Mercia's Machinery
Studio 1 Cart Players:
From the left, the two stacks of two cart machines commected through the desk via faders for
common programme content whilst the two stacks of three machines completely bypassed the
desk and played out directly to the transmitters - the left three served Mercia FM for their jingles
and commercials, the right three played jingles and commercials to Leicester Sound FM.
When not simulcasting to Leicester the left hand stack of three machines served Coventry's 97FM
signal while the right hand stack served Leamington Spa's transmitter on 102.9FM.
From the left, the two stacks of two cart machines commected through the desk via faders for
common programme content whilst the two stacks of three machines completely bypassed the
desk and played out directly to the transmitters - the left three served Mercia FM for their jingles
and commercials, the right three played jingles and commercials to Leicester Sound FM.
When not simulcasting to Leicester the left hand stack of three machines served Coventry's 97FM
signal while the right hand stack served Leamington Spa's transmitter on 102.9FM.
This is the News booth studio, where the news was simulcast both to Mercia FM and Xtra AM
