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May052013

TWiRT 165 - Scott Trask

We’re on location at the new studios of STAR 94.1 (WSTR-FM) and 790 The Zone (WQXI) in Atlanta! Scott Trask, the stations’ Chief Engineer, tells us about the build-out process, and what technologies he’s using to make the stations run smoothly.

TWiRT is sponsored by Axia Audio.

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TWiRT 165 - Scott Trask

Sunday
Apr282013

TWiRT 164 - Me and 4,294,967,296 Friends

How did we get to this point where the end of ISDN is worrying broadcast engineers? Was ISDN that good? Is IP-audio that scary? Can we master the packets and get IP connections to work reliably and robustly for us as broadcasters? The answer is – mostly yes.

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TWiRT 164 - Me and 4,294,967,296 Friends

Wednesday
Apr172013

TWiRT 163 - NAB Free for All

Well, NAB is hardly what you’d call “free.” But Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack were there, and were able to spend a little time scouting the Central Hall where most of the radio industry manufacturers are.

Chris Tarr joins us from NOT NAB – in Mukwanago, Wisconsin – where engineering life is good.

We’re dishing’ on NAB – some new products and the state of affairs we call “radio.”

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The Telos Alliance and by Netflix.

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TWiRT 163 - NAB Free for All

Friday
Apr052013

TWiRT 162 - NAB or Bust

What’s new at NAB? What equipment, software, and services will engineers be asking about? Chris Tobin, Tom Ray, and Kirk Harnack discuss these and other NAB Preview subjects.

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TWiRT 162 - NAB or Bust

Sunday
Mar312013

TWiRT 161 - Audio Reliability Over the Public Internet

One of the challenges in transferring audio programming over IP networks, especially over the Public Internet, is data loss caused by two factors: congestion-related packet loss and varying latency or jitter.

IP links may drop packets for several reasons; though some transmission protocols are designed to mitigate or correct such losses, they require extra bandwidth and extra time to make these corrections.

In this episode we examine several data transmission error mitigation techniques in the context of their application to real-time, low-latency IP-audio transport. We suggest how different techniques may be applied to different data loss or jitter scenarios.

THIS WEEK IN RADIO TECH IS SPONSORED BY

Telos Systems and Axia Audio and the easy-to-use Livewire IP-Audio network.

 

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TWiRT 161 - Audio Reliability Over the Public Internet