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title: TWiRT 338 - The Standard that Stuck - with Richard Burden | Telos Alliance
description: Cassette tapes. 8-Track. Digital Cassettes. FM-QUAD. AM Stereo. Reel-to-reel. Audio standards come and go, but Multiplex FM Stereo lives on and is nearly 60 years old!
image: https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hubfs/TWIRT338.png
---

## TWiRT 338 - The Standard that Stuck - with Richard Burden | Telos Alliance

By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Feb 23, 2017 1:00:00 PM

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# TWiRT 338 - The Standard that Stuck - with Richard Burden 

Cassette tapes. 8-Track. Digital Cassettes. FM-QUAD. AM Stereo. Reel-to-reel.  Audio standards come and go, but Multiplex FM Stereo lives on and is nearly 60 years old! Richard Burden extensively tested our FM Stereo system when it was just a proposal. Dick joins me to chat about that and more on TWiRT!

**Host:**

[Kirk Harnack](http://about.me/kirkharnack), [The Telos Alliance](https://www.telosalliance.com/), [Delta Radio](http://www.deltaradio.net/), & [South Seas Broadcasting](http://www.southseasbroadcasting.com/)

**Guest:**

[Richard Burden, Principal - Burden Associates](http://dickburden.com/about.html)

**Show Links:**

[Stereo Multiplexing for Dummies](http://transmitters.tripod.com/stereo.htm)

[FM Stereo at Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FM_broadcasting)

[Travelers Information Service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelers'_information_station)

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Download direct: [https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp4/archive.org/download/TWIRT338/TWIRT338\_HD.mp4](https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp4/archive.org/download/TWIRT338/TWIRT338_HD.mp4)

 

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