TWiRT 303 - Hey, We Found Chris Tarr!

What’s an engineer to do when the old transmitter you’re getting rid of won’t fit through the building door?  You could cut it apart with a Sawz-All, or you could break out a wall and make a bigger door.  Well, Chris Tarr used both strategies during two recent transmitter upgrades.  The Ninjaneer joins Chris Tobin and me for a TWiRT reunion episode.

Links from the show:
Radio magazine’s story about the Cumulus NASH facility

Guest:
Chris Tarr, Wisconsin DoE - Entercom

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

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TWiRT 302 - Virtual Machine Tech and Radio

Virtual Machines have been used in computer data centers and corporate IT systems since the late 1990’s, with popularity skyrocketing in the past 5 to 8 years.  Today’s VM technology is allowing broadcasters to run several automation and production systems on virtual computers - on hardware that’s fully redundant.  Dave Turner from ENCO joins us to tell us how this all works.

Links from the show:
What is a Virtual Machine?
What is Microsoft’s Hyper-V?
“Best Practices for Virtualization of Broadcast Automation” (ENCO white paper)

Guest:
Dave Turner, Executive Vice-President - ENCO Systems

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

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TWiRT 301 - IP Audio Impairment Mitigation with Keyur Parikh

IP Audio security is a hot topic.  IP Audio reliability is a strong concern as well.  Keyur Parikh from GatesAir is working with a team of IP media experts to mitigate impairments to IP transport, and tells us about technical defenses against IP Audio hacking.

Links to technical white papers:
Network Security for Broadcast Media Streaming
The Role of Network Packet Loss Modeling in Reliable Transport of Broadcast Audio

Guest:
Keyur Parikh - Solutions Archtect, Media Networking Projects at GatesAir

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

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TWiRT 300 - Live from NAB 2016

The annual NAB Show attracts broadcasters from around the globe. We experience new technologies, shop for equipment, meet old friends, and make new acquaintances.  It’s the perfect setting for This Week in Radio Tech, as well! Chris Tobin and I had a blast meeting some great engineers, company reps, and station owners on this episode of TWiRT.

Our Guests included:
David Ramsay
Bob Holowenko
Pierre Lonewolf
Joe Talbot
Milos Nemcik
Kenneth Forte
Cornelius Gould
Fritz Golman
Paul Stewart
Scott Spillers
and more!

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

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TWiRT 299 - Poolside with Chris & Kirk

At the end of Day 1 of the Public Radio Engineering Conference, Chris and Kirk get a chance to talk radio engineering - poolside. We’re dishing on some radio news stories, like Broadcast Electronics getting a new owner, and he’s an engineer! The NAB Radio Show will be held in Austin, Texas, next year, and the full NAB show starts Monday!

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

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