TWiRT 642 - Building for Broadcast with Bob Burnham

Like many of us broadcast engineers, Bob Burnham built an audio mixer and started broadcasting from his parents’ basement. Indeed, if it weren’t for basements, garages, and kitchen tables we’d likely still be in the technology Dark Ages! Bob’s engineering experience ranges from a 10-tower AM directional station, through a few other AM directionals, FM stations, on-air work, and building studios at a broadcasting school. Plus, Bob founded BRC Broadcast Services, which offers Old Time Radio shows for nostalgic enjoyment - even if you’ve never heard these great shows before.

Show Notes:
BRC Broadcast Services and Old Time Radio shows
For analog mic cable, Bob prefers Canare Star Quad cable.
A good technical explanation of the Star Quad cable design
Bob mentioned WHFR and points us to their live stream on the WHFR.FM website

Guest:
Bob Burnham - Owner of BRC Broadcast Services

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 641 - Live with Maxx Radio at NAB 2023

TWiRT is live from NAB 2023! :You can join us virtually in the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center for news, stories, and impressions of this year's biggest broadcast expo, the 100th anniversary of NAB shows! We're broadcasting from the show-floor studio of MaxxRadio from Josh Bohn's MaxxKonnect Group. A debt of gratitude to Josh Bohn, President/CEO of MaxxKonnect and to Isis M. Jones for her camera work; she's extraordinarily overqualified!

::: Apologies for the bad audio for the first 15 minutes or so of the show. It was my fault. I had one of the remote camera’s microphones also enabled and did not know it.  We did some post-production cleanup and improved the audio quite a lot.  Thanks to SunKast, our show producer, for a big assist.

Guests:
Chris Brown - NAB EVP, Conventions & Business Ops
Jeff Welton - Nautel Regional Sales Manager, Central U.S
Tom MCGinley - Chief Engineer KUFM FM/TV MT Public Radio, Engineering Mgr Townsquare Media Missoula, President McGinley Enterprizes
Tom Driggers - Chief Technology Officer at Vita Broadcasting, KIFR-DT Fresno, CA
Joe Geerling - Director Of Engineering at Covenant Network
Josh Bohn - President/CEO at The MaxxKonnect Group

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 640 - Public Radio Engineering Conference 2023 - Live from Las Vegas

The Public Radio Engineering Conference (PREC) is on! Two full days of technical sessions and reconnecting with broadcast engineers from Florida to Alaska. Tech presentations included sessions on Recovering from Hurricane Ian, Virtualizing most of Minnesota Public Radio, Understanding Loudness by Understanding LUFS, Using AI for FM Pattern Studies, and the benefits of captioning radio programming. We pulled a few presenters away and got their thoughts on broadcast engineering projects and challenges today.

Show Notes:
The Association of Public Radio Engineers - APRE
APRE presents the Public Radio Engineering Conference for 2023

Guests:
Kevin Trueblood - Technology leader in broadcast and digital media
Scott Hanley - Teacher, Entertainer, Media and Technology Professional
Rich Parker - Director of Engineering at Coast Alaska, Inc
David Antione - CTO at WBGO / Newark Public Radio
Shane Finch - Sales Director at Broadcasters General Store
Shaun Dolan - Partner at Inrush Broadcast Services
Alex Hartman - Broadcast IT Integration Specialist III

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 639 - Been There, Done That with Paul Jellison

Quite a few radio engineers first met Paul Jellison just outside his house on 21 acres, right next to a 747 foot Blaw-Knox diamond-shaped tower. Paul lived in the house on the WLW transmitter site for a dozen years, raised his children there, and proudly gave transmitter tours to many curious broadcasters. From 4-POTS-line remote broadcasts, to the first ISDN connections in Central Florida, to new STL and remote monitoring solutions, Paul loves to use innovative technology to make radio sound better and be more reliable. 

Show Notes:
WLW, Cincinnati
WLW’s 50,000 Watt Transmitters - YouTube video
WLW Super Power Transmitter Tour from 1985 - YouTube video
Paul Jellison shows us 50 kW leaking out of a loose screw - YouTube video

Guest:
Paul Jellison - Owner at Technical Media Services LLC

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 638 - Build & Re-Build Transmitter Sites with Chris Tarr

Sometimes broadcast engineers get to build new transmitter sites or facilities. Usually, however, we’re tasked with rebuilding existing sites or improving them. Chris Tarr is a sought-after engineer thanks to his experience and hard-earned wisdom in best practices as well as clever solutions. On this episode of TWiRT, Chris shares this wisdom and the reasoning behind it from several transmitter site projects. Plus, Kirk presents Chris (and our audience) with three scenarios for new studios and FM/HD transmitter sites, and awaits Chris’s judgment!

Show Notes:
Chris mentioned the Bird SA-6000XT Site Analyzer - It’s discontinued but here’s a video about calibrating it before making measurements.
The Bird Site Analyzer is easily found for sale - used and/or refurbished.
A well-equipped RF engineer may have this current model from Bird Electronics.

Guest:
Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.Media

Hosts:
Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.Media
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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