TWiRT 488 - Compare, Shop, & Broadcast from Home

Cabin Fever notwithstanding, thousands of broadcasters - from engineers to sales reps to on-air talent - are working from home. And the list of capabilities and opportunities grows almost daily. Alex Oana shows us how to compare high-quality microphones from our easy chairs, while Goos Mante runs his radio show on RTV Zaanstreek entirely from his home in Wormer, Netherlands. And Chris Tobin tells how WBGO-FM got over 9,000 music selections digitized for broadcast in just a few days.

Show Notes:
Audio Test Kitchen
DJB Radio broadcast automation
RTV Zaanstreek, Netherlands and on Facebook
US Health Weather Map

Guests:
Alex Oana - Audio Test Kitchen
Goos Mante - Show Host on Zaan Radio 107.1

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 487 - Protection, Selection, and Connection with Hank Landsberg

Who hasn’t used one of Henry Engineering’s “blue boxes” to solve an audio or control problem around the radio station? A related company, Sine Control Technology, makes power surge suppressors that are used by the US Department of Defense. Hank Landsberg, owner of Henry Engineering, explains the technology that makes his “PowerClamp” TVSS technology different and more effective at protecting sensitive electronic equipment. We also look at a clever device that makes AC UPS operation more reliable, and the mic & headphone controller that newly home-bound broadcasters are using.

Show Notes:
PowerClamp TVSS Surge Suppressors
SportsPod - Mic/Headphone Controller & Intercom
Hank mentioned Victor Kiam, the guy who bought the Remington shaver company. Here’s the UK version of the ad that made him a household name.

Guest:
Hank Landsberg - Owner, Henry Engineering

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 486 - The RF Supercomputer with Chuck Kelly

General purpose computers have been replacing purpose-built equipment in almost every industry, including radio broadcasting. But, some functions - such as VHF and UHF modulators - have still required precision, purpose-built circuitry.  Now come the “RF Supercomputer” - a marriage of hardware and software that can produce any kind of modulation at most any broadcast frequency. And there’s even more to the story. Chuck Kelly from BE/Elenos Group joins us for a lesson in highly sophisticated software defined transmission.

Guest:
Chuck Kelly - Vice President Market Development at Broadcast Electronics / Elenos Group

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 485 - Broadcast Continuity in a Pandemic

“Social Distancing” to slow the spread of Coronavirus is changing the way broadcasters are operating. Over the past week or two, broadcast engineers have been charged with setting up the remote studios and broadcast systems allowing on-air talent and other operations workers to do their jobs from home.  Plus, they’ve configured studio and “rack room” systems to be run by few or even no people in the main studio building. Some of radio broadcasting’s most active and progressing engineers join Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack for this roundtable discussion, You’re sure to pick up on ideas and inspiration for your own broadcast facility!

Roundtable Guests:

Bill Bennett - Media Solutions Manager, ENCO Systems
Gary Kline - Broadcast/Podcast Engineering & IT Consultant
Geary Morrill - Regional Director of Engineering at Alpha Media USA
Jim Armstrong - Director, Eastern US Sales at the Telos Alliance
Mike Sprysenski - Regional Director of Engineering at iHeartMedia
Bryan Waters - Chief Engineer at Cumulus Media, Atlanta
Robbie Green - Director of Technical Operations at Entercom, Houston
Tom McGinley - Chief Engineer at KUFM FM/TV and Engineering Manager at Townsquare Media, Missoula, MT

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 484 - Emmy-Winning AES67 with Kevin Gross

AES67 - the worldwide Audio over IP interoperability standard - exists because “Silos aren’t good enough!” Kevin Gross, Founder of AVA Networks and Chair of the AES X192 task group joins us to tell the story of how AES67 came to be, and a behind-the-scenes look at its development. We also discuss how AES67 plays into the SMPTE ST 2110-30 standard for networked audio-for-video. Plus, a great tip of the week!

Guest:
Kevin Gross - Media Networking Professional - AVA Networks

Show Notes:
Audio Engineering Society Honored with Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
AIMS paper: “AES67 / SMPTE ST 2110 COMMONALITIES AND CONSTRAINTS”
VLC Media Player - ver 3.x supports playing AES67 streams

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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