Axia IP-Tablet Virtual Radio Software Wins Two NewBay Product Innovation Awards

We're excited to share that our Axia IP-Tablet Virtual Radio Software has garnered not one, but two NewBay Product Innovation Awards from Radio and Radio World magazines.

Now celebrating its fifth anniversary, NewBay’s Product Innovation Award recognizes excellence in manufacturing of products to serve the TV/pro video and radio/online audio industries. Winners are selected by a panel of professional users and evaluation criteria include innovation of concept and design, creative use of technology, price value, and suitability for use in a broadcast TV/pro video or broadcast/online radio environment.

Read on to learn why this product is getting so much buzz, with several awards to its name, including the 2017 Radio World International IBC Best of Show Award, 2017 Best Product of the Year Award from Salon de la Radio, and more. 

Topics: virtual radio, virtual radio software, newbay product innovation award, axia ip-tablet

Personal Phone Collection is off the Hook

It may come as no surprise that Telos Systems Product Manager Joe Talbot likes telephones. It kinda helps in  his role with the Telos Alliance. But let's be clear... Joe Talbot really likes telephones! So much that he's created his own personal "Phone Museum" at his home. Joe gives us a little insight into his phone fascination and how they connect him to the broadcast industry. Get the story and check out the slideshow we've created of (some of) Joe's phones!

Topics: Broadcast Telephone Systems, Telos Systems, Telephones

TWiRT 377 - Virtualizing in 2018

We keep running upon the subject of Virtual Radio, or Virtualizing Radio.  Chris Tobin and I imagine both good consequences and unfortunate ones as broadcasters implement more virtualization strategies.  Sure, saving money could be a motivator for virtualizing, but Chris asks, “How will you improve your broadcast product with the money saved?”  Kirk points out the increased flexibility of virtual tech allows more localism with less effort.

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

To Infinity and Beyond: Celebrating 2017

Every year the Telos Alliance attends broadcast industry trade shows and events across the globe to introduce exciting new products and innovations. But 2017 was different, as we debuted some of our most innovative products yet, from the versatile Omnia VOLT audio processor to the groundbreaking Telos Infinity IP Intercom.

TWiRT 376 - How To: Live Video Production for Radio

With social media platforms catering to video, “Visual Radio” is more than just industry buzz.  On the heels of a Washington, DC, symposium on the subject, Chris Tobin shows us the technical setup for a low-budget, yet effective video webcast from WBGO-FM in Newark, NJ. We look at the cameras, connections, interfaces, and software used to create a video version of a traditionally radio-only event.

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

TWiRT 375 - Podcast Engineering School

Many skills required for broadcast engineering are directly applicable to podcast engineering and production.  Chris Curren teaches broadcast and podcast engineering skills, including mixing, fixing, loudness, and using plugins

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

ASBU Meets AoIP in Tunisia

Recently, Telos Alliance dealer Decibel installed a brand new Livewire+ AES67 studio for the new Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) training facility at their headquarters in Tunis. Our friend Jean-Pascal tells us about the facility, and the ASBU’s jump to AoIP.

Vintage Audio: Sony AIR-7 Aviation Band Synthesized Receiver

This Found in the Attic installment is an ‘80s flashback, even though it doesn't involve After the Fire, Blondie, or the Psychedelic Furs. Our subject is a 1985 Sony AIR-7, one of the earlier scanner receivers using frequency synthesis. From the name of this receiver, it's easy to surmise that it was designed to monitor the aviation bands, although it did quite a bit more.

Topics: Vintage Electronics

Smart Speakers 101 for Radio Broadcasters: Get out of Radio and Get into Audio

Shopping for holiday gifts? Smart speakers make great gifts for those into the latest tech. Maybe you’ve requested one yourself, or know someone who has; they're sure to be on lots of gift lists this holiday season. There’s certainly a lot of buzz around smart speakers, and that’s good news for broadcasters.

Topics: Podcasting, Broadcasting, smart speakers

TWiRT 374 - Boston Radio with Jim Armstrong

Everyone starts somewhere, and Jim Armstrong started right near the top - in Boston radio! We’re talking early days of on-air traffic reporting, some technical perspectives from those days, and about Jim’s big switch to broadcast equipment sales; lessons here all of us engineers can learn from.

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