- Fri Feb 24, 2006 7:59 pm
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That'll explain the guy sitting in the empty studio in front of the desk snooping on the texts whilst Moyles and co were at the BT Tower then. With the "on air" light on, a fader up and the cartwall page for Chris' audio loaded.
Mind you, I thought the guy sitting in the studio always did the 'mixing' between sources, starting of music etc and that any ISDN links would only be used for voices, since 128kbps MP2 doesn't sound too nice when music is played down it.
During an OB for all BBC stations, it's standard practice to have a BA desk driving back in the main studio, with a duplicated copy of the running order, ready to take control in the event of an OS dropout, which is what will have occurred during the 8:30 bulletin.
That'll explain the guy sitting in the empty studio in front of the desk snooping on the texts whilst Moyles and co were at the BT Tower then. With the "on air" light on, a fader up and the cartwall page for Chris' audio loaded.
Mind you, I thought the guy sitting in the studio always did the 'mixing' between sources, starting of music etc and that any ISDN links would only be used for voices, since 128kbps MP2 doesn't sound too nice when music is played down it.