TWiRT 486 - The RF Supercomputer with Chuck Kelly

General purpose computers have been replacing purpose-built equipment in almost every industry, including radio broadcasting. But, some functions - such as VHF and UHF modulators - have still required precision, purpose-built circuitry.  Now come the “RF Supercomputer” - a marriage of hardware and software that can produce any kind of modulation at most any broadcast frequency. And there’s even more to the story. Chuck Kelly from BE/Elenos Group joins us for a lesson in highly sophisticated software defined transmission.

Guest:
Chuck Kelly - Vice President Market Development at Broadcast Electronics / Elenos Group

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 485 - Broadcast Continuity in a Pandemic

“Social Distancing” to slow the spread of Coronavirus is changing the way broadcasters are operating. Over the past week or two, broadcast engineers have been charged with setting up the remote studios and broadcast systems allowing on-air talent and other operations workers to do their jobs from home.  Plus, they’ve configured studio and “rack room” systems to be run by few or even no people in the main studio building. Some of radio broadcasting’s most active and progressing engineers join Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack for this roundtable discussion, You’re sure to pick up on ideas and inspiration for your own broadcast facility!

Roundtable Guests:

Bill Bennett - Media Solutions Manager, ENCO Systems
Gary Kline - Broadcast/Podcast Engineering & IT Consultant
Geary Morrill - Regional Director of Engineering at Alpha Media USA
Jim Armstrong - Director, Eastern US Sales at the Telos Alliance
Mike Sprysenski - Regional Director of Engineering at iHeartMedia
Bryan Waters - Chief Engineer at Cumulus Media, Atlanta
Robbie Green - Director of Technical Operations at Entercom, Houston
Tom McGinley - Chief Engineer at KUFM FM/TV and Engineering Manager at Townsquare Media, Missoula, MT

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 484 - Emmy-Winning AES67 with Kevin Gross

AES67 - the worldwide Audio over IP interoperability standard - exists because “Silos aren’t good enough!” Kevin Gross, Founder of AVA Networks and Chair of the AES X192 task group joins us to tell the story of how AES67 came to be, and a behind-the-scenes look at its development. We also discuss how AES67 plays into the SMPTE ST 2110-30 standard for networked audio-for-video. Plus, a great tip of the week!

Guest:
Kevin Gross - Media Networking Professional - AVA Networks

Show Notes:
Audio Engineering Society Honored with Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
AIMS paper: “AES67 / SMPTE ST 2110 COMMONALITIES AND CONSTRAINTS”
VLC Media Player - ver 3.x supports playing AES67 streams

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 483 - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Visual Radio with Robbie Green

Radio has traditionally been all about the audio. Radio engineers do their best, working with the budgets and knowledge they have, to design and build studios that help create the best audio presentation. Now more radio broadcasters are putting video cameras in their studios - visual radio. Some are streaming live while others grab the best clips from their in-studio shows. Robbie Green with Entercom in Houston joins Chris Tobin to talk about equipment and techniques to produce good-looking visual radio with minimal effort.

Guest:
Robbie Green - Director of Technical Operations at Entercom Communications

Show Notes:
vMix video production software
Axia Pathfinder Core PRO
Ubiquiti G3 IP cameras

Host:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist

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TWiRT 482 - Combine & Control with Josh Bohn and Josh Jones

With more combined AM, FM, and TV transmitter sites, safe, effective, and secure monitoring and control of those sites has never been more important.  When several transmitters are fed into a combiner, then to a master antenna, great damage is possible if something goes wrong. That’s where detailed analysis, careful installation, and custom scripting with sanity checks all come into play. Josh Bohn, along with Josh Jones and other associates are providing such monitoring and control systems to FM and TV broadcasters, and they’re sharing some of their experiences with us. Plus Josh Jones talks about repairing older equipment with parts made of non-obtainium.

Guests:
Josh Bohn - President & CEO, Bohn Broadcast Services
Josh Jones - Chief Technician, Bohn Broadcast Services

Show Notes:
WAGO Rail / Chassis Mount Terminal Blocks
Burk Technology - SNMP-enabling remote controls
TechEx Streaming Calculator
FCCInfo.com

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

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