First off, I have emailed Bobby Iddings, the Sports Director at WMUL-FM 88.1, or Marshall University's Student Internet Radio Station. Hopefully he can provide me some insight as to what equipment they use, and how they run the sports department. I looked up the past Sports Play by Play award winners and They were all Marshall University, and one Ithica College. I looked up their radio station, and I don't think they do any sports, anymore. I have never listened to a Marshall Broadcast (although I do plan on it now so I can see what makes them so good), but I just have this gut feeling that they only thing they have on us is better equipment. Sure I know there are a few guys in our sports department that probably don't have it, but at the same time, I am confident that the core of our department is better than theirs.
I started doing some research on the different types of sports equipment, but I want to ask around to see what kind of equipment is the best for what we need. I've also sent an email out to Travis Holmes and Mo Egger, as to what the professionals use when they broadcast remotely.
I also talked with Matt Hueneman about sound and he gave me some ideas. One avenue that could work for us could be using an actual computer and two SM-58 mic's and one condenser mic, and we could broadcast on UStream and have the studio guy patch the feed through, so that we sound a lot better. It's an idea, but I want to keep looking.
I'm in the process of creating the survey that I'm going to give at our sports meeting next Thursday. I want it to be anonymous so that people don't hold back. We need honest criticism.
I have some other ideas of ways to improve, but I'm looking into options right now, and more ideas come to me every day!
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