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Thursday
Mar102011

TWIRT 73 - Mark Johnson

What's new in satellite program distribution for radio broadcasters?  We give a short history lesson about early satellite audio distribution, and Mark Johnson, Director of Technology for Ka You Communications, tells us about modern, IP satellite distribution.

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York

TWiRT is sponsored by Axia Audio, maker of the Axia PowerStation and Axia iQ Console.

Links from the show...

Ka You Communications

Cool site for visualizing geo-stationary satellite beam patterns.

 

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TWiRT 73 - Mark Johnson

Sunday
Mar062011

TWiRT 72 - Dits and Dahs

Tom shows off a shortwave CW transceiver that his Ham Club is building.  That leads to a whole range of topics on the table, from Morse Code to superheterodyne receivers.

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Tom Ray - VP, Engineering, Buckley BroadcastingWOR, New YorkW2TRR
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York

TWiRT is sponsored by Omnia Audio and the new Omnia.11 FM audio processor.

Links from the show...

Tom's transceiver kit

Electraft

 

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TWiRT 72 - Dits and Dahs

Sunday
Feb272011

TWiRT 71 - Greg Ogonowski

The real scoop on the audio codecs that are powering streaming audio today and tomorrow - we interview Greg Ogonowski.  It's a terrific, fast-paced learning episode of TWiRT!

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info

TWiRT is sponsored by Axia Audio with low-latency Livewire AoIP.  Over 2,000 Axia consoles are powering studios around the world, saving engineers time and money. 

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TWiRT 71 - Greg Ogonowski

Sunday
Feb202011

TWiRT 70 - War Stories

Tales of critters, livestock, electric shock and more hazards of being a hard-working broadcast engineer.  It's a War Stories episode!

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info

TWiRT is sponsored by Telos Systems and the new Hx1 and Hx2 digital hybrid systems.

 

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TWiRT 70 - War Stories

Sunday
Feb202011

TWiRT 69 - Prepare for the Inevitable

Another major winter storms tests engineers' plans for backups, living quarters, and other harsh environment concerns. 

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info

TWiRT is sponsored by Axia Audio, maker of the iQ console - the standalone console that networks.

Links from the show...

CBS's High Island AM transmitter site

 

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TWiRT 69 - Prepare for the Inevitable