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EXPO, LAS VEGAS, NV, April 12, 2010 — Audio-Technica,
a world leader for microphone solutions for over 45 years, was
recently selected as microphone of choice employed by the new
mobile studio for the Folk
Alley live streaming web radio program from
Kent, Ohio-based WKSU-FM.
Audio-Technica microphones are used for announcement/voiceover
applications, live music broadcast and in-studio guests/performances
in the mobile broadcast vehicle, which has been up and running
since August 1, 2009, and was part of the team for the National
Public Radio (NPR) stream from the 50th Anniversary Newport Folk
Festival later that month.
WKSU and Folk Alley
Executive Director Al Bartholet stated, “When we first developed
our plans for Folk Alley’s mobile recording studio,
we put Audio-Technica microphones on the top of our wish list.
Music and radio are industries that revolve around audio, and
having the ability to use mics of Audio-Technica’s outstanding
quality makes it easier for us to do our job well.”
Included in the studio’s
microphone arsenal are AE5400
Cardioid Condenser Handheld Microphones, AE5100
Cardioid Condenser Instrument Microphones, PRO
35 Cardioid Condenser Clip-on Instrument Microphones
and AT875R
Line + Gradient Condenser Microphones.
Joe Gunderman, Folk
Alley Production Coordinator and Senior Producer, stated,
“I’m very enthusiastic about the AE5400s. We have
in-studio guests, and in the past, we might normally have used
a large-diaphragm with shock mount, but the AE5400 sounds just
as great and is friendlier visually to put in front of our guests.
We’ve used AE5400s also in the studio and at live events,
for recent performances by some really great folk artists –
Madison Violet, Solas, The Greencards, Ann Heaton and Natalia
Zukerman from Winter Bloom, and lots more. Also, the AE5100s are
great too – we use them in front of acoustic guitars, acoustic
bass, bouzoukis, mandolins, and more, and they’ve always
given us a real nice response.”
Adds Linda Fahey, Folk
Alley Director of Programming and Marketing, “We built
the FolkAlley.com mobile studio to enable us to capture the best
folk and roots music performances at venues and festivals around
the country. Using Audio-Technica mics – the best in the
business – makes our final audio better and provides an
enhanced listening experience for the thousands of people streaming
Folk Alley’s interviews and concert recordings
online.”
About the Folk Alley
Mobile Recording Studio
With its new Mobile Recording Studio, WKSU’s Folk Alley
is now able to take its show on the road. The vehicle was paid
for through a generous grant from a Folk Alley fan and
helps promote FolkAlley.com and Kent State University. In August
2009, the mobile studio provided live audio to National Public
Radio (NPR) for broadcasts from the 50th Anniversary Newport Folk
Festival featuring music legends Pete Seeger and Mavis Staples,
indie folk act Iron & Wine and many others. The mobile studio
carries state-of-the-art equipment and can serve as living quarters
for staff on location. WKSU plans on taking the mobile studio
to other music festivals and major events in the future.
About FolkAlley.com
FolkAlley.com went online in September 2003, offering live-streaming
music over the Internet 24 hours a day. The hosted stream is produced
by WKSU-FM in Kent, Ohio, which also built and maintains the web
site. The Folk Alley playlist is created by senior host Jim Blum
and Folk Alley Music Director Linda Fahey, and features a distinctive
blend of the best of singer/songwriter, Celtic, acoustic, Americana,
traditional and world sounds. Folk Alley strives to bring folk
music to the world via the Internet, reaching across the miles
and the generations to provide global exposure for an art form
with longstanding tradition and a loyal fan community. Since July
2008, Folk Alley’s programming stream has also been aired
as a subchannel on WKSU’s HD Radio over-air feed.
About WKSU
WKSU-FM went on the air 60 years ago as a service of Kent State
University. A National Public Radio affiliate, WKSU airs the best
in classical music and public radio entertainment programming.
Folk music has also played an important role in WKSU’s broadcast
history, thanks in part to Kent, Ohio’s longstanding connection
with the folk community, including hosting the Kent State Folk
Festival for over three decades.
For more information,
please visit www.FolkAlley.com
and www.au
dio-technica.com. |