TWiRT 682 - What Now? with Alex Hartman

People who know Alex Hartman realize that he tends to be way ahead of the pack.  Alex is typically just beyond the cutting edge of technology implementation. That often makes his comments hard to understand. But when you get to know Alex and understand his ideas and concerns, they usually do make very good sense. He’s also good at “breaking things”, revealing weak points in design.  Today we’re discussing people, skills, and the uncertain future of talent sourcing. Alex has some real concerns and ideas about this. In his position at Wisconsin Public Media, Alex is hands-on with basic audio tech, but also data centers and managing fleets of equipment, computing, and sometimes people.

Show Notes:
Alex says SNMP is passé. MQTT: The Standard for IoT Messaging
Tutorial Video: How to Get Started with MQTT

Guest:
Alex Hartman - Wisconsin Public Media Engineering

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

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TWiRT 681 - TCFW is Everywhere with Tom Morris

Tom Morris always provides a fresh perspective on broadcast engineering. He’s fascinated by well-designed systems, yet finds the humor in poorly-designed ones. Tom finds nostalgia in equipment and broadcast products that most of us have forgotten. And his unconventional outlook often results in insights and solutions to complex problems. He’s the guy you want handy to solve long-standing issues when no one else has taken the time to investigate the root causes. Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack welcome Tom Morris on this episode of TWiRT, and Chris also offers up a vexing set of symptoms at an FM station that took several days to fully repair.

Guest:
Tom Morris - Engineer at KOVR-TV, Sacramento

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 680 - Engineering Academics with Larry Wilkins & Frank Giardina

The ABA Engineering Academy is offering the first round of broadcast engineering classes for 2024. The radio engineering class is scheduled for February 26th – March 1st. Larry Wilkins and Frank Giardina are the two main teachers and both join us on this episode of TWiRT!  Larry and Frank give us sneak previews of some of the technical teaching topics and demonstrations to add meaning and context. Engineers - new and experienced alike - attend this Engineering Academy in Birmingham, Alabama. It’s especially useful to IT technicians getting into the world of audio and radio broadcasting.

Show Notes:
2024 ABA Engineering Academy Registration
See the January 22nd ABA Monday morning newsletter here.
Subscribe to ABA’s “Monday Morning Coffee and Technical Notes” by emailing to Larry Wilkins
Larry mentioned how important it is to understand how we hear audio, so we can evaluate and manipulate audio knowing the limitations.

Guests:
Larry Wilkins - Broadcast Engineer
Frank Giardina - Market Director of Engineering, Cumulus Media, Birmingham

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

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TWiRT 679 - Engineering Teamwork with Mike Spry

Can a team of engineers resolve thousands of engineering trouble tickets each month, and do it efficiently and keep with good engineering practice? iHeartMedia is doing it and Mike Sprysenski is leading that team. From an office in Orlando, Mike Spry and a team of radio engineers and IT professionals resolve engineering issues at nearly 900 radio stations, keeping those stations on-the-air. Many issues are even handled preemptively, before they affect what the public is hearing over the air or online. Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack discuss this approach with Mike on this episode of TWiRT.

Show Notes:
Chris Tarr likes SNMP hardware interfaces from https://denkovi.com/

Guest:
Mike Sprysenski - CPBE, Engineering Response Team Lead, iHeartMedia Technology Solutions Center

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 678 - Good Engineering Practice with Jim Offerdahl

The benefits of thoughtful and careful broadcast engineering cannot be overstated.  Indeed, Jim Offerdahl, thought carefully about our offer to be on TWiRT for over 10 years! And, with some encouragement from Angry Audio’s Mike Dosch, we’re delighted that Jim is finally sitting in the TWiRT Guest Chair!  We’re talking with Jim about his particular style of serving radio stations effectively and reliably. He’s sharing some tips and favorite equipment for monitoring and troubleshooting today’s transmission systems, plus letting us in on his part-time mayoral career in Fosston, Minnesota.  Stay tuned until the end of the show when Jim is making an announcement about expanding Radio Gearheads! 

Show Notes:
Radio Gearheads - Broadcast Engineering and Equipment
Jim likes the Burk Arc Plus Touch broadcast remote control & monitoring system

Guest:
Jim Offerdahl - Senior Broadcast Engineer at Radio Gearheads and Mayor of Fosston, Minn.

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

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