Welcome to Paddock Enterprises the home of Paddock Broadcast Engineering and Paddock Aviation.
It is owned and operated by Jim Warrack, formally Chief Engineer of Hereward Radio, Q103 FM and Mid Anglia Radio.
Paddock Broadcast Engineering has been set up to provide Broadcast Engineering Consultancy, Installation and Refurbishment for the Radio industry.
Paddock Aviation provides the services of a commercial pilot for both Broadcast and non broadcast operations.
For more information on the services of Paddock Enterprises please hover over and click on the buttons above.
Paddock Broadcast Engineering (PBE) is owned and operated by Jim Warrack.
PBE has been involved as part of the Simon Foster Associates (SFA) rebuild of Studio 1 at KLFM which involved the total replacement of the studio equipment and the installation of new racks and cabling as well as interfacing with the existing studio 2.
PBE has also been involved in refurbishing studios for Choice FM as well as the building of a digital studio suite for Capital Disney, both at Capital Radio in London.
In addition PBE was part of the team doing the re-equipping of Century FM in Gateshead with digital studios.
PBE can provide a Consultancy service as well as installing and refurbishing studios. Please contact us for further information ~ remember no job is to small or big.
Our range of products currently includes:
PadEnt Relay 12
Mono and Stereo Switchers
and
Signal Boxes
For further details click on the Products button.
Flying is one of the safest and time efficient modes of transport. With over 500 airfields in the UK it is possible to fly to most towns and citys without the need to use the likes of Heathrow or Gatwick.
Paddock Aviation can provide the services of a commercial pilot who is experienced in operating a flying eye service for broadcast or other use as well as general aviation operations.
For more information please call us.
March to June 2006
In association with Simon Foster Assosiates we completed the design and build of 99.9 Radio Norwich. The installation included 2 Studios, 2 Booths, and a racks room.
Equipment supplied included Sonifex S2 split desks, Station Master and D/As. Paddock Enterprises Mono & stereo switchers and custom switching.
SFA custom woodwork.
June to September 2006
Again in association with SFA we completed the supply and technical installation for 102 Town FM in Ipswich.
This installation involved 2 studios, 2 booths, and a racks room.The studios are equipped with Sonifex S2 split desks. The booths have single S2 desks. Other equipment includes Sonifex Station Master, Audionics D/As, Paddock Enterprises mono & stereo switchers and custom switching.
SFA provided the custom woodwork for the studios.
See Broadcast picture page for photographs.
Jim Warrack has over 30 years experience in Radio Broadcast Engineering. He has recently left the GWR group where he was the Chief Engineer for Hereward Radio and Q103 FM.
Jim joined Hereward in 1980 as Chief Engineer and was responsible for the building and operating of the original Studio complex. In the following 24 years he designed and built Hereward Northampton, CNFM in Cambridge and KLFM in Kings Lynn in addition to moving Hereward to a new home.
In recent years both Hereward and Q103 (CNFM) have been extensively refurbished with digital technology, both projects with which Jim was heavily involved.
