This Week in Radio Tech, hosted by Kirk Harnack, is a show on the GFQ network focused on professional audio broadcasting and engineering.
Chris Tobin - on location in Bryant Park, Manhattan - and Kirk Harnack discuss Amateur Radio enthusiasts recycling retired AM transmitters. Fast forward to this weekend's Dayton Hamvention, Google's new All Access service, how streaming listeners are cranking up their habit, and what strategies broadcasters need to be thinking about now.
Innovation dating back to 1922 when Harry Nyquist published Sampling Theory, the basis for our digital world in 2013. The Alkaline Battery patented in 1904 by Thomas Edison. TWiRT hosts take a look back and forward with the innovators in technology. Spring cleaning checklists for the studio and transmitter locations, what we must remember to do in order to avoid the 3am panic phone call. TWiRT is sponsored by Axia Audio.
We're on location at the new studios of STAR 94.1 (WSTR-FM) and 790 The Zone (WQXI) in Atlanta! Scott Trask, the stations' Chief Engineer, tells us about the build-out process, and what technologies he's using to make the stations run smoothly. TWiRT is sponsored by Axia Audio.
How did we get to this point where the end of ISDN is worrying broadcast engineers? Was ISDN that good? Is IP-audio that scary? Can we master the packets and get IP connections to work reliably and robustly for us as broadcasters? The answer is - mostly yes.
Well, NAB is hardly what you'd call "free." But Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack were there, and were able to spend a little time scouting the Central Hall where most of the radio industry manufacturers are. Chris Tarr joins us from NOT NAB - in Mukwanago, Wisconsin - where engineering life is good. We're dishing' on NAB - some new products and the state of affairs we call "radio."
What's new at NAB? What equipment, software, and services will engineers be asking about? Chris Tobin, Tom Ray, and Kirk Harnack discuss these and other NAB Preview subjects.
One of the challenges in transferring audio programming over IP networks, especially over the Public Internet, is data loss caused by two factors: congestion-related packet loss and varying latency or jitter. IP links may drop packets for several reasons; though some transmission protocols are designed to mitigate or correct such losses, they require extra bandwidth and extra time to make these corrections. In this episode we examine several data transmission error mitigation techniques in the...
Legal matters in broadcasting both frame and dictate the way we work. On this episode of TWiRT, John Garziglia joins us to talk about the legal, process, and practical sides of FM translators and more. John is a Partner in the Washington, DC, office of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, representing radio and television broadcasters with Federal Communications Commission and communications law matters. John was formerly a broadcaster, working in the industry in St. Louis, Washington, D.C., and s...
In radio industry news this week: More IP-Audio products on the markets. Talk show call screening and social media get on the same User Interface. More cameras in radio studios. The Sequester will stop FEMA-IPAWS reps from talking with broadcasters at NAB. And, meet Jake Bechtold. He's another up-and-coming radio engineer who started in IT. Jake represents the next generation of engineers who approach radio from an IT perspective. Chris Tobin and Tom Ray join me to chat with Jake about radio e...
Could AM/FM radios disappear from new car dashboards in 2 or 3 years? That's the word from an auto industry insider. Whether or not traditional radios disappear from autos, radio stations better be working on their digital delivery future. Chris Tobin, Tom Ray, Chris Tarr, and Kirk Harnack raise the volume on discussing digital delivery platforms, apps, FM chips, and traditional radio listening. TWiRT is sponsored by Omnia Audio and the Omnia range of audio processors for streaming audio, incl...
