Tube City Almanac

December 07, 2008

Radio Show Fail

Category: General Nonsense, Radio Geekery || By


For the four or five people who actually tried to tune in WRCT-FM (88.3) on Saturday afternoon to hear the broadcast taped at the Festival of Trees, a note of explanation is in order.

The good news is that everyone involved in the Festival of Trees was tremendously helpful on Friday afternoon. All of the volunteers from the Recreation Committee went out of their way to make sure we set up successfully.

(Rec Director Jim Brown did watch me suspiciously after I knocked an entire stack of CDs onto the floor, but can you blame him?)

The bad news is that the level of noise in the Jacob Woll Pavilion made it impossible to tape the show successfully, so I played Christmas music over the PA in between live acts. (And a lot of people stopped by to say hello.)

Unfortunately, that left me still in need of a show to air Saturday afternoon. After packing up all of the remote gear, I headed up Route 48 to the studios of WKHB (620), where management graciously allowed me to record a replacement show in the production room.

I finished up at about 11:30 p.m. Friday. But when I went to play back the recording, I had a little bit of music and a whole lot of digital noise.

At that point, I decided that God was clearly punishing me, and in the words of the old mill hunkies, said "t'ellwidit."

Sorry 'bout that. Look for the next WRCT remote broadcast at about the time Clairton gets a Nordstrom's.

You have until Tuesday night to see the Festival of Trees, by the way --- it's one of the most impressive arrays they've done, and it's now open additional nights. Go check it out.






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