Radio age research, manufacturing, communications, broadcasting, television (1941)

RTED STUDIO 8-l[ I.N RADKi CITY HAS 300.000 CUHK' FEET OF SPACE AND IAN ACCOMMODATE SIX TELEVISION CAMERAS IN OPERATION. Famous Studio Rebuilt for TV BC has Invested orer $1,000,000 in Convening 8H into the World's Most Modern and Best Equipped Television Studio. p HK National Broadca-sting [ Company's renowned Radio ty Studio 8-H, caught up in the eep of the times, has had its face ted for television. Representing an investment of er $1,000,000, 8-H has been re- iverted into the most modern. B most versatile and the largest evision studio in the world. A swarm of engineers, produc- in men, technicians, and work- Mi in a little over three and a half )nths have descended on 8-H, iped it apart from wall to wall d converted it into a glistening f studio which can do more things an any other studio in the •in try. Studio 8-H now looks out on the ixial cables with a spanking new :ade. including: 1. The most modern and most e.xtensive lighting system in the world, incorporating all the light- ing requirements ever needed in any other studio; 2. A platform or "island" hang- ing from the ceiling from which lights and television cameras will operate; 3. Six television cameras op- erating on the floor; 4. Three control rooms — the most modern and most workable control rooms ever built for a television operation; .5. A completely-equipped stage for theatre-type presentations, using no elevation; 6. A stage which can be com- pletely "struck" in an hour and a half to make the whole studio available for di-amatic presenta- tions; 7. Fifteen separate dressing rooms; 8. The most modern make-up room in television; 9. An over-all size of 300,000 cubic feet, making it the largest single unit of television studio production space in the country; 10. A series of new special- effects, especially constructed for this studio; 11. The largest rear projection screen ever used in television. From the standpoint of lighting. no studio of any kind has ever been so completely nor so extensively equipped as 8-H. The lighting sys- tem incorporates everything ever needed in any television studio, whether for a stage or dramatic- type presentation. Each lighting unit can be adjusted at any height from five to 27 feet. Riiiiiitc-Control Li^lit System The ceiling of 8-H is literally paved with lights. More than 1,000 individual lamps, ranging in wat- tage from 100 to 5.000, have been installed in S-H and every individ- ual light is remotely controllable from the control room. Such a s\s- tem has never been used before in any kind of studio. The control rooms, the most mod- ern and workable in television, also are located on the ninth lloor. They comprise a lighting control room where the dimmers and circuits are housed; a video control room, and the audio control room. The latter two are separated by a glass cur- tain which can be opened or closed, (lf])en(ling upon whether the two looms are to be connetted or sep- arated for any individual show. To afford every modern conven- ience the producer, director and technical director will sit in the video control room, suiiplied with eight viewing monitors. The directorial staff will face nine moniti)rs, including one for each of the six cameras, one preview moni- tor, one on-the-air monitor and a ninth for possible outside or film transmissions. Most Modern TV Control Room The audio control room also is the most modern in TV. Located there are one master console and three sub-masters for intricate con- trolling and switching of micro- Iihone booms, microphones and other audio effects. Each of the second- ary consoles is equipped with red, white and green lights to indicate to the engineer the control whicli has been switched on. An innovation which is part of 8-H is the placement of a camera just off the ceiling. The special platform or "island" suspended from the studio's ceiling will sup- port spotlights and special lighting effects for stage-type presentations. In addition, a television camera will be stationed there for high shots (Continued ov page 28) [RADIO AGE 25]