The inclusion of a live to air Top of the Pops Special in this years Biennial Comic Relief charity fundraising TV show gave us the opportunity to deploy EAW’s newest and most compact JFL210 line array, and thus giving it its' UK Television debut.

The show was filmed in Studio 4 at the BBC Television Centre in London and featured performances from Franz Ferdinand, Flo-Rida, Oasis, Take That, Rob, Ruth & Tom Jones and an acoustic performance from James Morrison. In all, sixteen JFL210 cabinets in four hangs, coupled with eight SB730 cabinets on the ground, were used in the studio for audience sound. We used EAW JH-15 wedges for both stages and the central performance area.

“Rigging the JFL210 hangs was a breeze," commented JHL staff engineer Simon Panos, who looked after the audience sound for the show. “The studio hoists have a maximum capacity of 112kg, so each hang of four including a flybar come in at a total of 109kg which made everyone happy. Additionally, once the four hangs were in the air, the sound was pin sharp and needed very little additional tuning. The FB121 flybar gave us the flexibility to rake the hang just how we needed it. The system was very versatile and had amazing coverage in spite of the cluttered ceiling space it inhabited."  Fellow engineers, Robin Tombs and Aden Gregory were equally enthusiastic about the systems’s hi-fi sound and ease of use; pronouncing it perfect for the job in hand.