Perhaps some of the radio insiders here can help me understand something that has had me a bit puzzled for a while now.
Time and time again on various stations (but the big culprit in this case are the talk stations), I hear what are clearly Outlook email alerts during a live broadcast.
The first thing that comes to my mind is why in heavens name would you have the same computer used for email exchanges, as part of the audio chain? And if that machine MUST be part of the audio chain for whatever operational requirements such as sound bites, then why aren’t audible alerts turned off in Windows? This can very easily be accomplished without disabling any other audio capabilities on the machine. To me, it just seems rather simplistic and basic common sense. Therefore, there must be some complex technical reason as to why it just has to be that way, yes?
Any thoughts?