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## [A Journey to Rivendell | Telos Alliance](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/a-journey-to-rivendell)

 By [The Telos Alliance Team](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/author/telos-alliance-team) on Oct 25, 2017, 11:30:00 AM

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# A Journey to Rivendell

| ![Paravel cofounder Fred Gleason (President and Chief Developer)](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Blogs/Paravel/Fred%20Gleason%20-%20Paravel.jpg?width=220&name=Fred%20Gleason%20-%20Paravel.jpg "Paravel cofounder Fred Gleason (President and Chief Developer)") |
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| Paravel cofounder Fred Gleason |

Originally developed for Salem Communications in the early 2000s, [Rivendell](http://www.paravelsystems.com/rivendell) is a widely-used radio automation program. After developing the system using the open-source Linux platform and tweaking it to do automation the way Salem did it, Rivendell creator (now President and Chief Developer) Fred Gleason, who had worked for Salem himself, founded [Paravel Systems](http://www.paravelsystems.com). We sat down for a chat with Fred recently to get the story of Paravel and how Rivendell came about.

[Read More](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/a-journey-to-rivendell)

 Topics: [Livewire Partners](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/livewire-partners), [Paravel Systems](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/paravel-systems), [Rivendell Automation](https://blogs.telosalliance.com/topic/rivendell-automation)

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