How a Radio Station Works : Radio Station Broadcast Basics

A radio station mixing board allow the disc jockey to cue songs on the cd player. Learn how to play music over the airwaves in this free radio station overview from an experienced radio technician.

Expert: Eric Nash
Bio: Eric Nash has volunteered with WXOJ Valley Free Radio, a Pacifica Radio Network affiliate station in Florence, Mass., working extensively with the technical and equipment aspects of broadcasting.
Filmmaker: David Pakman

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• radio station
• radio dj
• radio
• electronics
• mixing boards
• radio broadcast

[TheJuicyfruitx]

I want to start a radio station. how would i do this without breaking the bank paying for an fm license

[dpearceproductions]

this is a very nice radio station

[KDWproductions]

I missed the gast place

[sounddude51]

Lots of good information in this series of videos. Of course, this is an old school style radio station. Today, we are almost totally digital, with all media stored on computer hard drives as broadcast wav files (not mp3). And everything controlled by automation software. Computer radio has taken the charm & sexiness out of radio & I'd love to once again work at a station where we did everything manually!

[BADBIKERBENNY]

@Roseantique2003 Radio dj's talk over beginnings and ends of music that they broadcast, so should anyone copy that music off the radio, they can not make illegal copies. Just like how television stations have their logo on one of the corners of your television screen. It is a trade mark / illegal copy prevention thing.

[JimPrewitt]

Rose...It's RADIO..You know BROADCASTING Information. It's not an IPOD.

[SmashCOBamberg]

YOUR MIXING DESK IS AWESOME I WANT IT :D

[macneili]

run your mike through a compressor gate limiter with d-s ing and that will keep you from overpowering you music.

[dogorh]

nice job.

[Roseantique2003]

...speaking of which...I wish someone would tell dj's that musicians didn't go to all the trouble arranging beginnings and endings of recordings to be talked over.