TWiRT 173 - Billy, You Are a Hero

VoIP is coming to a station near you. It’s mature technology at work in over 80% of new enterprise telephone systems. With a little research you can be a can be a hero at your station. Reduce operating costs and add flexibility. SIP (the most popular VoIP protocol) is one of the most useful and exciting technologies available to terrestrial and Internet broadcasters. Broadcast engineers, who are naturally curious about new technologies, should download Blink from http://www.icanblink.com, set up a free SIP account, and have fun with SIP.

HOSTS

Chris Tobin, President, MusicamUSA – www.musicamusa.com
Mike Phillips, Host of Computers 2K Now, Audio engineer, microphone fanatic, equipment reviewer, author, public speaker, investor. – @mcphillips , mikephillips.me
Bill Putney, Technology Consultant – @NavionPilot

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TWiRT 173 - Billy, You Are a Hero

TWiRT 172 - Pardon Our Dust

Sinclair Broadcast Group buys Dielectric, saving the antenna company from shutdown. Tom and Chris have a lunch date with Harris. The FCC opens a filing window for LPFM licenses. And we get a thorough video tour of the new Cumulus Country Music Programming facility in Nashville, from Gary Kline.

HOSTS

Chris Tobin, President, MusicamUSA – www.musicamusa.com
Tom Ray, President of Tom Ray Broadcast Consulting – www.tomrayconsulting.com
Kirk Harnack, VP – Telos Systems – www.telos-systems.com

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The Telos Z/IP ONE IP codec.

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TWiRT 172 - Pardon Our Dust

TWiRT 171 - Patent Trolls and Other Scofflaws

Obama goes Troll Hunting. ASCAP says “No broadcaster discount for you, Pandora, even though you’re a real broadcaster now.” Oh, those unfair Regulatory Fees. Another AM station gives up. And who’s gonna drive my car while I’m playing with the radio knobs?

HOSTS

Chris Tobin, President, MusicamUSA - www.musicamusa.com
Tom Ray, President of Tom Ray Broadcast Consulting - www.tomrayconsulting.com
Kirk Harnack, VP – Telos Systems - www.telos-systems.com

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The Axia RAQ and DESQ audio consoles.

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TWiRT 170 - War Stories with Michael Patton

Snakes, deadbeats, component-level repair, and a scary raccoon are all part of this War Stories episode. Legendary Project Engineer, Michael Patton, joins us for some wild stories and a few teachable moments in broadcast engineering.

Guest:
Michael Patton, Owner – Michael Patton & Associates – michaelpatton.com

HOSTS

Chris Tobin, President, MusicamUSA – www.musicamusa.com
Chris Tarr, Director of Operations & Engineering at 88Nine RadioMilwaukee
Kirk Harnack, VP – Telos Systems – www.telos-systems.com

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TWiRT 170 - War Stories with Michael Patton

TWiRT 169 - Glynn Walden on AM's Future

It’s become AM Radio fighting the following: Hostile RF Noise from dozens of devices in every home, overcrowding of the AM band in the name of “serving communities”, terrible quality from AM radio makers who have forgotten or ignored how to make usable radios, and continued encroachment from other content services. How can AM radio survive? Glynn Walden, SVP-Engineering for CBS Radio, says it cannot survive. And incremental improvement will only prolong the death spiral. What to do? Blow it up – sort of.

HOSTS

Chris Tobin, President, MusicamUSA - www.musicamusa.com
Tom Ray, President of Tom Ray Broadcast Consulting - www.tomrayconsulting.com
Kirk Harnack, VP – Telos Systems - www.telos-systems.com

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TWiRT 169 - Glynn Walden on AM's Future