[color=#0000FF]Old Studio Goodbye[/color]
The plan was to meet at the Graphic Arts building at 10:30 for a tour of new KCPR studios on the 3rd floor. Parking was a hassle as nearby parking on Cuesta Ave. was taped off and marked "Tow-away" due to the football game later that evening.
The "air conditioning" building west of the Graphic Arts building was gone (the front lawn of which was used for the "sled" ride during Poly Royal), and a new multi-story engineering building was being built in its place. The new construction meant that the metered parking that had been along the west side of the Graphic Arts building was also fenced off and unavailable. Keith and Frank parked up behind the red brick dorms. Chuck parked off of Grand Ave. We all walked quite a ways, fortunately downhill.
We were met by Terry at the southeast entrance to the 2nd floor, who let us in the building and asked us to meet her in front of the old studios.
To our surprise, Terry and Katrina let us in to the old KCPR studios one last time to say our goodbyes. We walked in, took pictures, checked out patch bays, opened up production room cabinets, looked in the old exec office (the tie line had long since been removed), and nosed around in engineering. The mics had been removed from the newsbooth, and most of the equipment had been taken from the MCR.
Someone mentioned that the old studios felt claustrophobic and crowded, but the walls had been painted dark blue long after we left Cal Poly, and A LOT of people showed up for the station tour. The drinking fountain was still there, but the lobby counter and the KCPR PSA Announcement forms basket were both long gone. Studio 229--aka the men's bathroom and ersatz recording studio/echo chamber--still has a better acoustic signature than Chumash auditorium and could still be used an a source for analog sound effects ... with really, really long cables.
Terry then told us that it was time to go upstairs.
Room 201, it was nice knowing you ...
The "air conditioning" building west of the Graphic Arts building was gone (the front lawn of which was used for the "sled" ride during Poly Royal), and a new multi-story engineering building was being built in its place. The new construction meant that the metered parking that had been along the west side of the Graphic Arts building was also fenced off and unavailable. Keith and Frank parked up behind the red brick dorms. Chuck parked off of Grand Ave. We all walked quite a ways, fortunately downhill.
We were met by Terry at the southeast entrance to the 2nd floor, who let us in the building and asked us to meet her in front of the old studios.
To our surprise, Terry and Katrina let us in to the old KCPR studios one last time to say our goodbyes. We walked in, took pictures, checked out patch bays, opened up production room cabinets, looked in the old exec office (the tie line had long since been removed), and nosed around in engineering. The mics had been removed from the newsbooth, and most of the equipment had been taken from the MCR.
Someone mentioned that the old studios felt claustrophobic and crowded, but the walls had been painted dark blue long after we left Cal Poly, and A LOT of people showed up for the station tour. The drinking fountain was still there, but the lobby counter and the KCPR PSA Announcement forms basket were both long gone. Studio 229--aka the men's bathroom and ersatz recording studio/echo chamber--still has a better acoustic signature than Chumash auditorium and could still be used an a source for analog sound effects ... with really, really long cables.
Terry then told us that it was time to go upstairs.
Room 201, it was nice knowing you ...
