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

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

TWiRT 68 - Parka Parker

Think you've had a tough winter with ice and snow?  Rich Parker, DoE at Vermont Public Radio, deals with freezing weather every year - and lots of snow and ice.  Rich joins Kirk, Tom, and Chris Tobin to discuss the these engineering challenges, and how VPR is upgrading technology to keep their signals on.

Kirk Harnack - Executive Director, Business Development, Telos-Omnia-Axia
Tom Ray - VP, Engineering, Buckley Broadcasting, WOR, New York, W2TRR
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York

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

Links from the show...

Bent element on a master FM antenna

Hauling a new antenna bay up (or down) the tower

It's freeeeezing up there!

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TWiRT 68 - Parka Parker

TWiRT 67 - Mark Persons

One engineer who's seen it all and done it all - and has written about a lot of it - is Mark Persons.  Mark's experiences and solid technical advice have helped many others to solve tech problems and prevent others. Mark introduces us to himself and describes a complex AM transmitter move.  He'll be back with more stories in future TWiRT episodes.

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, home of the new Hx1 and Hx2 telephone hybrids.

Links from the show...

http://www.mwpersons.com/Stations/WMIN.html

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TWiRT 67 - Mark Persons

TWiRT 66 - Tom Hartnett

Mobile data technology and services are getting better, faster and cheaper.  Tom Hartnett, Technical Director of Comrex, tells us now the latest audio over IP technologies can work reliably with the latest mobile data offerings.

Tom Ray - VP, Engineering, Buckley Broadcasting, WOR, New York, W2TRR
Chris Tobin - CBS Radio, New York
Chris Tarr - Entercom, Milwaukee, GeekJedi, and Broadcast Engineering Info

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TWiRT 66 - Tom Hartnett