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Post by David on Dec 24, 2021 19:38:08 GMT -6
Another Utah broadcasting legend has died. Tom Barberi, known as "The Voice of Reason" on KALL radio from 1971 to 2004, passed away this morning according to his daughter Gina Barberi. Here's the link to the "in memoriam" article about Tom in the Salt Lake Tribune. www.sltrib.com/news/2021/12/24/outrageous-longtime-utah/For those who haven't seen this clip already, it's Tom in a TV commercial for Firestone Tires, filmed just a year after he began his career at KALL 910 in 1971. Farewell to "The Voice of Reason". 😢 youtu.be/PoirDcP-OTQ |
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Post by commanderlumpy on Dec 28, 2021 0:48:14 GMT -6
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Post by commanderlumpy on Dec 28, 2021 0:58:04 GMT -6
I remember Tom Barberry had a reputation of being a liberal in this market. However, I always found him to be a moderate democrate or a Blue Dog Democrat. I think the only he had a reputation of being a liberal was because of his stance on Licker laws and other social things. However, when it came to taxes and other political issues he seemed fairly conservative to me. I remember calling in on his show when he was on 97.5 FM talk in the summer of 2006. This was because he mentioned something about cell phones. I can't remember what it was. But I called in and told him if you are blind the best cell phone providers would be AT&T and T-Mobile. This was before the iPhones talked. I told him why this was the case. He kept me on the phone for about 15 minutes asking me a lot of questions about cell phone technology. Then at the end of his broadcast that day he said, "Rembember if you are blind the best cell phone providers are AT&T or T-Mobile. I alwaysed liked listening to Tom Barberry. I didn't always agree with him. But it was good to hear another point of view.
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Post by David on Dec 28, 2021 1:29:03 GMT -6
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Post by friendlee on Dec 28, 2021 23:39:58 GMT -6
Always analyzing....I wonder if that was actually a production studio and I'm guessing that short shotgun mic by the turntable was doing the pickup work, not the BK-5. Love seeing the vintage studio! Classic!
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Dec 29, 2021 5:29:25 GMT -6
I think you're right Friend. Shotguns are pretty standard in TV work of that type and the acoustic signature of Tom talking is a little too far away to be as close as the BK-5. If it were the BK-5 it would sound closer like the voiceover in the middle of the commercial. Normally the mike would be out of the shot above the talent, but since this is a radio studio I guess it fits right in. Also, the headache of trying to connect a foreign audio chain to whatever camera the production house was using wouldn't be worth it.
I would agree that this was probably at least used as a production studio. Was anyone crazy enough to be running vinyl on air on a regular basis by the 70's? And why is the turntable running without the tonearm actually being on the record?
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Post by friendlee on Dec 29, 2021 8:54:31 GMT -6
Stations I worked at were still running vinyl up until the mid-1990's. The majors probably were mostly on cart by the early 80's based on video I've seen that was shot in control rooms at that time. CD's had to wait until players like the Denon 950 came along, others were too slow in loading (like the high-end Studers, consumer decks too unreliable).
I remember visiting KALL once in the early 1980's.
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Post by David on Jan 1, 2022 16:19:56 GMT -6
Utah by 5 in the Rose Bowl! C'mon Utes, do it for Tom.🙂 I know he's listening to this game.🥳
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