[grc] [NFCB List] Broadcasting from Standing Rock

[Ursula Ruedenberg]

Molly,

I don't know if this works for you but here is one nimble solution we use
at KHOI, when we want on-the-ground audio with maximum flexibility. There
is a split cable for around $40.00 that plugs into your cell phone with two
jacks for:1) a microphone to speak through and to interview people with,
and 2) head phones to hear the radio. The reporter on site calls the
station (obviously you need someone in the studio at the station and cell
phone reception where you are). The audio through the mic/cell phone
connection is excellent and does not sound like a phone. I think you can
use an ipad as well as a cell phone if you have some sort of Internet
reception or hot spot.

The cable: http://alturl.com/ah95m
Suggested Microphone: http://www.fullcompass.com/prod/020743-Shure-VP64A
So it's kind of a mobile mini half-b'cast unit with limitations that
requires a counterpart host in the home studio, but it does give people on
the ground the ability to move around, as long as there is cell phone
reception. (We once cluelessly tried to interview a dignitary from a
concrete building and you can imagine how that worked out!). It's also
something you can give to someone else who is not a radio person, to take
with them where they are going into the action, and they adapt to using it
pretty well to report back.

Molly, let me know what you do - there is a lot of interest in
collaborating in Pacifica Network to get out content about and from
Standing Rock - and Iowa for that matter. We'd love to know what you end up
doing.

Ursula
Pacifica Radio

On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 12:23 PM, Molly Stentz <molly at wortfm.org> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> I'm looking for a little advice... we at WORT are hoping to do a live
> broadcast from Standing Rock on Monday. We have a host driving out today.
>
> We're bringing our Comrex Access and gear so we can broadcast live. We are
> looking for a room in the area with a high speed internet to bounce the
> signal back. We've heard that people tried broadcasting from the Casino in
> Mobridge but had technical problems. We've also called KLND.
>
> Can we benefit from your collective wisdom?  Have you been? Do you have
> suggestions for us?
> What can we bring that would be helpful? Anyone you would highly recommend
> we speak to?
>
> I'm at 608-321-9586.
>
> Thank you!!!
>
> Molly Stentz
> WORT 89.9 FM
> Madison
>
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Ursula Ruedenberg
Pacifica Affiliate Network Manager
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