TWiRT 483 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Visual Radio with Robbie Green

Radio has traditionally been all about the audio. Radio engineers do their best, working with the budgets and knowledge they have, to design and build studios that help create the best audio presentation. Now more radio broadcasters are putting video cameras in their studios - visual radio. Some are streaming live while others grab the best clips from their in-studio shows. Robbie Green with Entercom in Houston joins Chris Tobin to talk about equipment and techniques to produce good-looking visual radio with minimal effort.

Guest:
Robbie Green - Director of Technical Operations at Entercom Communications

Show Notes:
vMix video production software
Axia Pathfinder Core PRO
Ubiquiti G3 IP cameras

Host:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist

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TWiRT 482 - Combine & Control with Josh Bohn and Josh Jones

With more combined AM, FM, and TV transmitter sites, safe, effective, and secure monitoring and control of those sites has never been more important.  When several transmitters are fed into a combiner, then to a master antenna, great damage is possible if something goes wrong. That’s where detailed analysis, careful installation, and custom scripting with sanity checks all come into play. Josh Bohn, along with Josh Jones and other associates are providing such monitoring and control systems to FM and TV broadcasters, and they’re sharing some of their experiences with us. Plus Josh Jones talks about repairing older equipment with parts made of non-obtainium.

Guests:
Josh Bohn - President & CEO, Bohn Broadcast Services
Josh Jones - Chief Technician, Bohn Broadcast Services

Show Notes:
WAGO Rail / Chassis Mount Terminal Blocks
Burk Technology - SNMP-enabling remote controls
TechEx Streaming Calculator
FCCInfo.com

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

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TWiRT 481 - Essential Community Radio with Ernesto Aguilar

Community Radio - what is it? And how's it doing? Surprisingly well! Ernesto Aguilar is the Program Director at the National Federation of Community Broadcasters. He’s bullish on Community Radio - often run by volunteers - addressing the specific local and regional issues, arts, and concerns of people in a station’s coverage area.  Chris Tobin joins in with specific advice on studio design that addresses the particular workflow you’ll find at many Community Broadcasters.

Guest:
Ernesto Aguilar - Program Director, National Federation of Community Broadcasters

Show Notes:
WXPR - “We Live Up Here” podcast
National Federation of Community Broadcasters
NFCB - Community Broadcasters Podcasting Guide (sign in or request)
WTIP - “Boundary Waters” podcast
WEVL-FM, Memphis, TN

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

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TWiRT 480 - They See Me Pathfindin'

What would you do if a dozen of your engineering colleagues from other markets showed up and installed all new studio and rack room equipment, leaving you to figure it out? Ed Noyes, a Regional DoE for Cumulus, quickly befriended Pathfinder and discovered real-time monitoring and control of his new AoIP system. Ed joins us to share the wonder and utility of watching over and controlling an active, multi-studio broadcast center with Pathfinder.

Guest:
Ed Noyes, South Central Regional Director of Engineering at Cumulus Media

Show Notes:
Pathfinder Software Family Overview
WRBS Pushes Pathfinder to the Limit - from Radio World
‘Reliable, Redundant, System-Wide Routing Control’ Is Here - from Radio Business Report
Axia Livewire and VMWare ESXi - report by Anthony Eden at MediaRealm

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

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TWiRT 479 - Schwank aus dem Radioleben

We bring German broadcast engineering to you in “Schwank aus dem Radioleben” or “Tales of My Radio Life”.  Longtime friend and colleague, Peter Passian compares German and U.S. radio studios from the 1980s while AoIP expert, Ludwig Kugler joins to discuss today’s radio studios in Bavaria. And Mary Ann Seidler recalls a harrowing experience, installing an FM audio processor in Mumbai, India, in a tall building that was still under construction! 

Guests:
Peter Passian - Director of Sales, Eastern Hemisphere for the Telos Alliance
Ludwig Kugler - Owner, Broadcast Engineering Kugler
Mary Ann Seidler - Media industry worldwide technical sales and marketing consultant

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

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