Ian and All,
Some KD Radio California studio equipment goes back decades. It's
continued usefulness has been a major cost-saving and source of
station "infrastructure". It was a staging point as KD Radio began to
use computers for various parts of the sound production process in the
late 1990s. Currently, about 70% of our vinyl music (i.e., 70% of the
record library) has been transferred to digital storage. It's that
digital storage that we use during most of the shows these days.

We do very little voice tracking. Most shows are either live or
generically pre-recorded for use on both KD Radio California and KD
Radio New Mexico.

The studio pictures on the website are old, and do not show the
computers. The RCA console in studio 2 shown on the website is
scheduled to be replaced with a new console in about 60 days.

Don, paraphrasing Steve on Dec 5, 2004.



--- In KD_Radio@yahoogroups.com, Don McDonald <donmcdonald_kd2@y...>
wrote to the KD Radio Group on Nov 21, 2004: (following is edited for
brevity) ---
> Hello Ian,
> I'll ask Steve Ricketts to give a more proper
> response to your facilities question. I think what
> you see is what you get -
> Don
>
>
> --- this_is_wright <ianshome@i...> wrote:
> (To the KD Radio Group on Nov 20th:)
>
> >
> > Hi Don and all at KD Radio from Victor Harbor,
> > South Australia.
> > Looking at the photos of your facility on the Net, I
> > see (with
> > respect) old world technology....panels with 'pot'
> > faders and

> > turntables etc. In reality, how much vinyl do you
> > actually play
> > versus CD or Digital storage and is most of your
> > broadcast equipment
> > from a bygone era ? I'm not knocking it in any way,
> > shape or form
> > just very curious. Also, how much is automated/voice
> > tracked ?
> > IAN WRIGHT.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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