[Deejay]

It was indeed the larger performance studio space, and the current TV Gallery was the control room (Cubicle) for it. The two together were known as “Studio 2” (BBC Local Radio naming convention was to make a distinction between studios - spaces with microphones in them but no other tech - and cubicles - spaces which had desks, tape machines, grams etc and microphones for self-op work.)

When TV moved fully to the Radio Oxford building in 2005, the original sound soak from the walls of Studio 2 and Cubicle 2 were almost all removed to maximise the space available for the set and the gallery equipment. This proved to be something of a mistake because the first set suffered from a very bright sound indeed. Over the years, heavy drapes and more modern acoustic treatment has been added to the wall surfaces and and this has all helped with dampening the acoustics.

The TV studio space doesn’t regularly get used by Radio Oxford for their band performances though, they have their own space in the former phone-in-area.

Given that the TV Studio will once again sound extremely bright if/when the set is removed, I doubt it will immediately find much use for Radio Oxford performances, and if the current plans go through, Radio Oxford’s output is to be dramatically reduced next year anyway (to Breakfast and Mid-Morning output only).