Marlin Bohling describes new RD-TV Studios in Nashville, “The new RFD-TV studios are a feat of engineering. Designed and constructed by companies from New York, the main television studio room is actually comprised of six different sets located around the periphery of the main room,” reports Marlin Bohling, Markets Editor (RFD-TV and Rural Radio, Nashville, TN). He added, “The five cameras, including an overhead jib camera, are all located in the center of the room and can pivot to cover all of the different sets, which are used for everything from our ag news and market reports to western sports coverage, weather, stand-up teases, and cozy interviews in a living room setting complete with a realistic ‘digital’ fireplace.” He continued, “Hundreds of lighting components are all computer-controlled and instantly reconfigurable. Ten giant LCD monitors arranged on end and combined in two banks of five serve as an amazing backdrop to our news stage and can show any combination of images, graphics, and videos in any size configuration for a dynamic high-action set. New world-class hardware and software systems allow for top tier production capability rivaling other national networks.”
Marlin proudly points out, “RFD-TV has been nominated as a finalist for the CableFax Awards in the category of Best Show or Series – News. We are up against the likes of CNBC, Headline News, Al Jazeera America, and the Oprah Winfrey Network, so we are honored to already be considered in such high caliber company.” ON MUSIC ROW…Being located in the former GAC country music channel studios right on legendary Music Row near downtown Nashville is, as Marlin describes it, “a boon to our operation” as it sits squarely in the middle of the world’s country music Mecca. “Renowned entertainers and VIP’s regularly stop in for on-air visits and are a real treat for our viewers and listeners,” he said.
From a personal perspective, Marlin finds it hard to believe that in the span of 13 years he has transitioned from driving a tractor on his small family farm near his hometown of 100 people on the Kansas/Nebraska border to talking daily to an international audience covering all of North America on TV and satellite radio. “I have the awesome responsibility of keeping our viewers and listeners informed on critical commodity-related information with live real-time quotes and live interviews with numerous market experts from all over the country. It is truly a powerful forum, and I am honored to be a part of such an important media team including fellow NAFB members Mark Oppold and Janet Adkison.”
Marlin Bohling is voicing a live Commodity Wrap radio program in Rural Radio SiriusXM studio. His radio producer, Zach Troutman, left, is operating the control board. Two half-hour Commodity Wrap radio shows are on the Rural Radio channel each day at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) and 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). Rural Radio SiriusXM just moved its location from channel 80 to channel 147 on August 13.
