I was interviewed on the phone this morning by a reporter for our local paper this morning. Talked for about 45 minutes. I ramble a lot (no surprise there, eh?). Hopefully some good publicity for the station and "Microcasting" (as she called it) in general, I hope. Should be out in the Thanksgiving edition! I'll post it somewhere if it's not horrible!
Tim in Bovey
Iron Range Country
Tim in Bovey that is the best news that your station is being publicized at holiday time! What a perfect association.
You know what you're doing and I approve.
Then today I get a panicked call from the newspaper reporter -- she needs a photo to go with her article. Do I have one? Well, can't really lift one from the commercial radio station I work for, and no, I didn't have anything suitable laying around. She suggested something in the studio -- could I take one and email it over?
I'm one of those people who always think they look like a complete doof in a photo, so I set up the camera on a tripod, and it's got a neat self timer feature that will fire off 2 - 10 shots in rapid succession. So after several rounds of click-click-click-click I wound up with this shot:
And I've decided that if you have a big clock, and a big microphone you look like a radio station to anyone. So, put that on your list. Big mic. Big clock.
Tim in Bovey
Iron Range Country
Radio people are never comfortable in pictures, but you look right at home with the clock and mic.
I had three of those exact GE clocks, but they all went away. Fortunately whoever took them left the empty walls behind.
Great picture! You need to join the ALPB so I can put it on the website.
I love old Reel-To-Reel machines. What is the one over your head? Looks like an Akai GX4000D.
I have Teac 4 tracks- 2340SX, 3340, a 2 track Concord 509 and just bought a Teac A-4070 2 track auto reverse.
yes, that's exactly it! Good eye! An Akai GX4000D. I actually just purchased that one from a woman whose father had it in Europe while in the military. Had to go in and switch over the capstan belt to the other pulley and switch it to 60 cycles too. Works great. I had one back in the late 70's -- don't know what ever happened to it. I was looking for a unit that would stand upright and fit on the shelf in the studio. I have a Sony (don't remember the model) down in my office but it's a "lay flat" model (no feet on the front and no "reel keepers" or long enough spindles to use rubber hold downs). I have a big Otari up in the attic but it's a multitrack beast, much too big for me studio needs. I'm using it to transfer a boatload of tapes from my career in radio to digital (that should take probably two generations of family to work through it all).
Somewhere up in the attic I've got an Ampex 350, full track mono! No place to put it and no real need for it right now, and I'm sure it needs capacitors and a lot of tweaking by now.
I probably contacted you (or someone) about joining the ALPB (as I've accepted the Charter) but I see all the meetings are online, when I can't possibly get to them. I'm generally in bed by 8 PM (I get up at 3 AM for my commercial radio morning show that starts at 6) and the only time I'm up on a Saturday night is if I'm out broadcasting a Roller Derby bout on my derby network!
Tim in Bovey
Iron Range Country
looks great also.
Very good picture.
I also have an AKAI GX-4000D, with
the amazing glass/ferrite heads, or
whatever they are. I love that machine.
It has a few problems, but it does work.
There are plenty of them on E-Bay. If I
had the $$ I'd get another one.
But back to the original topic, yes that
is a very good picture - and what are those
antique radios on the shelf to the right of the
photograph?
Bruce, DOGRADIO
Well, I certainly didn't think I'd be front page news! Muchless taking up so many column inches inside! If you have local papers you should casually mention to someone that an article might be interesting for readers.
Well, I scanned the article, took three scans to get it all so you'll have to click for each page (or just change the 1, 2, 3 in the link as you go from page to page)
Being ON the front page is the top of the heap! Beautiful good fortune and well deserved.
Producing perfect scans of news stories is also a splendid and admirable achievement. Those are the crispest, clearest news page scans I have EVER seen, and I have been on two continents!
Tim may be in Bovey, but he knows how to get it done.
Nice.
Its always great to get your station in the local paper, helps to spred the word about your station and get more people to tune in and have a listen.
"I have a face for radio" I was on television during my vocational years of radio & tv and an interview with WKYT-TV out of Lexington. Aside form goofing off in front of the camera , i never liked being on tv. In fact, i don't really like Television. Now you are lucky if you hear me on the radio at all, even if it is my own radio station. Nice job Iron Range Country.