TWiRT 672 - Dealer, Partner, Innovator - Canada's PTS

Have you ever been to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada?  No? Not many have, even though it’s a thriving city with excellent radio stations and a lively downtown social, shopping, and dining scene.  Saskatoon is also the home of Pippin Technical Service, a leading broadcast equipment dealer and project services firm for all of Canada. Pippin Technical, now “PTS”, is an early adopter of IT and broadcast technologies, including Audio over IP via Livewire and AES67.  PTS boasts highly capable on-staff engineers, technicians, and programming developers. In this TWiRT episode we get a tour of this premier equipment and services provider, plus we talk with Tyler Everitt, PTS’s President, as well as Evan Semenoff, developer of the new PTS Aurora GPIO interface. We also take a quick trip - a  live shot - out to a new studio under construction at Pattison Media in Kelowna, BC, Canada. 

Show Notes:
PTSAurora - Ethernet warning light (and other lighting) controller
PTSPKR (PTS Speaker) - Passive speaker designed for broadcast
PTSxR1 - Silent, mid-power, 1RU compute platform designed for broadcast applications
PTS*GATEWAY - Asterisk Server for Telos VX and business office

Guests:
Tyler Everitt - President at PTS
Evan Semenoff - Programmer / Developer at PTS
Todd Beswitherick - Senior Technician at PTS
Mike Delayen - Logistics at PTS
Mike Modney - Engineer at Pattison Media Ltd
Phil Stalwick - Installer / Technician at PTS
Jason Pearson - Engineer at Pattison Media Ltd

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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TWiRT 671 - What are Engineers Thankful For?

It’s only natural that we pause and consider the things - and people - we’re thankful for during the Thanksgiving Day holiday.  Wow! What a list! It turns out we’re thankful for many more things than we can talk about in a 1-hour podcast! This week’s show features a slate of awesome broadcast engineers who remind the rest of us that we *do* have a lot to be thankful for. Enjoy this episode of TWiRT, and we know you’ll think of a few more things yourself!

Show Notes:
StudioHub
Audio Compressors & Limiters
SMS Alarms
Klein 11-in-1 Screwdriver
Power over Ethernet (PoE)
“Remote/Local” Relay Contacts in Transmitters
Video Calling / Conferencing
HTML5 Web Monitoring & Control (M&C)
Widely available Fiber (and other) Internet Connections

Guests:
Chuck Kelly - Retired radio guy, broadcast engineer and road warrior
Christian Vang - Broadcast Engineer/IT Specialist - South3E.com
Marcos O’Rourke - Engineering Manager, Linkup Communications Corporation
Shane Toven - Senior Broadcast Engineer at EMF - K-LOVE & Air1 Media Networks
Steve Tuzeneu - General Manager--Chief Engineer at WIHS
Tim Braddock - Broadcast Engineer & Consultant

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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TWiRT 670 - Passionate About Audio with Max Pandini

Max Pandini is known throughout Southern Europe for his audio processing acumen, radio brand consulting, and compelling audio programming. Host, Kirk Harnack, actually didn’t realize it until today, but Max is now a colleague, working at Telos Alliance! Max maintains his consultancy for some of the tops radio brands like Radio Kiss Kiss (Italy), Klassik Radio (Germany), and DIXI Media (Moldova). We caught up with Max on a consulting trip in Verona, Italy from where he’s sharing his passion for compelling audio processing, visual radio and branding, and takes us inside a couple of beautiful broadcast facilities.  

Show Notes:
Max Pandini’s YouTube channel features the videos we used on this episode, plus many more radio station tours: https://www.youtube.com/@maxpandini
Max mentioned Cricova Winery in Moldova, so we had to link to it, of course!

 Max provided some listening links and notes about the different presets:

Radio Globo, CHR
https://radioglobo.it/webradio-radioglobo

Radio Globo Vintage, Oldies
https://www.globovintage.it/

Radio Romanista, Sport Talk
https://radioromanista.it/

The concept now is: which Bruno sound do you want?

As in the beginning it was: Bruno sound, that is Clean, Defined but also Loud and where the djs never stop the music even when they speak.

But now he has 3 stations and the concept is a basic concept we’ve always know: every format has its own sound!

So you can’t upload on a Talk Radio the same CHR preset and so on..

Guest:
Max Pandini - Radio | Programming | Audio Design

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 669 - Easy Peasy with Jeff Welton & Jeff Wilson

It’s said that sometimes it’s the plumber who has the worst home plumbing in town; ditto for the electrician with “temporary” fixes and home wiring done hastily, and in an un-workmanlike manner.  Both professionals may not do it right the first time, knowing they can do it right any time. Which never comes.  We broadcast engineers can fall into the same trap. We know where the twisted wires are that are holding the transmitter on-the-air, and we’re careful not to bump them as we do other work. Or we have an overflowing trash can at the transmitter site, which subconsciously deters us from cleaning up new trash as there’s nowhere to put it. Or we know just how to wiggle a power supply connector, or a tower light monitor, or other “percussive maintenance” tricks that no one else knows about. Radio’s most beloved conference speaker, Jeff Welton, and his colleague, Jeff Wilson, join us from Nova Scotia, Canada, with a full hour of smart ideas, clever hacks, and common sense about making your engineering life easier, and doing a better job of it.

Show Notes:
David Bialik’s Radio World article, “What? You Don’t Have a Broadcast Vendor?”
An excellent white paper, “Lightning Protection for Radio Transmitter Stations”
“FM/HD Radio Efficiency Improvement” - a presentation by Gary Liebisch
“Mission Critical: Maintaining Your Transmitter Site” - ebook from Radio World

Guests:
Jeff Welton, CBRE - Regional Sales Manager, Central U.S.
Jeff Wilson - Regional Sales Manager – Western US at Nautel

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 668 - Engineering: A Better Value Now Than Ever

Every time I check in with Josh Bohn, founder of MaxxKonnect Group, he’s busy on an engineering project, or on his way to or from a project. And he’s not alone.  Seems that most broadcast engineers are absolutely slammed these days with upgrade projects, regular maintenance, and the usual off-air emergencies.  Today Josh is in Indianapolis meeting with several other radio engineers, including Matt Levin.  Wondering what kind of work is keeping engineers busy this year, I asked Josh to join us - and he did, along with three other engineers. Let’s see what’s keeping engineers so busy, and how are thoughtful engineers advising station owners to invest in equipment upgrades to avoid unscheduled off-air time.

Show Notes:
Article on Tube vs Solid State Transmitters from Engineering Radio
Nautel article: Five Reasons to Switch from a Tube Transmitter to Solid State
Josh mentioned the CR202 mobile 4G router, available with MaxxKonnect Wireless service
MicroMPX technology was mentioned. This MPX-over-IP tech is available in several products in software or hardware forms:
Omnia MPX Node
Thimeo Audio Technology

Guests:
Josh Bohn - President/CEO at The MaxxKonnect Group
Matt Levin - Broadcast Engineer - FM & Stream Processing, Axia & WideOrbit Integration
John Takach - Chief Engineer at Radio One
Nick Lopez - Assistant Chief Engineer, Radio One, Indianapolis

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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