“Show Us Your Mic Collection” is a new Radio World feature in which intrepid broadcasters and readers show off their microphones. Have a submission? Email us at [email protected].
Many broadcasters collect mementoes of their time in radio or TV. Microphones are often one of the collectibles.
We caught up with John Schneider, who started on the air in 1966 at WAGN in Michigan and had a career in engineering and broadcast equipment before retiring about 10 years ago. You might know him from his work at Sparta, McMartin, RF Specialties, Broadcast Electronics and iBiquity. Or you might have seen his articles in Radio World, his two books or his popular radio history calendars. John is also an Extra Class ham, W9FGH.
“I started acquiring vintage microphones in the 1980s, when the prices were still reasonable,” he told us…