TWiRT 159 - Jake Bechtold

In radio industry news this week: More IP-Audio products on the markets. Talk show call screening and social media get on the same User Interface. More cameras in radio studios. The Sequester will stop FEMA-IPAWS reps from talking with broadcasters at NAB. And, meet Jake Bechtold. He’s another up-and-coming radio engineer who started in IT. Jake represents the next generation of engineers who approach radio from an IT perspective.

Chris Tobin and Tom Ray join me to chat with Jake about radio engineering, and the news of the week for radio engineers.

THIS WEEK IN RADIO TECH IS SPONSORED BY

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

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TWiRT 159 - Jake Bechtold

TWiRT 158 - Where's My Radio?

Could AM/FM radios disappear from new car dashboards in 2 or 3 years? That’s the word from an auto industry insider. Whether or not traditional radios disappear from autos, radio stations better be working on their digital delivery future.

Chris Tobin, Tom Ray, Chris Tarr, and Kirk Harnack raise the volume on discussing digital delivery platforms, apps, FM chips, and traditional radio listening.

THIS WEEK IN RADIO TECH IS SPONSORED BY

Omnia Audio and the Omnia range of audio processors for streaming audio, including the Omnia ONE Multicast.

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TWiRT 158 - Where's My Radio?

TWiRT 157 - Paul Brenner

What can broadcasters do with multi-kilowatts and a 24/7 wide-area data stream? Paul Brenner, head of the Broadcasters Traffic Consortium has some ideas that are in the consumer marketplace now. Up to date Traffic, Weather, News, Fuel Prices, Advertising, and Alerts are being sent now over FM HD signals.

Paul describes this exciting technology that makes FM broadcasters a key part of a wide-area data delivery system.

LINKS DISCUSSED ON THE SHOW

http://radiobtc.com
http://tagstation.com

Register for a webinar on Next Radio FM
http://nextradioapp.com/events

THIS WEEK IN RADIO TECH IS SPONSORED BY

Telos and the ProSTREAM audio streaming encoder with built-in Omnia audio processing. Visit http://telos-systems.com

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TWiRT 157 - Paul Brenner

TWiRT 156 - Stephen Poole

TWiRT 156 - Stephen Poole     

Many times we overlook successful broadcast groups in our industry, Crawford Broadcasting's Stephen Poole talks about his great employer, two excellent assistants and 5 radio stations they support. Our discussion touches on why you should understand how other departments at your radio station function, can you talk GM speak?, Sales Manager jargon?  Also, can jukebox radio really help the industry while non traditional sources for music and news continue to gain popularity.  How to process HD 2 & 3 audio streams with high frequency rolloff, really?

Stephen Poole and Chris Tobin talk about why we need to understand the inner workings of our radio station departments and our passion for radio as a career.

TWiRT is sponsored by Omnia Audio and the Omnia.9 FM audio processor by Leif Claesson.  http://omniaaudio.com/9 

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TWiRT 156 - Stephen Poole

TWiRT 155 - Michael Dorrough

TWiRT 155 - Michael Dorrough

Look into the racked equipment at many radio and TV stations, and recording studios, and you'll find something with the name "Dorrough" on it.  Famous in broadcast audio circles for bringing multi-band audio processing to broadcasting, Mike Dorrough  exhibits the spirit of invention and innovation.  In this episode, we talk with Mike about audio processing and meaningful audio level measurement with his Dorrough Loudness Meter.

Chris Tobin, Chris Tarr, and I talk with Mike Dorrough in a fascinating hour, learning psychoacoustic truths that are just as valid today as when they were discovered.  

Links from this episode:

Dorrough Electronics - http://www.dorrough.com/

Photos of vintage audio processors - http://www.261.gr/vintage8.html

History of the VU meter and the Dorrough Loudness Meter explained - http://www.dorrough.com/video.html

TWiRT is sponsored by Axia Audio and Axia xNodes.  One day all your audio gear will have an Ethernet jack. Until then - there's xNodes.  http://axiaaudio.com/xnodes 

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TWiRT 155 - Michael Dorrougn