--- title: Telos Alliance Blog Featuring Audio News Events Products & Updates (56) 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” (56) --- [![Vintage Audio: Broadcast Electronics 500 | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Discrepancy_Sheet/BE_500/Spotmaster_500_front.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/be-500-cart-machine) ## [Vintage Audio: Broadcast Electronics 500 | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/be-500-cart-machine) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 26, 2016, 3:34:26 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Spotmaster 500](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Discrepancy_Sheet/BE_500/Spotmaster_500_front.jpg?width=300&name=Spotmaster_500_front.jpg "Spotmaster 500")Vintage Audio: Broadcast Electronics 500 An earlier installment of Found in the Attic looked at the [ATC/Collins P-190 cart machine](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/atc-collins-p190-cart-machine), which was the first commercially available tape cartridge deck, and the hit of the show at NAB '59. Around that time, Ross Beville, Chief Engineer of WWDC in Washington, DC had the same idea, and also began to develop tape cartridge machines. He apparently did not know about the work of ATC's Bailey and Jenkins until NAB '59. In June of 1959, Beville founded [Broadcast Electronics](http://www.bdcast.com/) in Silver Springs, MD, to manufacture Spotmaster cart machines. The first production runs were built in the station's garage. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/be-500-cart-machine) [![The Xcuse Box with Dick Debartolo | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWiRT_blog/TWiRT_288.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-xcuse-box-with-dick-debartolo) ## [The Xcuse Box with Dick Debartolo | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-xcuse-box-with-dick-debartolo) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 22, 2016, 2:13:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![TWiRT 288](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWiRT_blog/TWiRT_288.jpg "TWiRT 288")The Xcuse Box with Dick Debartolo The Giz Wiz, Dick Debartolo, admits he’s no engineer. But he does have an eye - and ear - for fascinating devices and products. Some are useful - others, not so much. MAD magazine’s maddest writer joins Chris Tobin and me, Kirk Harnack, to ooh, ahh, and snicker at the some gizmos he found at CES. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-xcuse-box-with-dick-debartolo) [![Shay: Manufacturers Plugged In to AES67 | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Direct_Current/DC-Greg_Shay-AES67_Resource.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/shay-manufacturers-plugged-in-to-aes67) ## [Shay: Manufacturers Plugged In to AES67 | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/shay-manufacturers-plugged-in-to-aes67) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 20, 2016, 5:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) ![Greg Shay](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Direct_Current/DC-Greg_Shay-AES67_Resource.jpg "Greg Shay") # Shay: Manufacturers Plugged In to AES67 The Audio Engineering Society held its second annual Plugfest this past November at NPR studios in Washington, with nearly a dozen manufacturers in attendance, each working toward the goal of audio interoperability. Telos Alliance Chief Science Officer Greg Shay was on hand, and says despite the attendees being competitors, there was a spirit of cooperation that made the event a success. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/shay-manufacturers-plugged-in-to-aes67) [![The Full Scope of Podcasting | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/success_blog/U_of_Utah_Podcasting/Scott_Singpiel.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-full-scope-of-podcasting) ## [The Full Scope of Podcasting | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-full-scope-of-podcasting) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 20, 2016, 3:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Scott Singpiel](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/success_blog/U_of_Utah_Podcasting/Scott_Singpiel.jpg?width=250&name=Scott_Singpiel.jpg "Scott Singpiel")The Full Scope of Podcasting Mention 'podcasting' and most people conjure up images of individuals broadcasting from closet studios with makeshift equipment. That impression is changing as this medium is maturing and getting mainstreamed. More organizations are seeing the value of using podcasts as a form of [content marketing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content_marketing) to talk to customers one on one. As a result, many podcasts are taking on a more professional polish. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/the-full-scope-of-podcasting) [![Video Special Forces with Colleen Kelly Henry | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWiRT_blog/TWiRT_287.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/video-special-forces-with-colleen-kelly-henry) ## [Video Special Forces with Colleen Kelly Henry | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/video-special-forces-with-colleen-kelly-henry) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 15, 2016, 1:56:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![TWiRT 287](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWiRT_blog/TWiRT_287.jpg "TWiRT 287")Video Special Forces with Colleen Kelly Henry Mission: Acquire and send real-time HD video and audio from a remote venue you’ve never seen before, then format and distribute it to every popular computing platform known to man. It has to work right the first time. There are no do-overs. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/video-special-forces-with-colleen-kelly-henry) [![Axia Behind the Cellar Door | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/success_blog/Celador/Dan_Overy_-_Celador.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/axia-behind-the-cellar-door) ## [Axia Behind the Cellar Door | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/axia-behind-the-cellar-door) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 13, 2016, 10:00:00 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Dan Overy](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/success_blog/Celador/Dan_Overy_-_Celador.jpg?width=166&name=Dan_Overy_-_Celador.jpg "Dan Overy")Axia Behind the Cellar Door Dan Overy is Group Technical Director for Celador, a U.K. entertainment company that made a name for itself with the hit TV game show *Who Wants to be a Millionaire?* The company produced the original British version of the franchise from 1998-2007, and had major success again in 2009 with another millionaire-themed production, the award-winning film *Slumdog Millionaire*. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/axia-behind-the-cellar-door) [![Music Licensing and PPM Grunge | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWiRT_blog/TWiRT_286.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/music-licensing-and-ppm-grunge) ## [Music Licensing and PPM Grunge | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/music-licensing-and-ppm-grunge) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 12, 2016, 1:41:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![TWiRT 286](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWiRT_blog/TWiRT_286.jpg "TWiRT 286")Music Licensing and PPM Grunge John Stephens with netcaster [theroots.fm](http://theroots.fm) talks about music webcasters closing down due to the huge hike in music licensing costs. And Dave Anderson joins Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack on the additional audio grunge produced by Nielsen’s new Enhance CBET PPM Encoder.  Are we driving away the audience we wish to measure?       [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/music-licensing-and-ppm-grunge) [![Newfound Simplicity with Axia, AoIP at Canada’s Newcap | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Direct_Current/Shawn_Basha.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/newfound-simplicity-with-axia-aoip-at-canadas-newcap) ## [Newfound Simplicity with Axia, AoIP at Canada’s Newcap | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/newfound-simplicity-with-axia-aoip-at-canadas-newcap) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Jan 6, 2016, 12:28:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Shawn Basha](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Direct_Current/Shawn_Basha.jpg?width=250&name=Shawn_Basha.jpg "Shawn Basha")Newfound Simplicity with Axia, AoIP at Canada’s Newcap Copper wire is expensive, so when Shawn Basha - Newcap Radio's Director of Engineering in the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador - removed thousands of feet of the stuff, he could have made a killing on eBay. How did he excise all that wiring infrastructure and make operations more efficient? With a little help from Axia in what was quite a substantial overhaul of wiring and equipment alike. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/newfound-simplicity-with-axia-aoip-at-canadas-newcap) [![Vintage Audio: Yaesu FRG-7 | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Discrepancy_Sheet/FitA_FRG/FRG-7.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/yaesu-frg-7) ## [Vintage Audio: Yaesu FRG-7 | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/yaesu-frg-7) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Dec 30, 2015, 2:53:14 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ![Yaesu FRG-7](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Discrepancy_Sheet/FitA_FRG/FRG-7.jpg?width=300&name=FRG-7.jpg "Yaesu FRG-7")Vintage Audio: Yaesu FRG-7 The hobby of short wave listening is not dead. OK, there aren't as many choices as there once were. Many European short wave broadcasters have abandoned their transmitters and towers in favor of online streaming as the economic slowdown strangled the budgets of many operations. Still, there are enough stations out there to keep the hobby alive. So, put on your bellbottoms as we go tripping back to the 1970s to check out a [Yaesu FRG-7 communications receiver](http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr/frg7.html), affectionately nicknamed the 'FROG 7'. [Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/yaesu-frg-7) [![Vintage Audio: Technics RS-686DS Portable Cassette Recorder | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Discrepancy_Sheet/FitA_Technics_Portable/Technics_Recorder.jpg)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/technics-rs-686ds-portable-cassette-recorder) ## [Vintage Audio: Technics RS-686DS Portable Cassette Recorder | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/technics-rs-686ds-portable-cassette-recorder) By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Dec 30, 2015, 1:42:00 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) # ****![Technics RS-686DS](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/Discrepancy_Sheet/FitA_Technics_Portable/Technics_Recorder.jpg "Technics RS-686DS")****Vintage Audio: Technics RS-686DS Portable Cassette Recorder The last installment of Found in the Attic examined the Uher 4000 series of portable reel recorders, which were widely used by radio news departments before cassette recorders were common. 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