[BC] Religious radio

[Karen Veazey]

<There IS religious radio that sounds good...because they have spent some money on engineering and quality equipment.  There is a lot that sounds bad because they get some TV repairman to engineer cheap, and to save money they buy low-end consumer equipment and wire it all single-ended high impedance.>

Yep.  This is a huge deal for some of us who care about how our stations sound, and the quality of work that we do.  I've been in the process of 're-facing' both the tech side and the programming here since I started in this position 4 years ago.  It's difficult, as we are entirely listener supported, so the process is slow.  But SO worth it.  And yes, it does often involve difficult discussions with my board of directors when have differing opinions about our vision and where the income should be spent.  But again, so worth it!

Karen Veazey, Gen Mgr
KTLF/KTPL


 



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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net]On Behalf Of Lewis Munn
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 11:13 PM
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Subject: RE: [BC] Religious radio


Karen, Glen,
   
  There IS religious radio that sounds good...because they have spent some money on engineering and quality equipment.  There is a lot that sounds bad because they get some TV repairman to engineer cheap, and to save money they buy low-end consumer equipment and wire it all single-ended high impedance. 
   
  I incurred the wrath of a manager when I showed how they could have a professional quality digital editor by taking demo equipment, as opposed to an engineer of unknown qualifications who told them buying cheaper consumer equipment and running high impedance wiring was the way to go.  You had more pieces, and it did almost as much as the broadcast-grade editor did.
   
  Getting more pieces is tangible...must be a better deal...than having high quality and doing more things.
   
  In this case, too, the manager did not have any concept of audio quality.  Listened on cheap radios to overprocessed wrack and ruin music at high volume.  Didn't sound right unless it was heavily distorted.
   
  I do not say this is unique to Religious radio, but the tendency to skimp on engineering quality seems greater in the general religious radio.  Engineering is a drain on resources that can be better put to use elsewhere.

Looey Munn
  Roundup, MT
  Karen commented:

>For too long, religious radio has been second rate. There is no excuse, 
with the resources and talent that are available, to offer programming that is 
anything other than excellent.

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Yup, I've been saying as mush since 1968. Why should the stations working for the almighty dollar sound better than the ones working for the Almighty God? 
		
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