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Blue Rocks on WGLS 89.7/Orioles on WWTX 1290

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MikefromDelaware

I listened to both the Blue Rocks on 89.7 WGLS and the Orioles game on WWTX 1290 the other night. It was good to hear the Baltimore announcer, forget his name, who was doing the play by play back when I rode the board at WNRK when my show would be pre-empted for the game.

An interesting difference between the Blue Rocks game and the Oriole game - you could not hear any crowd noise at all on the Blue Rocks game, which is odd as you always heard it on AM 1290 in the past. Those stadiums are not that big so the crowd is right below the radio booth. It loses something just hearing the announcer and no other noise at all. Kind of dry. This was a bit of a disappointment as one perk to listening to the Eagles games on 94.1 WYSP vs WDEL is the FM brings out many sounds on the field, etc, that you don't hear as well on AM radio. The Orioles on the other hand had the same sound of the ball park at Camden Yards I remember and I found myself staying tuned longer to WWTX's coverage than WGLS's coverage. It will be interesting to see if this works out well for both WGLS and the Blue Rocks.

The Blue Rocks game that night (maybe the entire season) on WGLS was underwritten, remember this is non-comm university radio, by SEPTA as they promoted their Delaware commuter train to and from Philly. So WGLS has been able to get underwriting to pay for their coverage of the games. It would be interesting to hear how well that signal gets out in the rest of NCC.
 
The crowd noise is important in a ball game. It gives the game a "fuller" feeling and makes the listener feel like he/she is part of the "crowd". If you use the more traditional mikes, they will pick up the crowd if you back off and have the pot up. If you use headsets, you need a "crowd" mike aimed toward the stands.

WNRK used the "crowd" mike approach, at least when Dan Casey did the games at WNRK. In fact,
we had a special mike that could pick up the players talking on the field! First saw that in 1968, when I ran the Newark High scoreboard at football games. We were still using it at Caravel games in 1992. It make the games sound more alive and not as boring as the Blue Rocks often sound.
 
Dan Casey was a real pro at WNRK, both sports wise and big band music wise (we were doing a nostalgia format when we all were working together at WNRK). Good point about how WNRK brought out the stadium sounds. That's why I enjoy hearing the Eagles games on WYSP 94.1 over WDEL as the FM brings out those sounds in stereo even better than AM can and it seems more like you're there almost. But AM does it too in mono, not as well, but if you listen to WGLS - Blue Rocks vs WWTX Orioles or WDEL's Phillies games, you'll hear that both WWTX and WDEL both sound far superior to WGLS. Which is really sad as WGLS is an FM station, so they've actually got the advantage over WWTX and WDEL.
 
The Blue Rocks use a crowd mic. They were in Kinston on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. The crowds in attendence were 1,023 on Monday, 832 on Tuesday, and 2317 on Wednesday for a day game. You will the crowd this weekend as the Rocks return home and where the Rocks actually play before a crowd.
 
Thanks Matt for the info, we'll try to catch the games on WGLS this weekend. Kind of hard to get crowd noise when the two teams almost out number the audience.
 
I've got the Blue Rocks game on, and yes the crowd noise is coming through tonight. That's more like it.
 
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