The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) has become one of the fastest growing sports organizations in America, selling out arenas usually utilized for rock concerts and hockey or basketball events. Each weekend during the PBR’s broadcast season, the top 45 bull riders in the world face off against the baddest of the bad bucking bulls for…
The Tom Joyner Morning Show, now broadcasting from the recently constructed Reach Media studios, has received a new Heil Sound PR 40 microphone, custom painted in a red pearl finish for Mr. Joyner’s use. The studio and Tom Joyner are no strangers to Heil Sound products, and currently own (15) PR 40’s, (16) PR 20’s…
Large diaphragm handheld considered a “first” for demanding on-air talent. PR35 in use at the Super BowlDrawing on the technological advancements within the highly successful PR 30, Heil Sound has introduced the PR 35. Designed with the vocalist in mind, the PR 35 produces unparalleled natural articulate sound over a wide frequency range. The PR…
The 2008 NAB convention was once again a huge success. With nearly 105,000 attendees and hundreds of vendors, the Las Vegas Convention Center was buzzing with the latest equipment for the broadcast industry…complete with a display of news helicopters. Sarah and I had a different approach this year in that we did not have a…
How ‘Bout That Purple Mic Bob with Award”I can’t tell you how blown away I am by this,” says Bob Heil, after receiving the award from Sound Image president, Dave Shadoan. “To me this is a bigger deal than getting in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because this award is voted on by…
The Fender Center for the Performing Arts has chosen Heil Sound as its official microphone provider for its recording program and sound reinforcement use. PR 20’s, PR 30’s and PR 40’s are now in use throughout the unique and prestigious facility located in Southern California. Founded in 1997, the Fender Center for the Performing Arts…
The Paley Center for Media, located in Midtown Manhattan, reopened its Ralph Guild Radio Studio in August following a major audio equipment refit that included the installation of six Heil Sound PR 40 dynamic broadcast microphones. The Center embarked on a renovation of its radio studio earlier this year with the assistance of Geoff Daking…
Denver Morning Talk Show Host Denise Plante Gets Behind Pink Pearl’s Sound And Message Denise Plante of Denver’s ‘Murphy and Denise Show’ is the first radio personality to adopt the Heil Pink Pearl as their primary on-air microphone. Denise is also a big supporter of foundations like the Komen. Entercom Communications Corp, one of the…
When cannons roared and rifles fired in the movie “Letters from Iwo Jima,” the Academy Award winner for best achievement in sound editing, some of the sound was recorded on microphones manufactured by Heil Sound Ltd. of Fairview Heights. Local sound wizard Bob Heil said Charles Maynes, a sound designer who works with director Clint…