When I was at WOBC-FM in the late 1960s, our sound was anything but consistent.  At certain hours we played classical music, at other hours top-40 rock and roll, and then there were occasional speeches or sports or poems or dramas.  What if we were somehow able to multicast several different programs simultaneously, so that each program type could be on 24 hours a day?

This ambitious studio complex is set up for four program streams.  Perhaps one would be on FM stereo, one on an FM subcarrier, one on short-range AM, and one on cable; the details don't matter.  Each stream includes newscasts and is identified by color.

Gold is popular music played according to a format; Green is specialty popular music chosen by the hosts; Blue is classical music; and Orange is spoken programs, talk shows and the like.  Each color has its own control room or "combo studio" and its own Program Director's office.

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There are also two other studio suites.  Through a sound lock on the right of the reception area is the news department, with a conference studio, control room, and two newsreader studios.  On the other side of the reception area is a large production studio for various special projects.  All the control rooms adjoin the central record library, which would also be the staff gathering area.