TWiRT 146 - Keith Smeal in the Eye of Sandy

Keith Smeal is Director of Technical Operations at Greater Media - New Jersey.  Keith and his engineering crew prepared for, then looked Hurricane Sandy right in the eye as she made landfall between two of Greater Media's radio stations.

Keith talks about preparing to stay on-air during and after the storm, plus which plans worked out and how preparations will be different next time.  

Tom Ray, VP of Engineering at Buckley Broadcasting, tells us more about his efforts to keep the legendary news & talk station, WOR, on the air during and after Sandy, as well.

See Verizon's underground cable vaults in Manhattan, as mentioned on the show.

Check out New York's Orange County Santa Net that Tom Ray brought to our attention.

Keith joins Tom Ray and Kirk Harnack for this episode, sponsored by the new Telos Hx6 talkshow system.

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TWiRT 146 - Keith Smeal in the Eye of Sandy

TWiRT 145 - Bill Eisenhamer

Bill Eisenhamer, one of San Diego’s busiest radio engineers, talks about solid state FM transmitters, engineering for Arbitron’s PPM, and some challenges faced by multi-station engineers.

Bill’s Blog: http://eisenhamerengineering.wordpress.com/author/beisenhamer/

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TWiRT 144 - Whose Spectrum Is It?

Is RF spectrum a limited or unlimited resources? Is the FCC allocating it in a fair and efficient way? Should cellular companies get more of broadcast television’s RF spectrum? Chris Tarr and Chris Tobin dish out some strong opinions.

Chris Tobin, Chris Tarr and Kirk Harnack host this episode, sponsored by The Telos Alliance.

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TWiRT 143 - Fybush on Hurricane Sandy

Hurricane Sandy challenged hundreds of radio stations from Maryland to Massachusetts. Dozens were off-air – mostly due to lack of power or flooded transmitter sites. Scott Fybush joins us for some preliminary info on New York area stations hit by Sandy.

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TWiRT 143 - Fybush on Hurricane Sandy