Window Studios

[Russ Butler]

Kevin Vahey reminds me that WLS-TV in Chicago has a window studio which 
was where a minivan crash occurred.

Thanks, Kevin.  Speaking of Chicago:   I did a radio show in a window 
studio "inside" the lobby of The Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago in the 
late-50's.  The hotel guests would wander by, stop for a few minutes (or 
longer sometimes) and peer into the fishbowl and occasionally tap on the 
glass.  Then wave at ya!  The station engineer thoughtfully installed a 
loud speaker under the window for folks to hear the broadcast  (which 
was easily muted from the studio console, thankfully).

WEBH-FM had their transmitter on top of the hotel and a small space set 
up with one onair studio and two offices, a receptionist desk and a 
closet that contained the LP library.  Ah, the memories linger on, those 
Montavani albums and each newscast  was read live and  had to have a 
Montavani instrumental track as background music, per the owner's (Buddy 
Black) programming mandate.  It made the bad news items sound better, I 
guess.   Does anyone else have a "window studio" story?

=Russ   songbook2@comcast.net

Kevin Vahey wrote:

>another downside as WLS-TV found out a few weeks ago
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>http://youtube.com/watch?v=SZqng1s2v9E
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>Ravi Baichwal's reaction to a minivan crashing through the studio window
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>On 1/30/08, Bill O'Neill <billohno@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>Chuck Igo wrote:
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>>>the aforementioned Gary Martin was a radio instructor at Grahm in the
>>>70's and mentioned to us the downside of that studio setup... replete
>>>with stories of inebriated sots not realizing they were relieving
>>>themselves in front a person doing a live radio show. //
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>>When you're on the go...
>>Your station for relief...
>>If you gotta go, take us with you...
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>>Bill O'Neill
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