TWiRT 384 - Radio Trends with Doug Irwin

Between accommodating the Television Repack and Norway’s Public analog FM stations going dark, what’s a poor FM transmitter to do?  Radio Magazine’s Editor, Doug Irwin, talks about these topics along with changing workflows with on-demand radio programming and streaming media.

Guest:
Doug Irwin CPBE, DRB, AMD - Vice President of Engineering, iHM/ Los Angeles Region

Show Links:
NAB Report: FM Stations Affected by the 2017 TV Band Repacking Plan
TV Repack—And Its FM Impact—Will Hit First In Puerto Rico
Note To FM’s Affected By Repack: Get An Aux Tower Site
2 Megawatts on 540 kHz - Maybe AM Radio is Alive and Well?
Producing On-Demand Radio Content (Futuri)
Workflow Tools for Turning Streaming into On-Demand Contend (StreamGuys)

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

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TWiRT 384 - Radio Trends with Doug Irwin

TWiRT 383 - Single Frequency Networks with Hal Kneller

Single Frequency Networks, or SFNs: European FM broadcasters have been using them for decades. Now, US and other broadcasters around the world are extending coverage and filling in coverage holes using synchronized FM transmitters.  Hal Kneller consults SFN projects and discussed the technology and techniques.

Guest:
Hal Kneller - GeoBroadcast Solutions

Show Links:
SIngle Frequency Networks for FM Radio (AES member white paper)
Single Frequency Networks in Digital Radio (free Harris white paper)
Single Frequency Networks using SynchroCast from GatesAir

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

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TWiRT 382 - Envisioning Virtual Studios

What might the radio studios of tomorrow look like?  What equipment is in them? What equipment is not in them?  Could the studio’s future really be “cushions and daylight” as one radio futurist has said? We’re live at the Cleveland headquarters of the Telos Alliance, talking with colleagues about where our studio technologies are headed.

Guests:
Bryan Shay - Marketing Assistant at The Telos Alliance
Frank Foti - Il Padrino at The Telos Alliance
Daniel Wang - Senior Business Development Manager
Cam Eicher - Executive Director of Worldwide Sales at Telos Alliance
Larry Deeds - Senior Director of Sales & Strategic Partner Accounts - TVSG

Show Links:
Broadcast Bionics
BBC ViLoR (Virtual Local Radio)

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

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TWiRT 381 - Stupidity with Tom Ray

Tom Ray says his superpower is the ability to attract stupidity. But, being a clever engineer he deals with it swifty and moves on. Tom joins Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack for this episode on stupidity - how to identify it, how to deal with it, and what we can learn from it.

Show Links:
Group Urges C Band Earth Station Registration (from Radio World - Tom Ray brought this up)
For those of us in the South, What is Fuel Oil?

Guest:
Tom Ray - Tom Ray Consulting

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

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TWiRT 380 - MemberPlus with SBE President, Jim Leifer

Broadcast engineering is a rather small, niche career. How do we keep up with rapidly-changing technology and best practices? The answer is SBE Webinars.  New SBE President, Jim Leifer, is here to fill us in on SBE MemberPlus, where SBE members can gain real expertise in their field.

Show Links:
New and Nearly-new SBE Webinars - sign up here
SBE Certifications for Career Advancement
SBE Board of Directors - contact information for Board and Executive Committee Members
GFQ and Internet Talk Show Success

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

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TWiRT 380 - MemberPlus with SBE President, Jim Leifer