[BC] Robust headphones]]

[Milton Holladay]

A couple of months ago, "The Cottonpicker", Jim Nesbitt, passed away in 
Florence, SC,  where he had lived and worked for several decades.
Prior to that, he had lived in my hometown and worked at the local 1,000 wat 
daytimer there. He had a few novelty hit records over the years; "Please Mr. 
President", "Husband in Law", &c.
Listening to him on the air, you'd think he had everything planned and timed 
to the split second.
Watching him through the window from the lobby, you saw a guy talking on the 
phone a lot, answering all the calls that came in, sticking a cart into an 
ATC, getting news from the teletype in the adjacent closet, switching on the 
mic when the record or cart ran out, talking as he looked for the next 
record that he wanted to play, pushing the button on one of the original 
model ATCs to play a spot, taking the last record off the CB-11, which he 
rarely switched off, rarely using the other TT, slapping the new selection 
on, dropping the Gray 208 viscous damped arm /  GE VR II onto the record, 
turninig up the pot, all the while talking, never missing a lick. 
Headphones ? Oh, those were to cue up tapes on the Ampex 601s that sat on 
either side of the console.
Some have it, others don't....He definitely had it.
M
And, was a fisherman of renowned success.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JYRussell at academicplanet.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] Robust headphones]]


> I've done it both ways, but, in studios where accoustics or mics are from
> days gone by... you have to hear what you're doing to know what you're 
> doing
> in some instances...
>
>  Alot depends on the format... sometimes I can just do the 'brandy and
> cigar' thing... and sometimes, I need to be be Barry White.
> Over music. Or not.  Depends on the format.
> Are you working with the mux, or talking over it?
> Levels have to be right, or you get lost in the mix, 'cause your voice is
> that deep all by itself...
>
> Of course that's all from 'back in the day' when personality mattered 
> more.
> 1 of out a bajillion survived... now, as long as you can VT... you're 
> 'real
> good at radio'.
>
>  Anyway, I got in the habit of putting on the cans, and living in there 
> for
> 4 or 6 or 8 hours...
>
>   Which also forced me to pay more strict attention to what I was doing, 
> by
> not being distracted by every person who went by the glass... but also led
> to turning them up after a while, so, I put a dob of super glue on there 
> and
> learned to work with things the same from beginning to end of shift.
>
>   Still can't hear. ;-D
> still have a rack of equipment and 4 15" cabinets in my bedroom...
>
>  there's something about being able to FEEL the music
> Jason