TWiRT 8 - Studio Buffet

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Int'l Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info
Colleen Kelly - TWiT Network IT Director

This week it's a Thanksgiving Studio Buffet.

We'll discuss the connection layout of a radio station from sources to transmission.  How does it connect together?  What's the sequence?  What mics are popular?  What audio console features are important?  And some words about audio processing, too.

TWiRT is supported by:
The Broadcasters Desktop Resource http://www.theBDR.net
Violet Microphones http://www.violetusa.com

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TWiRT 8 - Studio Buffet

TWiRT - Episode 5 - Future Radio

Kirk Harnack - Telos, Omnia, Axia
Tom Ray - Buckley Broadcasting & WOR, New York
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Chief Engineer, Entercom, Milwaukee

Special guest from Melbourne, Australia: Peter Smerdon, Contract Engineer,  formerly Chief Engineer for 3MP and SEN 

- CBS Radio Distributes WFAN, KROQ, WBZ, KSCF to More Markets Using HD2, HD3 Channels

- Remembering Don Markley and Louis King

Listener questions...

Brian Urban asks..

What is the future of radio? 

If HD Radio isn't the answer, what is?

From Peter Smerdon of Australia

Hi Kirk,
One of my areas of concern is transcoding errors in digital radio (some people call it cascading - or duelling - algorithms).
What do you now do for outside broadcasts (remotes) in this brave new world of digital radio, now that we all have been driven to codec solutions for remote site connections?
Are artifacts proving noticeable?
Cruelly, human voice (which is the majority of content coming down the "line" from the remote) seems to expose more coding artifacts than other content.
Is aptx better, being ADPCM vs the other Perceptual Coders (MPEG LII and LIII and AAC etc)?

TWiRT - Episode 5 - Future Radio

TWiRT - Episode 2 - Excellence in Kline

Kirk Harnack, Tom Ray, Chris Tobin, and Chris Tarr, plus special guest, Gary Kline.
WiMAX, LTE, HSPA+
AM Ratchet Clause - FCC
Wisconsin Broadcasters Association

Guest, Gary Kline, VP of Enigneering and IT, Cumulus Media
Recipient of Radio World's Excellence in Engineering Award

TWiRT - Episode 2 - Excellence in Kline

TWiRT - Episode 1 - Tsunami

Kirk Harnack, Tom Ray, Chris Tobin with special guest, Rich Wood.

EAS saves lives in American Samoa tsunami
Long live EAS?
What about AM radio?
WiMax and IP-Audio remote broadcasts
Rich Wood
Radio downsizing
Firing the best talent
Wall Street Creativity
Arbitron Personal People Meter (PPM)

TWiRT - Episode 1 - Tsunami

TWiRT Goes ON-AIR This Week!

Stay tuned!  The first TWiRT show will be recorded and posted this week.  The first few shows will be "audio only", with video versions coming in a few weeks on the TWiT network.

Kirk