4G Success with Telos Z/IP and ProSTREAM
WSUM radio at the University of Wisconsin was facing the prospect of having to fork out nearly $1,000 for an Internet connection during the weekend of December 3rd in order to broadcast their own Badger football game at Lucas Oil Stadium, on their own airwaves. Naturally, they wanted to avoid this!
Read MoreSharing a Single Livewire Mic / Headphone Position with Multiple Consoles
Q: "We have a customer who wants to use one microphone selectively with two different control rooms. The mic has mic/headphone accessory panels, and the client wants control of the accessory panel to follow the mic, no matter which of the facility's mixing consoles it's assigned to. Is this possible?"
Read MorePlaying Livewire Streams using Windows Media Player
Did you know that you can use Media Player (or any standards-compliant player, like VLC Player or Quicktime) to play the RTP audio streams generated by your Livewire network? Think of the possibilities around your plant: any computer with a set of speakers instantly becomes a listening station for any audio channel your plant is generating. All you have to do is generate a standard SDP file so your player knows what stream to load and play.
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What do you do when the power goes out?
On September 9, 2011, much of Southern California and portions of Western Arizona and Baja were blacked out by a cascading failure of the San Diego Gas & Electric power grid.
As has been noted lately by many in the industry, radio is still the public's first and best source of information during emergencies. This was proved once more during this blackout, which lasted between 12 and 14 hours. As soon as the power was out, my family tuned to our LP-1, KOGO, whose generators and backup systems worked flawlessly to keep the station on-air. Their professional news staff and reporters kept information flowing into the late night; my wife and I (and many others, I'm sure) fell asleep to the radio knowing that things were well in hand.
Read MoreSomething for Your 'pad, Man
It's safe to say that tablet computing was basically a non-starter until the iPad came around. Then, when the iPad 2 hit shelves earlier this year, things really began to take off - we recall seeing many, many engineers walking around with iPads at this year's major trade shows. Certainly, it's an outward proclamation of your inner uber-geekdom. Your Editor admits to a not-so-secret case of iPad lust, himself.
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Southern California Public Radio Builds New Studios with Axia
Five years, 30,000 square feet and 15 Element 2.0 radio consoles - that's just some of what went into building Southern California Public Radio's beautiful new KPCC-FM studios in Pasadena, California. How, exactly, do you build studios to compensate for a railroad running just feet away from your building? Read about this beautiful facility - built around Axia Livewire IP-Audio networking - in KPCC Director of Broadcasting Doug Johnson's article in the December 1 issue of Radio World. Don't have it yet? Read it online here.
Read MoreWhen I Was a Young Boy, I Played the Silver Ball
Usually, when we're in Las Vegas to attend NAB, the evenings are a time to rest the aching feet, perhaps throw back a libation or two, and generally relax before the next day's havoc ensues. This year, however, we got wind of one of Sin City's hidden marvels: the Pinball Hall of Fame,
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Turntables Built to Withstand the Apocalypse
Nearly all of us "of a certain age" in the Radio business will remember Russco turntables, founded by Modesto, California's Russ Friend in 1945. Built like the proverbial tank, Russcos, with their stepped-shaft / idler wheel drive arrangement, were standard issue in US radio stations for 40 years.
Read MoreRadio Free Asia Spreads the News With Axia
Stations, Playlists, and Charts, Oh My!
Many of us in the business grew up during the golden age of Top 40 radio, and still recall fondly the surveys, playlists and other ephemera that surround the era. Tim Warden, an IT consultant based in Tucson, has a thing for those old AM surveys as well - and has put a site up to collect and share them.
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