TWiRT 148 - Mark Humphrey

AM stations transmitting on FM, too?  Some organizations owning hundreds of FM licenses?  And the FCC is sitting on thousands of FM license applications because they're mutually exclusive?  Welcome to the wacky world of FM translators.  Mark Humphrey is a consulting engineer and expert on the proper and prudent use of FM translators.  He discusses the history and current state of FM translator application and licensing, and hints at what we might see in the next few years regarding granting of licenses. 

Plus, we discuss how radio/TV towers and revolving restaurants are really good for each other. 

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TWiRT 148 - Mark Humphrey

TWiRT 147 - Stream Processing

We focus on a tutorial of setting up a multiband audio processor for making Internet audio streams sound great.  Kirk explains the various stages of the Omnia A/XE audio processor and the TWiRT team discusses their own experiences with optimizing the sound of streaming audio.  

Plus, Chris Tarr describes his trials with installing an FM translator at a location that already has another FM translator. Neighbors have to play nice and not cause each other interference.  

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TWiRT 147 - Stream Processing

TWiRT 146 - Keith Smeal in the Eye of Sandy

Keith Smeal is Director of Technical Operations at Greater Media - New Jersey.  Keith and his engineering crew prepared for, then looked Hurricane Sandy right in the eye as she made landfall between two of Greater Media's radio stations.

Keith talks about preparing to stay on-air during and after the storm, plus which plans worked out and how preparations will be different next time.  

Tom Ray, VP of Engineering at Buckley Broadcasting, tells us more about his efforts to keep the legendary news & talk station, WOR, on the air during and after Sandy, as well.

See Verizon's underground cable vaults in Manhattan, as mentioned on the show.

Check out New York's Orange County Santa Net that Tom Ray brought to our attention.

Keith joins Tom Ray and Kirk Harnack for this episode, sponsored by the new Telos Hx6 talkshow system.

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TWiRT 146 - Keith Smeal in the Eye of Sandy

TWiRT 145 - Bill Eisenhamer

Bill Eisenhamer, one of San Diego’s busiest radio engineers, talks about solid state FM transmitters, engineering for Arbitron’s PPM, and some challenges faced by multi-station engineers.

Bill’s Blog: http://eisenhamerengineering.wordpress.com/author/beisenhamer/

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TWiRT 145 - Bill Eisenhamer

TWiRT 144 - Whose Spectrum Is It?

Is RF spectrum a limited or unlimited resources? Is the FCC allocating it in a fair and efficient way? Should cellular companies get more of broadcast television’s RF spectrum? Chris Tarr and Chris Tobin dish out some strong opinions.

Chris Tobin, Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack host this episode, sponsored by The Telos Alliance.

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TWiRT 144 - Whose Spectrum Is It?