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Monday

Feb032014

TWiRT 199 - There's a Problem - Go Back to Sleep

Monday, February 3, 2014 at 6:10AM

As engineers incorporate new technology into their broadcast facilities, we’re figuring out better approaches to old – and new – problems. Chris Tarr offers up a boatload of tips, tricks, and tools that make his life easier at both studio and transmitter sites. Chris Tobin chimes in, and Kirk Harnack describes how one TV station in Oklahoma is handling tornado “play-by-play” coverage.

HOSTS

Kirk Harnack, VP – Telos Systems – www.telos-systems.com
Chris Tarr, Director of Engineering, 88Nine RadioMilwaukee
Chris Tobin, President, Musicam USA

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Tuesday

Jan282014

TWiRT 198 - Brett Gilbert, Performance Studios

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 at 11:15PM

Decades ago, all radio stations had “performance studios”. Local musicians and actors would perform for some or all of the broadcast day. Today, a few radio stations have performance studios and even audience seating areas. Brett Gilbert, Director of Engineering at Clear Channel in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Chris Tarr, DoE for 88Nine in Milwaukee, share thoughts and stories about these spaces. Plus, Brett introduces us radio engineers to stage lighting with a quick discussion of the technologies involved.

Guest:
Brett Gilbert, Director of Engineering, Clear Channel - Tulsa, Oklahoma

Hosts:
Chris Tarr, Director of Engineering, 88Nine RadioMilwaukee
Kirk Harnack, VP - Telos Systems
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Saturday

Jan182014

TWiRT 197 - Show and Tell and Dial and Smile

Saturday, January 18, 2014 at 3:36PM

Thoughts and recommendations on Ethernet routers, and Kirk introduces the authoritative book about the history of Phone Phreaking, “Exploding the Phone”. Kirk and Andrew Zarian introduce the wide-open subject of putting listener-callers on-air, both on broadcast radio and on podcasts. It’s a great introduction to a future episode where we’ll give a thorough “how-to” on interviewing guest and taking callers by phone.

GUEST

Andrew Zarian, Founder and Host at the GFQ Network

HOSTS

Kirk Harnack, VP – Telos Systems – www.telos-systems.com
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The R & D team at the Telos Alliance. Learn about audio coding, IP-audio, broadcast telephony, studio systems and more in the Tech Talk section of the Telos web site.

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Friday

Jan102014

TWiRT 196 - Metadata and More with Kevin Trueblood

Friday, January 10, 2014 at 6:36PM

Tom Ray reports in and gives us a tour of the WJMJ-FM transmitter site near Burlington, Connecticut. Then Chris Tarr and Kevin Trueblood discuss radio engineering for a statewide Public Radio network, focusing on metadata strategy from multiple sources to multiple distribution outlets.

Guest:
Kevin Trueblood, Broadcast Engineer, Wisconsin Public Radio

Hosts:
Chris Tarr, Director of Engineering, 88Nine RadioMilwaukee
Kirk Harnack, VP - Telos Systems
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Sunday

Dec222013

TWiRT 195 - Radio Trends with Rob de Santos

Sunday, December 22, 2013 at 2:40PM

Exactly what *is* radio these days? What will happen to AM radio? How is LPFM affecting traditional radio broadcasting? Our guest, Rob de Santos, is a columnist for Popular Communications magazine, writing the popular monthly column, “Trends in Technology”.