BILLY BAGGETT OBIT (2) (1)

Experience

Billy joined the IBEW in 1989. He worked the last three decades at CBS where he was helpful in Control Room 43 at the Broadcast Center.

Billy was highlighted in article back in 2013 when Sports Video Group asked about his craft covering the US Tennis Open.

Live From the US Open: CBS and ESPN Split Two-Story ‘Truck’ for US Open Audio

It’s a sea change for coverage of the USTA’s Grand Slam gem: CBS has had the broadcast rights since 1968.

For Baggett, however, it’s as though he never stopped mixing the music that got him started in pro audio 30 years earlier.  His fingers move constantly, tweaking the array of fixed Sennheiser 816 shotgun microphones as the ball moves between hemispheres of the court.

“I give a little more emphasis to the shotguns at each end of the court as the ball moves into each one,” Baggett explains.

Prior employment was Betelgeuse Productions in 1987, Douboy Productions in 1985 and KVL Audio/ Visual in 1984 (All production houses in Manhattan). He was also a Technical Supervisor at Jan Video in Long Island.

Billy had extensive experience mixing audio where he received a certificate in RF Comms and Equipment from the US Navy. He also learned at the Devry Technical Institute and Sony Broadcast.

When we have we more information to share about ways we can honor Billy’s memory, we will update the page.