Winner: Cumulus Media
by Wheatstone
With five stations broadcasting from two different facilities within the city limits of Nashville, TN, it was time for Cumulus Media to consolidate all of its operations under one roof. Cumulus built clusters, or “pods,” instead of linear rows of studios. Each air studio is grouped with its program director's office. Keeping each station's personnel together helps preserve its individual personality, and placing the program director in the cluster keeps him close to his people and the heart of the broadcast.
The facility also has a glass-enclosed live performance studio with its own separate control room. The room will serve as both a radio and a TV studio.
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