Daytona 500: New Track, Same Big Sound
The second Daytona 500 in the renovated Daytona Motor Speedway, rechristened Daytona Rising after last year’s $400 million reimagining of NASCAR’s flagship venue, will take place Sunday (Feb. 26, Fox […] More
Recent Posts by Dan Daley, Audio Editor
Wheatstone Acquires PR&E Assets From GatesAir
Broadcast-audio–systems manufacturer Wheatstone today announced that it has acquired the assets and intellectual property of Pacific Research & Engineering (PR&E) from GatesAir of Quincy, IL, formerly Harris Broadcast, for an undisclosed […] More
How the Grammy Awards Show Gets Live, Broadcast Sound Right
Telecast from Los Angeles’s Staples Center, Sunday night’s Grammy Awards on CBS were a huge and carefully choreographed ballet of never ending sound, and the rehearsals were just as precisely […] More
Venue Profile: Staples Center Stays One Step Ahead
Steve Thrap doesn’t count time in years and months like everyone else. Instead, the VP of broadcast services at Los Angeles’s Staples Center since it opened in October 1999 measures […] More
Alteros Aims at a New RF Landscape
The wireless-microphone industry has been busily retooling for the post–spectrum-auction world with an array of new and updated products. Audio-Technica is responding with an entirely new company. More
Tech Focus: Intercoms, Part 1 — At the Crossroads
Communications via intercom for small armies of production-crew members on sports broadcasts systems is a hugely complex undertaking, and new tech platforms coming to market are designed to make it […] More
Tech Focus: Intercoms, Part 2 — What’s on the Market
By pro-audio standards, intercoms constitute a small market sector, but it’s an essential one. Here’s a look at the latest offerings from the market leaders. More
Electro-Voice Marks 90 Years, Recalls the First Sports-Venue PA System
Sound systems in sports venues have become critical to fan engagement and ticket sales, not to mention letting everyone know what’s happening on the field and what a player’s favorite […] More
NHL Network Nets Audio Gold by Miking Players During All-Star Weekend
America’s Funniest Home Videos is in for some serious competition if NHL Studios keeps putting microphones on its players. The NHL Network’s postproduction facility has been putting together episodes of […] More
Audio for NHL All-Star Events Aims To Heat Up the Crowd
Hockey moves fast to start with. When it comes to the NHL All-Star Game (on NBC Sports Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET from the Staples Center Arena, Los Angeles), it’ll […] More