--- title: Telos Alliance Blog Featuring Audio News Events Products & Updates (30) description: Telos Alliance has led the audio industry’s innovation in Broadcast Audio, Digital Mixing & Mastering, Audio Processors & Compression, Broadcast Mixing Consoles, Audio Interfaces, AoIP & VoIP for over three decades. The Telos Alliance family of products include Telos® Systems, Omnia® Audio, Axia® Audio, Linear Acoustic®, 25-Seven® Systems, Minnetonka™ Audio and Jünger Audio. Covering all ranges of Audio Applications for Radio & Television from Telos Infinity IP Intercom Systems, Jünger Audio AIXpressor Audio Processor, Omnia 11 Radio Processors, Axia Networked Quasar Broadcast Mixing Consoles and Linear Acoustic AMS Audio Quality Loudness Monitoring and 25-Seven TVC-15 Watermark Analyzer & Monitor. Telos Alliance offers audio solutions for any and every Radio, Television, Live Events, Podcast & Live Streaming Studio With Telos Alliance “Broadcast Without Limits” “Love What You Hear” (30) --- ## [Cutting Edge Audio for Cutting Edge Music | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/cutting-edge-music-deserves-cutting-edge-audio) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 29, 2017, 12:45:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Gabriel Meunier](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs/SST%20at%20CISM/Gabriel%20-%20blog%20post.jpg?width=250&name=Gabriel%20-%20blog%20post.jpg "Gabriel Meunier")Cutting Edge Audio for Cutting Edge Music On the air for more than 25 years, [CISM](http://cism893.ca) (broadcasting in French) specializes in cutting edge music and elements of Montreal's creative culture. The transmitting antenna is located on top of Mount Royal and covers about a 50-mile radius which includes Montreal, Laval, the South Shore, and the North Shore with 10,000 watts of power and a potential audience of over 4 million people. Each week, the station broadcasts 70 different programs featuring nearly 100 radio hosts. Recently we sat discussed the sound of the station with CISM's Gabriel Meunier, and how he achieves just the right sound for music on the cutting edge with [OmniaSST](https://www.telosalliance.com/Omnia/Omnia-SST). [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/cutting-edge-music-deserves-cutting-edge-audio) ## [Barefootin' from A to Z: AoIP to Z/IP ONE | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/barefootin-from-a-to-z-aoip-to-z/ip-one) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 29, 2017, 12:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Jordan Bitz, Chief Engineer, Barefoot Media Ministries](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs/Jordan%20Bitz/Head%20Shot%20-%20for%20blog%20post.jpg?width=206&name=Head%20Shot%20-%20for%20blog%20post.jpg "Jordan Bitz, Chief Engineer, Barefoot Media Ministries")Barefootin' from A to Z: AoIP to Z/IP ONE  Jordan Bitz is Chief Engineer for Barefoot Media Ministries, a small Christian radio group headquartered in Boise, Idaho and operating 89.5 KTSY, the heritage Christian radio station in the Boise market, as well as Project 88.7, a Christian Hip Hop station, 88.1 The Bridge in Twin Falls, and a handful of other stations and translators across Idaho and Oregon. In short, Jordan is a busy engineer managing multiple sites over hundreds of square miles. Before joining Barefoot 15 months ago, Jordan’s previous experience was as engineer and programmer at stations in North Dakota, where he hadn’t worked much with Audio over IP. While the adjustment to AoIP took some time, once he got the hang of things he’s been amazed by the simplicity and flexibility. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/barefootin-from-a-to-z-aoip-to-z/ip-one) [![TWiRT 372 - Tom Vernon on Smart Speakers | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWIRT372.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/tom-vernon-on-smart-speakers) ## [TWiRT 372 - Tom Vernon on Smart Speakers | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/tom-vernon-on-smart-speakers) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 17, 2017, 1:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)   # TWiRT 372 - Tom Vernon on Smart Speakers “We’re on the verge of a Voice Activated Internet,” says Tom Vernon. Tom’s recent front page Radio World article, “Can Smart Speakers Bring Radio Home?” points to new radio listeners using smart speakers. We may also find voice-activated tasks around broadcast stations, facilitated by Amazon Echo or Google Home devices. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/tom-vernon-on-smart-speakers) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [Streaming Audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/streaming-audio), [audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio), [audio quality](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality) ## [New Consoles in Newcastle | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/new-consoles-in-newcastle-as-sca-upgrades) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 15, 2017, 1:55:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # New Consoles in Newcastle Southern Cross Austereo is a major Australian broadcast network consisting of over 100 radio and TV stations across the country. Recently, SCA has made the move to AoIP and Axia at a number of their radio facilities, including moving their Newcastle operation – about two-and-a-half hours north of Sydney – into a new building earlier this year. The Newcastle location features two radio stations, [KOFM 102.9](https://www.kofm.com.au/) and [NXFM Hit 106.9](https://www.hit.com.au/newcastle). [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/new-consoles-in-newcastle-as-sca-upgrades) ## [Slaying the Lost Packet Dragon with Pathfinder | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/dragonwave/950-switching-via-pathfinder) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 15, 2017, 12:20:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Trevor Stuart, Manager of Broadcast Engineering, Bell Media Radio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs/Pathfinder%20-%20Dragonwave/Trevor%20Stuart%20-%202.jpg?width=200&name=Trevor%20Stuart%20-%202.jpg "Trevor Stuart, Manager of Broadcast Engineering, Bell Media Radio")Slaying the Lost Packet Dragon with Pathfinder Using IP radios as your STLs has many advantages. One disadvantage though is that they can be more susceptible to rain and snow fade than other STLs. Using [Axia Pathfinder](https://www.telosalliance.com/Axia/Pathfinder-Core-Pro) and syslog, I’ve been able to keep my stations on-air, without hearing a dropped packet. Though I am using syslog, the same result can be achieved using [SNMP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Network_Management_Protocol). Even if the IP radio you have is not capable of sending syslog, you can still make this work for you with a little tweaking... [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/dragonwave/950-switching-via-pathfinder) [![Minnesota Public Radio Upgrades to Axia Fusion Radio Consoles | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Bill_Dahlstrom_Radio_Consoles_Upgrade.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/radio-consoles-minnesota-public-radio) ## [Minnesota Public Radio Upgrades to Axia Fusion Radio Consoles | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/radio-consoles-minnesota-public-radio) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 14, 2017, 2:06:31 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # Minnesota Public Radio Upgrades to Axia Fusion Radio Consoles **![Bill_Dahlstrom_Radio_Consoles_Upgrade.jpg](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Bill_Dahlstrom_Radio_Consoles_Upgrade.jpg?width=660&height=440&name=Bill_Dahlstrom_Radio_Consoles_Upgrade.jpg),** we sat down with Chief Engineer of Minnesota Public Radio Bill xxxx . MPR was one of the very first Axia customers, installing xxx  Bill and wanted to upgrade their entire facility to the Axia Fusion consoles. "Our AxaiElements were more than 10 years old. They had served us very well and we were so impressed by them, we decided to replace    Essentially we are one of the early adopters of Axi, elements over 10 years old, maintenance issues, two answer, they have served well. We are so impressed by it, it gave its good service and decided to replace with the same thing. We didn’t do our due diligence, there are other systems out there. We had to know what was available, 10 years, owe it to ourself to investigate so that it got done. Took 24 plus elements, replaced them with Fusion.   We are doing it Room by Room, main room most used rooms already, going through production areas and secondary backup studios. Right now, that will complete the first of the fusion went over a year ago now, finishing up the rest of them in the next two months.   - Why did you decide to stick with Axia gear?  -   Stick with it. Well it’s what we understand and we have always found a way to do what we need to do, the product has evolved, we never felt roadblocked in any way by what Axia was capable of doing. AXIA—we do a lot Pathfinder server, so that works crucial with the Fusion consoles.   Specific Fusion consoles—for us Fusion and Element we gained a few things, Element to Fusion not meaninguful in what we were able to accomplish, Fusion was the replacement for Element that’s what we did.     - What are the benefits, in your opinion, of Livewire over some of the other protocols out there?  Livewire ecoysystem—certainly simplifies things. Cuts costs because we are not interfacing phsycial outfputs on devices. We have probably favored products of the ecosphere. Early adopters in this ecosphere. More and more the devices are used. Lviewire made the difference between buying one or another. Becoming real common and we are not being outside of that, personally don’t understand the difference, always able to work within LW. Right now everything is Livewire. Elements—one of the first, not bets one to consult about the history, I was not here. Tom Nelson.Engineering facilities. Legend was we had second largest one for quite a while. 20 years ago. - **Are the Fusions installed yet? Do you have any images we could use? **   7) Were there any challenges with the installation?  Installing... most of the stuff is so straightforward, there are challenges, one situation where we added onto the console in certain situation, wanted another mixer part of the fusion console, attached via the Canbus, added even more mixers to a 32…   Pictures.       We have phone system, VX and processing for many things… we use other products. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/radio-consoles-minnesota-public-radio) Topics: [Radio Consoles](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/radio-consoles), [Fusion](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/fusion), [console upgrade](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/console-upgrade), [axia element](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/axia-element) [![Building the Transmission System at One World Trade Center - TWiRT Ep. 371 | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWiRT371.png)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/builing-the-transmission-system-world-trade-center) ## [Building the Transmission System at One World Trade Center - TWiRT Ep. 371 | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/builing-the-transmission-system-world-trade-center) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 10, 2017, 1:00:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # Building the Transmission System at One World Trade Center - TWiRT Ep. 371 ![TWiRT371.png](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/TWiRT371.png?width=320&name=TWiRT371.png "TWiRT371.png") There are myriad perspectives from which to view One World Trade Center’s rebuilding after the tragedies of 9/11. From the broadcast perspective, 2017 marks a notable milestone – the resumption of television transmission from atop One WTC. The latest transmitter and antenna technology is now deployed at One WTC, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at a symbolic 1,776 feet in height; it has resumed broadcast operations as one of the world’s elite broadcast centers. John Lyons, Director of Broadcast Communications at The Durst Organization, leads a presentation focusing on this new, premiere, RF transmission facility. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/builing-the-transmission-system-world-trade-center) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [Streaming Audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/streaming-audio), [audio](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio), [audio quality](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/audio-quality) ## [Paul Kriegler Named U.S. Omnia Sales Manager | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/paul-kriegler-named-u.s.-omnia-sales-manager) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 8, 2017, 11:35:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # Paul Kriegler Named U.S. Omnia Sales Manager The Telos Alliance this week welcomed Paul Kriegler as Omnia Manager of U.S. Sales. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/paul-kriegler-named-u.s.-omnia-sales-manager) Topics: [broadcast audio processor](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-audio-processor) ## [Telos Alliance CEO Frank Foti Honored with Innovator Award | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/telos-alliance-ceo-frank-foti-honored-with-two-newbay-industry-innovator-awards) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 8, 2017, 11:30:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # Telos Alliance CEO Frank Foti Honored with Innovator Award The Telos Alliance is proud to announce that CEO Frank Foti has been named one of only two recipient of *two* NewBay Industry Innovator Awards as presented by *Radio World* and *Radio* magazine. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/telos-alliance-ceo-frank-foti-honored-with-two-newbay-industry-innovator-awards) [![The Bisset Brief: The Onslaught of Winter | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Blogs/Bisset%20Briefs/9/Mittens%20-%20662x260.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-bisset-brief-the-onslaught-of-winter) ## [The Bisset Brief: The Onslaught of Winter | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-bisset-brief-the-onslaught-of-winter) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Nov 1, 2017, 11:50:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # The Bisset Brief: The Onslaught of Winter In this blog, we’ll divert from Livewire+ Axia topics to focus on winter prep. Except for our friends to the south and far west, the rest of us have to deal with–in some cases–harsh cold weather conditions. A little pre-planning will make the season easier. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-bisset-brief-the-onslaught-of-winter) Topics: [Broadcast Engineering](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineering), [broadcast engineer](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/broadcast-engineer), [weather preparedness](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/weather-preparedness), [emergency preparedness](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/emergency-preparedness) [Previous](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/page/29) [All posts](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/all) [Next](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/page/31) Blog Search Search ### Recent Posts ## Subscribe *If you love broadcast audio, you'll love Telos Alliance's newsletter. Get it delivered to your inbox by subscribing below!*