Clear-Com Podcasts

San Diego Opera Partners with Event Wave for First-of-its-Kind Drive-In Opera Performance Part II

In episode two of this two-part podcast series, Clear-Com President, Bob Boster, is joined by “La bohème’s” Stage Manager, Mike Janney, to discuss stage management for Opera in general, as well as the unique elements of cueing “La bohème,” the drive-in opera.
 
It begins with discussing Jany’s journey leading up to his position as Stage Manager for this production.

San Diego Opera Partners with Event Wave for a Drive-In Opera Performance

Remote Broadcast of the 2020 Democratic National Convention (DNC)

Bob Boster, President of Clear-Com, interviews Corey Behnke, Producer and Co-Founder of LiveX, about the ground-breaking 2020 Democratic National Convention. Corey shares his insights and learning from the planning, preparation, and deployment of the first-of-its-kind four-day event, almost entirely produced and directed remotely. They discuss what this means for future events of its kind, the technology involved in this sort of operation, and what can be learned by our industry as a whole.

The Emergence of Production Communications

Larry Estrin shares his perspective on what led to the development of the intercom that we have today. Listen to this podcast which discusses how telephone companies use to provide communication for broadcasters, how intercoms were initially used for construction and more.

Geek Girl Interviews Bob Boster about CC-300 Headset

Why 30 Volts?

The King Biscuit is Born

The Development of Clear-Com and the Beltpack

What goes on inside the mind of an inventor? Charlie Butten, inventor of the industry's first partyline beltpack, shares his experience in the development of the Clear-Com beltpack. He remembers how the production team in rock concerts had to communicate by sending runners through the audience to give a note to those in the backstage. When these concerts became increasingly crowded, Bob Cohen and Charlie decided that they needed to build an intercom system that would make it easier to communicate between the back and front of the venue. Learn about the source of Charlie's ideas and how he designed the very first beltpack from the initial stages to completion.