Production Samples
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, I was production/technical director at WGRE, 91-5FM, student radio at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Below are some samples of my work from this portion of my career. Note these were all done 20 or so years ago, in an era before any of the digital editing systems that are now commonplace. We used a combination of razor blades and splicing tape and/or firing multiple elements live-to-tape (yes, tape) in a production studio, using as many takes as needed to get a piece to sound just right. I often wonder what might have been had today's digital tools been available when I was producing these. But even after all these years, I don't think they sound that bad. I haven't had much opportunity to do production as my career has progressed, but this was a fun time while it lasted. Here are some of my favorites.
WGRE Request LIne (PhoneMail voice's favorite phone number)
The Show That's On Thursday Nights at Eight
In
Focus: Journalists' Roundtable
Featuring
an appearance by Meredith Vieira when she was a 60 Minutes
correspondent, long before Today and Who Wants To Be a
Millionaire. Interesting to listen to her comments in this promo
given the directions her career has taken.
DePauw Tiger Basketball Playoff
Twin
Peaks legal ID
Those
of you who remember Twin Peaks will probably get this clip.
Those of you who don't, won't. Even when this ID was produced, at the
height of the show's popularity, because it obviously didn't have the
benefit of subtitles, we only used it on the air a handful of times.
And
a bonus for all of you who have seen Bret Baier on Fox News Channel.
He got his start doing TV news down the hall from WGRE at DePauw's Center
for Contemporary Media video studios. Here is the radio promo we cut
for his TV newscast:
Channel
19 Evening Edition
I've got plenty more tape packed away in boxes, so someday maybe I'll add more.
Contact me at dave@davemarzullo.com.