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Beats 1 hosts are now broadcasting from the safety of their homes

2020 March 26
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Apple Music’s Beats 1 station hosts like DJs Zane Lowe, Ebro Darden and Julie Adenuga today began broadcasting from their homes, using FaceTime to interview musicians.

Staying home and working from home are the new normals during the coronavirus pandemic, and now Beats 1 radio DJs have joined the trend. They’re using Apple technologies to broadcast from home, like FaceTime on their iPhones to conduct interviews with popular musicians like Elton John and Hayley Williams.

Engadget has more on that:

It’s not clear whether or not the anchors will use iPhones to record the non-interview sections of their shows, but it would be surprising if they opted for smartphones over more professional audio equipment such as condenser microphones and preamps. However, exclusive programs from Stone Age’s Josh Homme, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig and more will indeed be recorded on their iPhones.

Engadget enthuses over the fact that Internet radio personalities are able to broadcast from home, but that doesn’t come as a surprise to me at all because they’re doing so using high-end audio gear and home studio setups.

It’s like Hollywood still faking video calling in movies even though the underlying technology has been in place for at least 20 years, but you still rarely see a movie character using FaceTime or Skype on their iPhone (unless it’s an Apple show, of course).

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