TWiRT 201 - Radio Futurologist, James Cridland

Who better to predict radio’s future than a radio futurologist? James Cridland advises radio’s leaders across the world – on radio’s multiplatform future, the effect of smartphones on radio listening, and radio’s place in social media. He writes about what happens when radio and new platforms collide – for Media UK and other websites and magazines. And works with the brightest brains to ensure radio remains relevant. On this episode, James describes RadioDNS, which he says is one of the key technologies for radio remaining relevant and useful to a mass audience.

GUEST

James Cridland, Radio Futurologist

HOSTS

Kirk Harnack, VP – Telos Systems – www.telos-systems.com
Chris Tobin, IP Solutionist

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TWiRT 201 - Radio Futurologist, James Cridland

TWiRT 200 - War Stories from Sochi

TWiRT 200 - War Stories from Sochi

On the eve of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Westwood One’s VP-Engineering, Mitch Glider, joins us live from Sochi, Russia. Mitch and his colleagues have assembled a long-form studio plus several reporters’ workstations.  Now the hard prep work pays off and engineering vigilance begins as hours and hours of Olympic radio coverage is fed back to New York for affiliate distribution. Mitch takes us through the studio build and the technologies employed to bring live commentary and reports from across the Olympic venues and ship the final products back home.

Guest:
Mitch Glider, VP-Engineering, Westwood One, New York - live in Sochi, Russia

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, VP - Telos Systems
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TWiRT 200 - War Stories from Sochi

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

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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TWiRT 198 - Brett Gilbert, Performance Studios

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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TWiRT 198 - Brett Gilbert, Performance Studios

TWiRT 197 - Show and Tell and Dial and Smile

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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TWiRT 197 - Show and Tell and Dial and Smile