Studios

We brought HBSA up to modern industry standards with the help of a generous donation from the Ayrshire and Arran Health Board staff lottery fund.

HBSA has two studios that are practically identical but serve different purposes. Both are kitted out with Clyde Broadcast’s Synergy system. Clyde Broadcast, as the name suggests, started as the service and repair division of what at the time, was Radio Clyde. As well as Synergy, presenters also have access to an alternative playout system called Aircast (manufactured by Dutch company D&R) as well as twin CD players.

The studios are a comfortable environment for presenters and guests alike, with user-controllable air conditioning as well as customisable ambient lighting, designed to make our studios as comfortable as possible for presenters and guests alike.

Both Studio 1 and 2 have Shure SM7B microphones – these are among the highest-quality microphones heard on stations across the globe, and variants of these have also been used as recording microphones for many a famous song over the years.

Fun fact: Both studios can be on air at the same time!

Studio 1

This is our main broadcast studio used by the majority of our presenters. Studio 1 is very spacious and is  designed with multi-person shows in mind – there are two guest microphones in this studio.

Studio 2

This studio is laid out totally differently to Studio 1 and is more suited to single-person operation, but has all of the same software. Studio 2 is very wheelchair accessible, with plenty of space for the presenter to sit side by side with an assistant if needed. This is also the studio which receives any outside broadcasts such as live football commentary, which you can learn more about by clicking here.