TWiRT 374 - Boston Radio with Jim Armstrong

Everyone starts somewhere, and Jim Armstrong started right near the top - in Boston radio! We’re talking early days of on-air traffic reporting, some technical perspectives from those days, and about Jim’s big switch to broadcast equipment sales; lessons here all of us engineers can learn from.

Guests:
Jim Armstrong - Eastern US Sales Manager, Telos-Omnia-Axia

Show Links:
Entercom Radio - Boston

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

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TWiRT 373 - Visual Radio Live from WAMU

Radio industry experts are talking with each other, sharing ideas about “visual” radio. We’re asking a lot of questions, too.  What are we trying to accomplish with video added to radio? Can we engage our audiences better and longer? What strategies seem to be working?  Chris and Kirk attended the Visual Radio Symposium this week, and Al Reynolds of WAMU was there, too.

Guests:
Al Reynolds - Engineer at WAMU-FM, Washington, DC
Rob Bertrand, Chief Technology Officer at WAMU, Washington, DC

Show Links:
Visual Radio Symposium
WAMU-FM

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

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TWiRT 372 - Tom Vernon on Smart Speakers

“We’re on the verge of a Voice Activated Internet,” says Tom Vernon. Tom’s recent front page Radio World article, “Can Smart Speakers Bring Radio Home?” points to new radio listeners using smart speakers. We may also find voice-activated tasks around broadcast stations, facilitated by Amazon Echo or Google Home devices.

Guests:
Tom Vernon - Principal Consultant, Interactive Media and Radio World Contributor

Show Links:
WMBR Programming Schedule
3 Reasons Why Radio Stations Should Launch Alexa Skills Now
Alexa Skills by Futuri
Information on Building Alexa Skills - from Amazon
“Can Smart Speakers Bring Radio Home?” by Tom Vernon (Radio World online edition)

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

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TWiRT 371 - Building the Transmission System at One World Trade Center

There are myriad perspectives from which to view One World Trade Center’s rebuilding after the tragedies of 9/11. From the broadcast perspective, 2017 marks a notable milestone – the resumption of television transmission from atop One WTC. The latest transmitter and antenna technology is now deployed at One WTC, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere at a symbolic 1,776 feet in height; it has resumed broadcast operations as one of the world’s elite broadcast centers. John Lyons, Director of Broadcast Communications at The Durst Organization, leads a presentation focusing on this new, premiere, RF transmission facility.

Guests:
David Bialik - Director of Stream Operations, CBS Radio
John Lyons - Director of Broadcast Communications at The Durst Organization

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

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TWiRT 370 - War Stories from The Broadcasting Club Frat House

The Broadcasting Club is a popular Facebook Group where engineers and others in Radio and TV post photos, videos, stories, and other info of interest to broadcasters. The group’s Admin is Daniel Hyatt, an engineer in Denver. Dan threw a party for local engineers and those of us attending the SBE Annual Meeting there. Dan’s home was also the stage for this week’s TWiRT episode with a bevy of engineers telling us their own War Stories!

Guests:
Daniel Hyatt
Kim Sacks
Alex Keller (Dr. Save A Buck)
Chris Crump
Tony Gervasi
Al Salci
Tony Peterle

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

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