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Topics: broadcast audio processor
AM Alive & Well at WQUN
At Quinnipiac University, they take radio pretty seriously. In 1996, the university purchased a 1 KW AM directional station in Hamden, Connecticut. Following a 1-year renovation, WQUN signed on with a diverse format that includes local news, interviews, national news, and live coverage of Quinnipiac sports. Chief Engineer Ryan Krupa is tasked with upgrading the facilities to beyond state of the art. A major part of the overhaul was the purchase and installation of four Axia Element consoles.
Hybrids, Codecs, and Encoders - What's the Difference?
We sometimes get asked: what's the difference between hybrids, codecs and stream encoders? Let's take a moment and talk about how these different technologies.
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Feeling Worried? Or Feeling CALM?
At the time of this writing, it has been nearly a year since the CALM Act was signed into law and the date on which the rules of the CALM Act officially go into effect is getting closer.
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Vintage Toys: What did Santa leave for you?
The Sixties were a pretty magical time for those of us lucky enough to be children. Wham-O, Ideal, Monogram, Marx - all purveyors of childhood gear that transported us to magical realms; made us astronauts, cowboys, perfect mommies, race car drivers, or anything else our fertile pre-teen imaginations could envision.
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Telos Systems' Z/IP ONE 'Push Mode:' How to make a Push
Gabriel Alonso of Lexon SA in Madrid, Spain, writes to ask: "We have a customer who wants to send a stream to up to 6 different locations, and we know there is a mode called 'push' in the Telos Systems Z/IP ONE codecs to do that. Can you explain how?"
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Finding our WAY in Radio
Telos Alliance gear clicks for Way Media Group
IP audio is clearly the best infrastructure for a broadcast plant, but whose system should you buy? For Jon Garrison, Southern Regional Engineer for Way Media, the choice was clear. The company was planning an upgrade to four studios in its Nashville facilities. "We looked at several of the leading brands," Garrison told us, "but we went with Axia because it offered the best price point and it does everything we want."
Z/IP Server Indicators: What do they really mean?
Timothy Schultz, station engineer for California Lutheran University's KCLU, writes: "What does it really mean when looking at the ZIP Server, when an entry is Green or Red? I thought it meant a Z/IP ONE was on line and available or not, but in my limited testing, it doesn't seem to track reality; I can successfully Call devices that are Red."
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Inside Telos: A Chat with Marty Sacks
All of us at the Telos Alliance share with our clients a fatal attraction to radio, as well as a passion for making great audio. But that's not all we do. 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.
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KHOWL Radio Runs with the Big Dogs
KHowl is small-market radio with a big-market sound
The radio bug bit Wolf Korgyn early in life, and he has been infected ever since. "The first time that I visited a radio station, I was about seven years old," recalls Korgyn. "Right away, I knew I wanted to own and operate one." Many years later, he started an LPFM operation, and that's when he discovered Omnia audio processors. "We were running an Omnia-3FM Turbo, and it was like liquid gold. With the FM3 and 100 watts, we sounded way better than the larger group-owned stations in the market."