Many stations don't have DJ's now and they have had plans on replacing mangement positions with AI. Imagine if you will, back as recently as in the 90's, before consolidation, each station had a DJ doing a 4 hour shift and there would be different jocks on the weekend as well, 6 during the week and maybe up to 6 on the weekend, though some stations would use pre-recorded programs or national specialty shows to fill in some of that airtime (stations always try to cheap out on things, nothing has changed there). There would be someone working production, a traffic director (spot scheduling for those who don't know), a music director, Program director, Public Affairs Director, a Technical Director and sometimes a Chief Engineer (if the station was large enough) The sales department would consist of a few people, the Station Manager, business manager and even more depending on the size of the station. Since then conslidation happened and the mega station ownership groups began buying everything up and making clusters. Eventually 5 stations would exist in a space about the same as what was once 1. DJ's would get spread out to other duties on other stations, in many markets, all the dj's were pooled and many dismissed as it was cheaper to have one jock work several stations than the 5 it used to be (maybe not at first, it took time for these reductions to happen), voice tracking came along and made staff reductions along the mega owners even more possible by having 1 jock in LA be able to record the spots for many stations in the chain and run them via computer. In each of the "Clusters" the need for each of the other positions (TD, PD, MD, Sales, Managers, ect.) went the same way. No longer was the station manager working with 1 station, they would be working the cluster, or even deeper they came up regional positions where 1 person worked for groups of clusters, same for the other titled jobs. The only exception usually is in sales, but that's because of the turnaround in those positions, there's always sales jibs open in radio. (BTW: I left out a ton here, but it does give a general idea, and of course iHeart is the most notorious for blood letting amongst it's stations, just do some searches, it's nasty)

@viptevb Жыл бұрын

I love this, I have a couple of questions to ask you.

@radioxandra4410 Жыл бұрын

What are your questions?

@danielgiraldez7295 Жыл бұрын

you know where can I study courses on line x board operator thanks!!

@petruciucur Жыл бұрын

What radio console is it?

@radioxandra4410 Жыл бұрын

Harris RMX digital

@petruciucur Жыл бұрын

@@radioxandra4410 Thanks a lot

@timmusumba5846 7 ай бұрын

So what is this lady demonstrating? Is she playing the part of a "Radio Presenter" or a "producer"?! Because i think even a radio presenter can probably handle what she is doing when they are having a host in the studio!