TWiRT 663 - Virtual is Real with Jeff McGinley
Friday, September 29, 2023 at 9:41AM
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When Jeff McGinley’s radio stations in Portland, Oregon, joined the ranks of the “homeless” last year, he had just a few weeks to create virtual radio infrastructures so the on-air talent could keep working, doing live shows. Even after moving into new “hands-on” studios, the Portland group is still using virtualized radio consoles for both regular and special broadcasts. Now Jeff is building another virtual studio for a country music star’s restaurant in Gatlinburg. Meanwhile, Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack have built out virtual broadcast infrastructures benefitting their companies’ stations as well. Come along as we describe and even demonstrate some of this virtualized tech that’s making broadcasting easier than ever.

Show Notes:
A viewer asked about Kirk’s touchscreen monitors at WBZK. They’re Dell P2418HT 23.8" Touch Monitors
Both Jeff and Kirk implemented the Axia Altus virtual audio mixing console.
Kirk also implemented the Telos VXs virtual broadcast phone system into WBZK’s Altus console

Guest:
Jeff McGinley - VP of Engineering at SummitMedia

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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