"Peter B." wrote

Do stations run everything in mono and then create stereo with delay
effects?


No, network programming *usually* makes it through in stereo (and/or
surround). It's local stuff that's at really high risk for getting
summed (or only a single channel getting through).

The problem is partly with the way equipment is set up, and partly with
the meat interface. Editing stuff from the field is usually done with
camera audio on one channel, and in-house stuff on the other (yeah yeah
TV guys, that's an oversimplification, but that's close enough for this
discussion). When a music clip is added to a story with field audio and
or a "host" voice, it winds up being fed to that single "in-house" audio
channel. Even in cases where it's not part of an edited package, the
equipment is routed that way by default and that's the way the meat
interfaces have been taught to do it, so they don't bother to repatch
for stereo.

Sometimes network feeds get screwed up too, but that's usually because a
Master Control operator who doesn't know any better pushes the wrong
button.

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"It CAN'T be too loud... some of the red lights aren't even on yet!"
- Lorin David Schultz
in the control room
making even bad news sound good

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