master control
Main operational hub
Master control is the central facility in a broadcast station where all programming is coordinated and transmitted.
Engineers in master control monitor feeds, switch between sources, and ensure continuous broadcast: We're having technical difficulties—switching back to master control.
The term extends to any central command point overseeing a complex system: All security cameras feed into master control.
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- command centerCentral operations facility
- centerMiddle of anything
- nerve centerCentral point of control
- overrideCancel by authority
hub · central hub · console · switch · kill switch · panel · authority · broadcast · signal · mainframe · headquarters · station · operations · regulate · supervise · dominion · central · nerve
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
- broadcast equipmentbroadcast camera, broadcast tower, broadcast antenna, antenna array, transmitter
- broadcast facilitiesbroadcast studio, broadcast towers, broadcast tower, broadcast equipment, broadcast center
- Command Centerscommand center, operations center, command post, central command, war room
- control boothssound booth, radio booth, broadcast booth, lighting booth, recording booth
- language labheadphones, listening station, microphone, audio booth, microphones
master controlsatellite station
Orbiting communications hub
affiliate station · local station · relay station · end point · substation
master, control, masters, mastered, mastering, masterly, masterful, masterfully, mastery