Television Sports Production, 5th Edition

Appendix IIIMicrophone Diagrams

The following microphone diagrams were copied from actual documents used by networks and production companies to produce small and large sporting events. There is not one single way to set up microphones at an event. These diagrams show some of the most common microphone diagrams.

Many of these diagrams show the basic microphone setup. Microphones can be added to them as needed. A few of the diagrams show many microhpones as used in a world championship.

Baseball: Audio Diagram

Mic	Type	Location	Coverage
1	Long shotgun	On camera, low third	POV and close-up of base runners
2	Long shotgun	Near ...