TWiRT 383 - Single Frequency Networks with Hal Kneller

Single Frequency Networks, or SFNs: European FM broadcasters have been using them for decades. Now, US and other broadcasters around the world are extending coverage and filling in coverage holes using synchronized FM transmitters.  Hal Kneller consults SFN projects and discussed the technology and techniques.

Topics: Broadcast Engineering, Streaming Audio, audio, audio quality

Axia IP-Tablet Wins Best of Show Award at Salon de la Radio 2018!

The 2018 European Radio Show / Le Salon de la Radio took place at the Charlie Parker Centre of the Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris, January 25–27. There, Axia and Livewire partner IP-Studio won a Best of Show Award for Salon de la Radio for the Axia IP-Tablet Virtual Radio Software and all its innovative implementations at the booth demo.

Italy’s RPZ chooses Axia for Revamped Studios

Italy’s Radio Punto Zero (RPZ), a historic station in Italy’s Campania region, recently celebrated its 40^th anniversary. To mark the occasion, RPZ embarked on a path of renewal and innovation, including assessing the methods and equipment dedicated to radio production at their facility, and upgrading their systems. What resulted was a move to Axia Livewire+ AES67 Audio over IP technology.

Omnia Rocks Fort Wayne

Robbie Mack is Program Director and Brand Manager with Adams Radio Group in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. Though not an engineer, Robbie has a keen ear for quality audio. We sat down with him to find out why Omnia processors have been the right solution for his stations.

Topics: broadcast audio processor

TWiRT 382 - Envisioning Virtual Studios

What might the radio studios of tomorrow look like?  What equipment is in them? What equipment is not in them?  Could the studio’s future really be “cushions and daylight” as one radio futurist has said? We’re live at the Cleveland headquarters of the Telos Alliance, talking with colleagues about where our studio technologies are headed.

Topics: Broadcast Engineering, Streaming Audio, audio, audio quality

Program & Process Your Stream for Success

Harry Lyles is President of Lyles Media Group and UrbanRadio.com, a network of streaming audio stations broadcasting various styles and eras of urban music. Harry is also a longtime programmer and programming consultant. With expertise in both programming and streaming audio, he frequently consults with urban stations across the country. Harry knows quality audio. We sat down with Harry to get his views on best practices for the programming and processing for broadcast streams.

Topics: Streaming Audio, Z/IPStream X/2, Harry Lyles

A Radio Service That Might Have Been

With the diminishment or the actual shutting down of AM radio in many parts of the world, there is one advantage of AM which should not be forgotten: The potential coverage of large areas of geography.

Some years ago, when the FCC proposed expanding the AM band to 1700 kHz, I had an idea.

TWiRT 381 - Stupidity with Tom Ray

Tom Ray says his superpower is the ability to attract stupidity. But, being a clever engineer he deals with it swifty and moves on. Tom joins Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack for this episode on stupidity - how to identify it, how to deal with it, and what we can learn from it.

Topics: Broadcast Engineering, Streaming Audio, audio, audio quality

Bisset Brief: The Little Console Engine that Could

Owners of our Element and Fusion consoles are aware of the built-in mic processing features. Well, there’s basic mic processing in our QOR.32 and QOR.16 console engines, used with RAQ, DESQ, Radius, and IQ surfaces, too. I spoke with Telos Alliance Support Engineer Brett Patram recently, who outlined the setup of these parameters.

Overcoming AM Noise in Tampa

Neal Ardman is President of NIA Broadcasting, which owns and operates radio stations across the state of Florida. Recently we sat down with Neal for a quick discussion of his success with the Omnia VOLT for NIA’s Classic Hip Hop station in Tampa, WTMP-AM.

Topics: Omnia VOLT