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How to Stop People from Whispering Sultry Things into the Boom


William Hirsch

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We had a great solution, back when I was doing on-air engineering at a radio station.

The RCA console had a hinged front panel. You could reach in to make temporary wiring and assignment changes via a pinboard and tiny patchcords. One day, a few minutes before the major evening newscast, I reached in and assigned the talent's mic jack to be an intercom output.

Then I pressed down the talkback, and the talent's mic started whispering back to him: "Hey turkey! Don't embarrass me with mispronunciations this time!" and "Ewww... you had garlic for lunch!".

Patched things back to normal while the news open was playing, and then, straight-faced, thew the talent a cue to start talking.

 

Caveats:  1) Analog days with understandable front-panel wiring   2) Dynamic mic   3) Wiseass engineer.

 

 

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