[BC] LPB's Little "Blue" 5c Console

[wmroradio at bellsouth.net]

Glen,
   We never have any visitors. The station is run by me and my wife. I have 3 sunday morning preachers and they thought it was a good idea to go to that little LPB Blue Board. They mention a larger console burns more AC, rather than the little LPB, and besides, the LPB Blue Board has digital lights on the meters and switches. I keep as many lite up as possible.
   We are just a small station, in a building that is way too large for us. I would love to rebuild the inside of my building and lease office space out. All I need is a small office for me, the control room, and transmitter closet. That's right, I said closet for the transmitter. I have a BE AM1A in the rack in a climate control room right now.
   I hope in 2 years, my live preachers will go automated and bring me a CD by Thursday's for playback on sunday mornings with the automation. They have the gear to do it at home already.

Scott

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Scott Bailey
President/General Manager
WMRO-AM, Magic 1560
Gallatin, TN

  
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Glen Kippel <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 7:14 PM, <wmroradio at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
> > It's an ego thing, the bigger the console used, they think they are getting
> > out there to the world?
> >
> > ----------
> 
> Could be.  A big board with lots of lighted pushbuttons and meters is
> impressive to all the non-radio visitors you may have.  And that could be a
> good thing from a marketing aspect.
> 
> However, one might make the case that in some instances a board may not be
> necessary at all.  When I first built KHCS, I didn't have a board -- I put
> stuff on the air or to the record input of the automation via a Burk LX-1
> switcher.  A very nice box, BTW.  Mic levels were adjusted by the output of
> the mic processors -- that was sufficient.  Eventually I added a TASCAM
> MM-200 mixer to add some EQ and BBE processing when needed, more than
> anything.
> 
> In 1972 I built up a system at KAPX in San Clemente where we had a very good
> announcer but who was all thumbs.  I made up a box with big, colored,
> rectangular push buttons -- the top row primarily to select what he wanted
> to listen to, and the bottom to select what was to be recorded or put on the
> air.  The only pots were for the monitor and the reel-to-reel input.  This
> box was just the control head for the electronics, which were located in a
> pedestal.
> 
> And a few years ago I built a system for Beverly LaHaye (founder of
> Concerned Women for America) to do her nationwide show via ISDM.  Again, a
> mixer would just add extra cost and complexity, especially for someone who
> is non-technical.  The outputs of the two AirCorp mic processors and the
> Telos Zephyr were routed through an ATI MAA (Multiple Amplifier Array) to
> provide a mix-minus so she could hear her foldback.  I built a little button
> box so she could turn the mics on and off via the insert loop -- in this
> case, hitting "insert" would insert nothing, thus turning the mic off.  She
> could put the box on a table, on her lap, or wherever it was handy.  I got a
> pair of Senneiser headsets so that she could do her show from anywhere in
> the room -- even lying down if she didn't feel well.
> 
> My dad always told me "there's more than one way to skin a cat."
> 
> I hope nobody here brlongsto the SPCA.
> 
>