TWiRT 598 - Tower Lights as a Service with Chuck Kelly

Does your radio station have a water well on the property, or do you pay for water from your water company? Do you have a septic system out back, or do you pay for sewer service? What about trash pickup; do you burn or bury your own trash as we did decades ago, or do you pay for a trash pickup service?  What if your tower lights were offered as a guaranteed service, and you never had an unexpected tower light repair bill again? Chuck Kelly joins Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack to explore this intriguing idea of “Tower Lights as a Service” on this episode of TWiRT.

Guest:
Chuck Kelly - Broadcast Marketing Consultant

Co-Hosts:
Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.Media
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 597 - How I Spent my Winter and Spring with Chris Tarr

When you look after nearly 50 transmitter sites you’re going to be upgrading them; it’l be a fairly constant part of your work. Chris Tarr’s recent work has been installing new AM and FM transmitters, and getting them connected to his company-wide remote control and monitoring system. Chris shares his wisdom about systems that really should be consistent from site to site, and which systems or equipment don’t need to be all the same. Oh, and we’ll find out what happened to that Broadcast Electronics FM 5B transmitter that we last saw on a forklift!

Show Notes:
Chris mentioned some hardware products he uses routinely at his radio stations:

IP Radios: Ubiquiti AirMax line 
VPN Routers/firewalls: SonicWall SOHO 
Remote: Burk ARCPlus Touch (master) Plus-X 300/600 (remote sites for devices without SNMP
TDR: RigExpert AA-230 Zoom

Guest:
Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.Media

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 596 - Home and Away with the New Orleans Saints

It's off-season for the NFL, but this is when broadcasting's remote engineers prep for the Fall season. Robert Carroll is the Game day Engineer & Producer for the New Orleans Saints Radio Network. No matter whom you cheer for, behind-the-scenes engineering is physically demanding and requires quick, clear, and creative thinking as well. Robert Carroll joins Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack on TWiRT.

Show Notes:
New Orleans Saints Radio Network
We mentioned IDB Communications several times. Here’s a brief history of IDB - a company that many broadcasters depended upon for remote communications.
ISDN was fondly recalled in this episode. Here’s some info on this nearly-gone telco service.
REMI - Remote Live Production - explained by LiveU

Guest:
Robert Carroll - Gameday Engineer & Producer, New Orleans Saints Radio Network

Co-Hosts:
Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.Media
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 595 - Trending Radio Tech with Gary Kline

When leading broadcasters are “pushing the envelope”, Gary Kline is usually there to find out how and why. And wherever possible, Gary shares that business and technical knowledge with other engineers.  We caught Gary just long enough between international broadcast conferences to tell us what’s going on with leading broadcasters in other parts of the world.  He joins us from the Ryan Seacrest studios at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. 

Show Notes:
Radiodays Europe - 2022 Conference just completed
Radiodays Europe - 2023 Conference will be in Prague
Paris Radio Show - June 2 & 3, 2022

Guest:
Gary Kline - Founder, Kline Consulting

Hosts:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 594 - Virtual Radio Automation in Orbit

It’s happening! WideOrbit is now demonstrating their radio automation, running in a Linux cloud computing instance, along with a virtual audio mixing console from Axia. Voice-tracking is easy to do, but going live is just as simple.  Brad Young and Dub Irvin from WideOrbit are here with Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack, discussing and demonstrating this virtual infrastructure technology. 

Show Notes:
WideOrbit Automation for Radio
Axia iQs software audio mixing console

Guests:
Brad Young - Sales Manager, Wide Orbit Automation for Radio
William "Dub" Irvin - VP, Wide Orbit Radio Automation

Co-Hosts:
Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.Media
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 594 - Virtual Radio Automation in Orbit