What are you talking about?

>Hi Michael, I hope you don't mind me throwing my take in here, on your
>thread. I was an audio engineer first, took some courses in video, and
>saw the relationships in signal flow, it clicked.
>
>Next, I took a job as a master controller. Well, I didn't like the
>quality, or the arrangement of the system, and opened Pandora's box,
>if I screwed something up, I would stay as late as possible to fix it,
>no matter what it was.
>
>After realigning master control I started making productions. 

What do mean by "realigning master control" ????

If you screwed something up on the  air.... it's over.... too late to fix it!

AND, what is "making productions"??!!

I rather doubt you spent ANY time WORKING in a broadcast station... 

Xmttrman, 

30+ years in Television Broadcast
Been there, done that. 

Then it
>grew, and grew into a monster. Through all this you get aquainted with
>all the aspects of signal preservation, calibration, design, sat
>systems, automation, fiber, SDI, Mpeg2, remote trucks, routers, sync,
>all the video formats, etc., sort of evolving thing. Production
>lighting, script development, audio, video broadcast server
>administration. Editing, post production, studio management, and more.
>Gear recommendations too!
>
>All I can say is, you have to love it, you have to see the results of
>your work, and feel good about it. You never really clock out at
>quitting time, as some of us are here are posting, sharing and still
>learning. If you develop leadership skills, you CAN advance in this
>trade. So bottom line for me was, I started tweaking and asking
>questions, when I proved my ability, I was free to make decisions on
>gear, systems, and make them have the highest quality, with
>operational efficiency, and reliability. It is a job with many moments
>of high stress. But, you get to work with some great people, and when
>the shows meet all expectations, there is great satisfaction. You will
>notice around you who is really into it. At times it can be lonely,
>only because there may not be anyone around to share some idea's with,
>or have tech chatter. There are many different paths in television,
>you are not at all limited to engineering.
>
>--Rick