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Old October 1st 07, 01:42 AM posted to rec.audio.tech,rec.audio.car,rec.radio.shortwave,ba.broadcast
David Kaye David Kaye is offline
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Default HOW OLD are you?

On Sep 30, 11:55 am, (Don Pearce) wrote:

he is an engineer too, as is the bloke who sits
at a mixing desk with not the slightest clue as to what he is doing,
and moves a fader while trying to look cool.


I don't call those people engineers, and any self-respecting
broadcaster would not, either. Those are board operators. In TV the
same function is called a TD or technical director, or simply a
switcher. A TD would be laughed out of the control room if he called
himself an engineer.

I'm mystified as to why this topic was crossposted to 4 disparate
newsgroups with little relation to each other. I don't even know who
any of the respondents are, except for Phil Kane.