TWiRT 434 - Small Market Virtualization with Kevin Buente

When PC-based music playout systems became popular in the mid-1990’s, it was small and medium market radio stations that were quick to adopt. Now, almost 25 years later, more broadcasters are finding value and reliability in virtualizing their broadcast infrastructure. From business admin to sales to audio operations, virtualizing dozens of PC onto a a couple of servers (with full redundancy) is making sense.  Kevin Buente, Chief Engineer for WHIZ Media Group in Zanesville, Ohio, joins us to talk about virtualizing AM, FM, and TV operations in a small market.

Show links:
Get started with virtualization by learning with VirtualBox
Learn networking and virtualization with help from HomeLab at Reddit
Kevin recommends XigmaNAS for Network Attached Storage
Chris is using Zello as a PTT voice communicator on his mobile devices
Kirk recommends Sennheiser AVX wireless mic systems, and used one today

Guest:
Kevin Buente - Chief Engineer, WHIZ Media Group

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 433 - Reliable Redundancy with Peter Femal

One may reasonably argue that broadcast equipment is more reliable and stable now than ever before. One reason is the broad use of general purpose computing platforms and the same networking infrastructure as the huge IT industry uses. Peter Femal optimizes these ubiquitous technologies for reliable broadcast service. We discuss Audio over IP redundancies, as well as more traditional backup systems.  And, as Peter says, “It’s not a backup if you don’t trust it.”



Show links:
Eaton Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS)
Eaton UPS systems
Tom’s Guide agrees with Kirk: YouTube Premium is Worth It

Guest:
Peter Femal - President, Public Media Engineering

Hosts:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 432 - PTP Clock with Greg Shay

We know that digital broadcast equipment handling real-time media needs a common time reference. PTP - Precision Time Protocol - is used in many time-sensitive industries, and it’s perfect for broadcast gear, too. Greg Shay, CTO at the Telos Alliance, joins us, along with Shaun Dolan to discuss both the science behind and the practical application of PTP Clock standards and devices.

Show links:
Precision Time Protocol at Wikipedia
Network Time Protocol at Wikipedia
MEINBERG PTP Track Hound - Free PTP analysis software
See News and Tutorials about PTP here:  https://blog.meinbergglobal.com/
Calrec - Beginners Guide to IP
Introduction to Livewire+ (includes AES67 & PTP clock info)

Guests:
Greg Shay - CTO at the Telos Alliance
Shaun Dolan - Sr. Support Engineer at the Telos Alliance

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 431 - Engineering in Paradise with Don Mussell

Paradise?  How about hurricane winds over 200 mph, salt air, ice, and snow? And throw in a 100-mile Studio-Transmitter Link.  It’s all in a normal week’s work for Don Mussell. Don is a consulting engineer in Hawai’i. He brings common sense and a serious outlook to the challenging radio broadcasting scenarios found in this tropical island paradise.  

Show links:
Here are the full photo albums from various transmitter sites on different Hawai’ian islands...
Haleakala, Maui
Mauna Loa, Big Island
Kulani Cone, Big Island
Pu`u Ohia (Tantalus, Oahu)
KHKU, Mt Kahili, Kaua`i

Guest:
Don Mussell - Consulting Engineer, Hawaiian Islands

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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TWiRT 430 - War Stories with Stephen Poole

Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack are talking “war stories” with Stephen Poole, Chief Engineer at Crawford Broadcasting in Birmingham.  Seems today’s war stories are involving more computers and networking than traditional broadcast equipment. We discuss replacement of IP Radio links, a misbehaving Cisco switch, and Stephen’s famous “3,000 year old generator.”

Show links:
Trango IP Radios
Cambium IP Radios
Dragonwave IP Radios
Ubiquiti IP Radios
Wyze ($20) IP Camera
Simple Modern Scout Coffee Mug

Guest:
Stephen Poole - Chief Engineer, Crawford Broadcasting - Birmingham, Alabama

Hosts:
Chris Tobin, IP-Solutionist
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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