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In preparation for its coverage of Super Bowl LVII, FOX Sports
K-GEAR GH12’s were also used as front left and right fills
built a remote studio on site, directly across from State
outside the remote studio section, where the main talent desk
Farm Stadium, at The Great Lawn in Glendale, Arizona. FOX
was located. KAN200’s were also used inside the studio as
Sports requested a one-of-a-kind PA sound system that was
audience foldback during several FS1 shows with a live studio
uniquely suited to the studio, in that it needed to both sound
audience, such as ‘Undisputed’ with Skip and Shannon.
great and look the part for the local fan experience.
The entire system was connected by analog Ethercon and
“We needed a discreet yet powerful production audio system
XLR, as well as being controlled and mixed by a DiGiCo SD10
integrated into our Live Presentation Stage for Fox Sports’
digital audio console.
coverage of the 2023 NFL Super Bowl,” explained Rod Conti,
CP Communications has a long-standing partnership with
Vice President of Remote Studio Operations at FOX Sports.
FOX Sports, providing mission critical transmission solutions,
“K-ARRAY was introduced to us by our long time audio
RF Audio and RF Video, and B4B broadcast services. Sean
vendors, CP Communication. With their strong, hands-on
Sweeney, PA Project Manager at CP Communications, worked
knowledge of audio and existing relationship with FOX, this
closely with Technical Producer and FOX Sports Consultant,
was the perfect introduction to this cutting edge technology.”
Daniel ‘Pineapple’ James for the initial placement, layout,
The collaboration between K-ARRAY, CP Communications,
cabling, and signal flow for each of the K-ARRAY PA towers
and the visual concept and design drawings showing the PA
and centre fill components.
towers complementing FOX’s remote studio set was created
The custom PA towers became an integral part of the
and submitted by Sean Sweeney, which helped portray
remote studio for the on-site fan experience. These physical
to FOX’s technical team that K-ARRAY would be the best
structures were fabricated by FOX’s staging provider,
application to use for one of the most popular televised
Filmwerks, and the PA tower structures provided the ability
events worldwide.
for both the Kayman and Kobra speakers to be rigged and
CP Communications provided multiple K-ARRAY systems
mounted within the interior portion of each tower. Every
within six custom fabricated PA tower structures (KY102’s
section of these 12’ towers were custom branded from top to
and KK102’s), which were powered by various KMT218’s and
bottom with FOX and SBLVII logos, and artwork, which then
KMT18’s. The centre fills for the entire front of the remote
helped to conceal the appearance of any hardware for live
studio were covered with 34 x KAN200’s, powered by the
television, which was a very important visual concern for FOX
KS4 I’s subwoofers and the KA24 amplifier. K-ARRAY’s
Sports.
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