SC BIlls Fan Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Would someone at the Bills facility please provide a microphone to the journalists during press conferences so we can hear the questions? Hearing just the replies by Coach or whomever is annoying without hearing the questions!!! Thanks in advance 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Element115 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I listened today, and it wasn't just that, I also heard this terrible loud howling sound, could barely hear McDermott when I blasted the volume in my truck. It was pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSEFEFFER Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 13 minutes ago, SC BIlls Fan said: Would someone at the Bills facility please provide a microphone to the journalists during press conferences so we can hear the questions? Hearing just the replies by Coach or whomever is annoying without hearing the questions!!! Thanks in advance I have been annoyed by that as well. Two microphones with a siwitch passed around the room might do the trick. Answers without the context of the questions is not as informative as it ought to be. This assumes the media members can be polite and share. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_In_NH Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Yes it is terrible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrags Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Good topic. It is terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Very amateur, but it’s been this way since it began. Bush League. I plug earbuds in which is a little better, but I have to divert my eyes so I can really concentrate just to hear. McD is likely aware of this -how could anybody associated with this aspect of the team NOT be? He could repeat/paraphrase the question before answering-which would be greatly appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 Give them some water and a place to sleep too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil The Thrill Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I think that radio outlets plug into the Bills mixer and the audio they record comes from the mic on the podium. So I guess the only way to make the reports questions audible would be to place additional boom mics on the wall or to line up reporters and have them ask questions into a second podium mic. I’m sure that’s not practical Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 I still need to figure out who I need to send the Y-adapter to so they can broadcast in stereo instead of left channel only. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC BIlls Fan Posted August 9, 2019 Author Share Posted August 9, 2019 They can surely pass a wireless mic around.... If you can spend millions on a new training facility I'm sure you can spend a few hundred on an adequate sound system.. (From a former studio owner and live sound guy!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nextmanup Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 24 minutes ago, Phil The Thrill said: I think that radio outlets plug into the Bills mixer and the audio they record comes from the mic on the podium. So I guess the only way to make the reports questions audible would be to place additional boom mics on the wall or to line up reporters and have them ask questions into a second podium mic. I’m sure that’s not practical Not practical? It's not a mystery as to how to mic a PC so questions can be heard. It's just that the Bills organization doesn't seem to know or care how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted August 9, 2019 Share Posted August 9, 2019 3 minutes ago, Nextmanup said: Not practical? It's not a mystery as to how to mic a PC so questions can be heard. It's just that the Bills organization doesn't seem to know or care how to do it. Care would be the right word. How many multiple person pressers have we seen where there is one mic being slid across the table or a person leaning in to the lone mic sitting in the middle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helpmenow Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 There enough folks on the payroll over there, should be able to figure that out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boca BIlls Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2g2dfs/why_can_we_never_hear_the_questions_being_asked/ "According to Vic Ketchman, editor of Packers.com (a 40+ year veteran of sports writing), reporters want the audio of their question to be their exclusive property." Media doesn't want it heard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wiz Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Boca BIlls said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2g2dfs/why_can_we_never_hear_the_questions_being_asked/ "According to Vic Ketchman, editor of Packers.com (a 40+ year veteran of sports writing), reporters want the audio of their question to be their exclusive property." Media doesn't want it heard. Honestly, that makes me respect lynch for his "I'm just here so I don't get fined" answers if the media is going to be d-bags about the questions they ask being their own intellectual property. Edited August 10, 2019 by The Wiz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBill Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 11 hours ago, Boca BIlls said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2g2dfs/why_can_we_never_hear_the_questions_being_asked/ "According to Vic Ketchman, editor of Packers.com (a 40+ year veteran of sports writing), reporters want the audio of their question to be their exclusive property." Media doesn't want it heard. That’s pathetic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddo Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 14 hours ago, Boca BIlls said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2g2dfs/why_can_we_never_hear_the_questions_being_asked/ "According to Vic Ketchman, editor of Packers.com (a 40+ year veteran of sports writing), reporters want the audio of their question to be their exclusive property." Media doesn't want it heard. If that's the case, then whoever is answering the question, should make the reply their exclusive property. And then let someone else other than the original questioner, have the exclusive to the answer. The media/press record everything anyway, so it isn't as though they don't know who asked what. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malazan Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 15 hours ago, Boca BIlls said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/2g2dfs/why_can_we_never_hear_the_questions_being_asked/ "According to Vic Ketchman, editor of Packers.com (a 40+ year veteran of sports writing), reporters want the audio of their question to be their exclusive property." Media doesn't want it heard. I assumed incompetence, but I should have known utter blistering stupidity would be the answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 That is why I stopped listening to the PCs, makes the event worthless imo. Go Bills!!! 1 hour ago, jeremy2020 said: I assumed incompetence, but I should have known utter blistering stupidity would be the answer Never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity. Go Bills!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gugny Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 19 hours ago, Chandler#81 said: Very amateur, but it’s been this way since it began. Bush League. I plug earbuds in which is a little better, but I have to divert my eyes so I can really concentrate just to hear. McD is likely aware of this -how could anybody associated with this aspect of the team NOT be? He could repeat/paraphrase the question before answering-which would be greatly appreciated! Yep. It's almost as if it's a tradition. They've always had crappy audio. They're also the only team in the NFL who seems to have pressers every time they sign a backup QB. Odd to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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