Recording Radio?

Question

I host a radio show at my highschool, and I was planning to record my shows. Is there a way to do this without using computer programs or internet? Please Help

Answer 1

Before I start I'll say this: recording programs is legal as you have copyright of your own voice content if it's not copied from someone else, however you can't record music as it's infringement of the music copyright, as is recording station identifiers or advertisements as they are copyrighted material owned by the bradcasting station.

keeping that in mind every program I do I make a mini disc and a recordable CD of my program with just speech, no ads or music so my copies are legal and within copyright law, if you don't have these facilities at your station just use a hand tape recorder.

EDIT: To Duh, seeing as the questioner is only in high school recording ones live work makes a good demo and recording it to mini disc or recordable cd via the operating panels shows perspective employers that you have the skills to the job.

EDIT: I don't think I explained myself well, what I do is I make a recording on a mindisc in the studio and edit it using the minidisc editing buttons on the machine itself, and a friend records my broadcasts onto a tape, I know another announcer that records his programs to CD but that's more technical, by having 2 recordings a prospective employer can hear what I sound like in the studio and what I sound like through the radio, doing so is looked highly upon by radio station managers.

Answer 2

Do it they way we did it before computers existed: find a cassette recorder. some blank tapes, and tape the broadcast off another radio.

Answer 3

If your show(or whatever) is longer than 30 minutes,use a VCR/Video recorder.They have audio inputs(so they record sound) and you have the option to record for 2,4,or 8 hours at a time.(the longer the hours you record with the more chance for inteference) this way you dont have to keep flipping a tape in a tape recorder,then you can transfer them to,tape or cd's with an Y adapter straight on to a tape recorder or your computer.

Answer 4

Duh has the best answer.

Answer 5

Henry's eggo is closest. To Alithea - pulease. Recording for your own use without any intent to rebroadcast or copy is hardly at the top of the list for any enforcement authority.

Like the man said, get yourself a cassette recorder - radio combination and do your airchecks. That's the way we've always done it. Get them off the air, because many studio setups do not include the procesing and will make you sound flat. You need the final processing as it comes off the tower.

I guess you can also use a radio/CD burner, but in this case the cassette may actually be easier and smaller.

Good luck, no offense to anyone - just messing round.

-a guy named duh