KQ103 Rocks Orlando with Omnia.11

Sometimes, it takes a little trying, a little sampling of various options, before the right choice presents itself. In this case, the subject is audio processing. It took some time, but after extensive, on-air comparisons of all processing options, Orlando's WHKQ (KQ103) has decided on the Omnia.11 as their final choice. "We tried others, but we're keeping the Omnia.11" says Bill Sullivan, KQ103's chief engineer. "We are most impressed with the clarity of this unit."

Topics: broadcast audio processor

KVMR has IP Remotes Z/IP-ped up tight

Concert remotes over IP? Yes you can!

Even though IP connections for remotes are becoming more and more common, some broadcasters have preferred to stay with ISDN for critical live shows. And that's fine... but what if you can't get ISDN any more? Or the telco demurs when you ask for a line drop in an out-of-the-way location?

IP-Audio Connections Using N/ACIP

Radio engineers are turning to IP-based infrastructure and connectivity for streaming audio between studios and other sites. Indeed, as ISDN and, more recently, even "real" POTS connections are disappearing, we're turning to the same technology we use for e-mail, web, and file transfer - Internet Protocol - "IP."

Cabling for Audio Networks: How to Save Time, Money and Trouble by Forgetting What You Know

If you’re getting ready to jump into AoIP networking – whether it’s building a whole new physical plant, retrofitting existing studios or constructing a distribution network for otherwise analog facilities – there is one thing you can do to simplify your life immensely: forget what you know about wiring an analog facility.

Many engineers, when they first begin planning a networked installation, still think in Analog mode. What I mean is, they develop the wiring plan for their IP-networked plant while still thinking in terms of discrete audio pairs, home runs, and centralized switching. We’ve actually seen new studios, with IP-Audio routing, wired the old-fashioned way – using punch blocks and shielded-pair cable to feed signals to a central core switch.

Retiring a king, and crowning a new one

There are probably very few broadcasters active today who haven’t used a Telos ONE hybrid at one time or another. After all, they’re everywhere – newsrooms, remote vans, editing booths, conference rooms, production suites, home studios; you name it. So it’s worth a tip of the hat as the ONE, a watershed product that’s served broadcasters well since 1993, rides off into the sunset.

There were several factors that made Telos ONE a radio favorite. ONE hybrids sound superb, and were the lowest-priced auto-nulling all-digital hybrids on the market for many years. The combination of our Digital Dynamic EQ (a DSP implementation which became rightly famous), digital acoustic ducking to help talent better control the conversation, and a genius way of using the input as a control signal for output gain processing, made the ONE a hard number to beat.

Love and Rockets, Cleveland style

All of us at the Telos Alliance share with our clients a fatal attraction to broadcasting, as well as a passion for making great audio. But many of us have other hobbies and interests that might surprise you. From time to time, we'll profile members of the Telos Alliance and what they do when they're not inventing the next generation of broadcast audio gear.

Keep CALM and Control the Loudness

On December 13th, 2012, the rules of CALM went into effect, and the FCC began enforcing them. In its simplest terms, this means over-the-air (OTA) broadcasters, cable operators, satellite television providers, and multichannel video program distributors must ensure that commercials have the same average loudness as the programs they accompany.

Golden West Chooses Axia - Again!

Canadian broadcaster loves IP Audio

Golden West Radio serves small and medium-sized communities in Canada, across western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta with a network of 30 AM and FM stations.

Linear Acoustic takes care of transcoding at China Central Television

Master Control racks at CCTV's new HD facilities in Beijing, featuring Linear Acoustic LA-5269 Dolby Digital/Plus Transcoders. Three LA-5269s are already on the air on CCTV-3, CCTV-5, and CCTV-8.
As the predominant state television broadcaster in mainland China, Chinese Central Television (CCTV) programs 24 channels accessible to more than 1 billion viewers.  Their new broadcast facilities were built to be "100% HD ready."

Telos Systems ProStream: Constructing Metadata Filters

John Ariosa writes from Maryland, asking: