{"id":961,"date":"2010-06-05T19:40:05","date_gmt":"2010-06-05T23:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2023-07-09T15:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-09T19:29:23","slug":"moving-the-wkze-studio-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/06\/moving-the-wkze-studio-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving the WKZE studio, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The phone company came out and cut over the T-1 circuit on Wednesday, June 2nd. This really kicked things into high gear. By that afternoon we had moved the Prophet systems automation rack up to the new location and started broadcasting from there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the backup plan, which was to use the phone company&#8217;s DSL circuit to relay audio to the transmitter site, fell through at the very last minute. \u00a0I think the phone company mistakenly turned off the DSL service to the old studio ahead of schedule. \u00a0The net result was 2 hours off air in the middle of the day, which we were seriously trying to avoid. \u00a0Once it was done, however, there was no going back, so we worked extra hard to get back on the air from the new location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, while all this is going on, the electrical inspector shows up to do the final electrical inspection for the town building department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a nice progression on the equipment racks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-969\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/equipment-rack.jpg\" alt=\"Equipment rack with automation system\" class=\"wp-image-969\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Equipment rack with automation system<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After the T-1 circuit was cut over, we began broadcasting from the new location with the equipment rack automation system using the production room as a studio for live elements and voice tracking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-971\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/equipment-rack11.jpg\" alt=\"Equipment rack, wired to both studios\" class=\"wp-image-971\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Equipment rack, wired to both studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The wiring on the equipment rack is completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-972\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/equipment-rack2.jpg\" alt=\"Completed with phone system and network switch\" class=\"wp-image-972\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Completed with phone system and network switch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The equipment rack is completed, the phone system is installed, and the computer network is wired and tested. \u00a0The yellow light on the top of the rack is a silence sensor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-974\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/WKZE-old-studio.jpg\" alt=\"The old WKZE studio\" class=\"wp-image-974\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The old WKZE studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The old WKZE studio was ripped out on Thursday. &nbsp;The console was removed and rebuilt with a new control surface<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-973\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/WKZE-air-studio.jpg\" alt=\"New WKZE air studio completed, console is a Radio System millennium 12\" class=\"wp-image-973\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The new WKZE air studio completed, console is a Radio System millennium 12<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The production room was completed, speakers hung, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone size-full wp-image-975\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/WKZE-production-studio.jpg\" alt=\"The production room is long and narrow\" class=\"wp-image-975\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The production room is long and narrow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All set and ready to be &#8220;customized&#8221; by the DJ&#8217;s. \u00a0Monday morning, the staff will roll into their new digs, which is always fun. \u00a0In comparison to most studio moves and built outs these days, this one was relatively small and simple. \u00a0The last studio consolidation project involved 5 radio stations and ten studios. \u00a0That one took place in steps over several months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The phone company came out and cut over the T-1 circuit on Wednesday, June 2nd. This really kicked things into high gear. By that afternoon we had moved the Prophet systems automation rack up to the new location and started broadcasting from there. Unfortunately, the backup plan, which was to use the phone company&#8217;s DSL &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/2010\/06\/moving-the-wkze-studio-part-ii\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Moving the WKZE studio, Part II<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[107,99],"class_list":["post-961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech-stuff","tag-studio-construction","tag-studio-move"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=961"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12138,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/961\/revisions\/12138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.engineeringradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}