TWiRT 762 - Vertical Real Estate with Brett Gibson

Brett Gibson explores the topic of vertical real estate and tower leasing on this episode of TWiRT.  What are the structural concerns for adding antennas and feedlines to existing towers? How can a structural analysis set the course for seeking tower space clients? And what should renters be looking for in a tower situation, including the lease agreement?  Plus, Brett shares insights on IP connectivity among studios and transmitter sites.

Show Notes:
Brett’s Amateur Radio callsign is KT0V
FT8—What Is It and How Can I Get Started?
UniFi Site Magic Tutorial - EASIEST Site-to-Site VPN (YouTube video explainer)
Embedded Works - low data IoT solutions

Guest:
Brett Gibson - Chief Engineer at Voice of the Master

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

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TWiRT 762 - Vertical Real Estate with Brett Gibson

TWiRT 761 - Cloud-Based Audio Consoles with Clay Walker

Explore the broad array of virtual processing platforms available for Radio broadcasters and hear the real-world experience of planning, installing and operating a cloud-based audio processing and distribution system from someone who’s already done it. Clay Walker is here to talk about what Audacy is doing now with cloud-based broadcast operations. Clay’s unique position at Audacy places him squarely between broadcast content and broadcast engineering and IT.  He and Chris Tarr compare notes and progress regarding virtualized broadcast operations, when it makes sense to implement it, and whether to go with public cloud services, local data centers, or on-premises deployments.

Guest:
Clay Walker - Vice President of Content Operations at Audacy

Hosts:
Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum Media, Inc.
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, South Seas, & Akamai Broadcasting

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TWiRT 760 - Live from the 2025 TAB Show in Round Rock, Texas

TWiRT is live at the Texas Association of Broadcasters (TAB) 2025 convention.  This year TAB chose the Kalahari Resort & Convention Center in Round Rock, TX, for their convention location. What a huge turnout of radio and TV broadcast engineers!  It’s a social event, learning event, BBQ eating event, and a time to meet with broadcast technology manufacturers.  Join us as we talk with nine broadcast engineering and tech professionals who are attending, speaking, and displaying the latest tech at this year’s TAB Convention.

Show Notes:
Texas Association of Broadcasters - TAB
Texas Association of Broadcasters 2025 Convention

Guests:
Bob Stroupe: Regional Engineering Manager at iHeartMedia (retired)
Clay Walker - Vice President of Content Operations
Greg Siddons - Director of Sale - Telos Alliance
Chris Roth - VP of Business Development at The MaxxKonnect GroupHans van Zutphen - CEO at Thimeo Audio Technology B.V.
Jim Armstrong - Director Of Eastern US Sales
Paul Shulins - Co-owner Over the air RF Consulting LLC
Chase Daniels - Senior Support Specialist - Aiir / On Air - WALL Radio & Lake FM
David Smedley - Senior Customer Support Specialist at Aiir.com

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

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TWiRT 759 - Fiber is (Mostly) Great - with Dave Anderson

Dave Anderson, Chief Broadcast Engineer at WUSF, Tampa - brings us two tales of two fibers. One tale surrounds the fantastic utility, capability, and flexibility of using fiber to connect different radio studios to the central rack room. The other tale describes the dangers of having diverse IP connection services that all use the exact same cross-country or last-mile fiber bundle. Either way a fault in the fiber can take out multiple services that were thought to be “diverse”.  Dave shares his recent experience and advice for using fiber’s clear advantages while avoiding service pitfalls.

Show Notes:
Introduction to Livewire+ is a guide to installing AoIP, including using fiber to transport it.

Guest:
Dave Anderson - Chief Broadcast Engineer at WUSF Public Media

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

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TWiRT 758 - Professional Radio Listener, Nick Dee

Most of us radio people - whether engineers, owners, programmers, or sales reps - tend to work in the same market for quite a while. It’s rare that we get a chance to listen to many other stations in other markets to see what’s going on in programming, processing, transmission, and so forth.  Nick Dee, however, is making a career of traveling thousands of miles every month and listening - really listening - to hundreds of radio stations on each trip. This exposure to many stations in many markets gives Nick a unique perspective on what’s right and what’s wrong with radio programming, audio, and transmission.  With his engineering education he understands when something isn’t right, and even carries a spectrum analyzer to make quick analyses on stations that seem to be transmitting a little more than they should.  

Show Notes:
RadioLand app for radio station info - for Android and iOS
ooTunes app for stream listening - for iOS

Guest:
Nick Dee - Professional Radio Listener

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

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