[SBE] Video cameras in radio studios

[jer hill]

Barry,

 

Hear, Hear!

 

As a former DJ, you nailed the subject. I once telescoped a Christmas show
on my digital camera for the family. but that's the problem with adding a TV
camera, Everything you see on TV is written by a dozen writers and then only
the best of the best is culled out by the producers and editors.

 

Jer Hill, K2JH

 

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From: sbe-bounces at sbe.org [mailto:sbe-bounces at sbe.org] On Behalf Of Barry
Thomas
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:21 AM
To: sbe at sbe.org
Subject: [SBE] Video cameras in radio studios

 


There's a discussion I always go through about cameras in radio studios.
Have done it dozens of times at multiple stations:

What we do on radio is just that....radio.  It's actually not that exciting
for most people to watch...it's not really supposed to be exciting to see.
Whenever I've put in radio studio webcams or feeds to the local cable
system, the feed has novelty for a couple of weeks but then it becomes
incredibly boring.  Either the talent starts doing his show for the cameras
and the radio product begins to suffer, or the TV program is just simply
boring.

Think about Imus' show on MSNBC.  Nothing visual there at all (especially
when Don was wearing the hat)!  Stern's show on E! was more visual but in
many person's opinions the radio program began to, simply, suck once the TV
show started.

Now now with many stations running Ryan, Elvis, or whomever else..what will
be on that feed during many shifts?  An empty studio...thereby breaking a
very careful and expensive perception that the high-priced-talent from the
top 5 market is actually airing a shift on my station in market 25.  

I have been advising stations against webcams but to instead bring have a
video camera handy (even the new "Flip" cameras) to capture the show when
artists visit or when exciting things happen (we generally know when a "bit"
is going to happen).  Edit and post those things instead!  Much more
compelling video than a staid, boring radio studio strewn with papers....

Barry Thomas, CPBE CBNT

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Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:29:00 -0500
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I like that idea Steve, could be great cross promotion between TV and Radio.
Put a camera on your morning show on a DTV channel and the TV audio on the
HD channel. I've always wondered also if it would be possible to get at
least one radio station in a market to retransmit the NOAA weather radio on
the HD-2 or 3 channel also.that would be truly using the channel to serve
the community.
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Barry Thomas, CPBE CBNT
Atlanta, GA
barryt at sbe.org

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