Category Archives: News

Words Matter

Posted in Blog - All Categories, News, Storytelling by Rich Roszel on January 4, 2018

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In 1872, Dr. Brewster M. Higley of Smith County, Kansas, wrote a poem entitled “My Western Home.” The words of that poem were later set to music and the song, “Home on the Range” was born. Dr. Higley noted that out on the range, one seldom heard a discouraging word. That’s important, because...

Great Concept, Writing, Acting, Marketing

Posted in Blog - All Categories, News, Storytelling by Rich Roszel on September 7, 2017

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There have been a lot of commercials over the years that I would argue just didn’t do a good job motivating anyone to action. They may have been well acted and even poignant, but at the end of the day, they didn’t cause the listener or viewer to do whatever...

Stevie Wonder: Not All is Fair in Love and Music

Posted in Blog - All Categories, Music, News by Rich Roszel on April 4, 2017

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For those familiar with the financial side of the music industry, there are several licensing organizations at work here in the US. Their role is to charge businesses a fee for their use of music and then to pay the song writers their fair share. At issue, though, is how...

When You’re Stuck Between the Restrooms

Posted in Blog - All Categories, News, Olympics by Rich Roszel on August 16, 2016

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It’s not often that we get to have conversations with spectators. Usually they are more interested in finding their seats and we are more interested in getting a cluster of Rights Holding Broadcasters (RHBs) on-the-air on time. But the fact that our control room is located right between the doors...

The Heavy Lifting and the Blinky Lights

Posted in Blog - All Categories, News, Olympics by Rich Roszel on August 9, 2016

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Prior to the games, all of us at OBS do a bit of heavy lifting. There’s a lot of wiring to be done and a lot of gear to be installed and tested. Most people don’t really care about that part of the story, though, because it’s the boring part....

Semi-Live from Brazil

Posted in Blog - All Categories, News, Olympics by Rich Roszel on August 8, 2016

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As much as we would love to be bringing you all the latest from the Summer Games, alas, contractural arrangements and the lack of a decent internet connection will keep our missives somewhat limited and brief. Our Fearless Leader, Rich Roszel, is part of the Olympic Broadcast team once again...

Saying Goodbye to the Last Jetson

Posted in Blog - All Categories, News, Voice Acting by Rich Roszel on June 13, 2016

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I was greatly saddened to learn of the passing of actress Janet Waldo. You may have seen her in a number of popular television programs if you were around and watching TV in the 1950s and 60s, but you are more likely to have heard her rather than seen her....

Did I really want to see that … again?

Posted in News, Technology by Rich Roszel on May 10, 2016

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I read with great interest this article by American Movie Company discussing new technology on the horizon that will allow, among other things, an individual to record video of most anything or everything he or she wants to save … using a camera built into a contact lens. Google, Samsung...

Driving Blind on Live Radio

Posted in Blog - All Categories, News, Technology by Rich Roszel on April 30, 2016

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I was recently a guest host on a national radio program, filling in while the regular host was out sick. As you will understand after reading the following, I’m neither going to identify the program nor the network in question. I’ve been working with major broadcast networks for years and, in my experience,...

Is there a ghost in your machine?

Posted in Blog - All Categories, Music, News by Rich Roszel on October 9, 2015

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With a nod to the album by The Police , do you have any ghosts hiding out in your background? This isn’t the same as having skeletons in your closet, and I’m not trying to tie into a Halloween theme here. I’m talking about ghost writers — people who write...

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