National Association of Broadcasters Engineering Handbook, 11th Edition

Chapter4.6

Radio Remote Broadcasts

Lorna White

NPR

Chicago, IL

Radio remote broadcasts, both live and recorded, are effective ways to connect your station with your listening audience and sponsors. Station events provide a sense of immediacy and inclusiveness, which can be very popular in this era of instant, on-demand content. Broadcast remotes are also a great opportunity for the public to see and interact with the staff. While the electronics have become more compact and user friendly, remote planning remains complex, particularly for the larger ones. The size and scope of remotes varies from covering a small news conference with a single microphone to a large public event with multiple microphones and a remote truck. The basic audio principles ...