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Special Reports
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Special Reports on industry issues.
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RAI Faces Busy Summer
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by Fabio Carera, 8.13.2008
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The UEFA football championship and Olympic Games ensure that public-service broadcaster Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) will remember summer 2008 as a particularly busy one.
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Inside XM Canada
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Its Toronto-Based Headquarters Features Bank Vaults and a Large Axia Installation
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by Tom Vernon, 7.16.2008
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XM Canada has two main talk studios, five control surfaces for voice tracks and music mixes, one music production studio and 14 workstations. It produces 13 channels of radio.
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FM-Capable Cell Phones Would Benefit All
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But Study Also Finds a Need for Urgency Because the Time Window Is Limited
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7.16.2008
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The report states that FM-equipped cell phones could play a significant role in radio’s future by representing a large influx of new listeners and broadcast services.
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GSS Seeks Its Place in Enhanced EAS
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Other ‘Private’ Systems Also May Emerge
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by Randy J. Stine, 7.16.2008
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GSS believes its system will complement a new EAS. The company now has rolled out Alert FM in 12 states with more than 200 FM stations on its network.
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Will the EAS House Be Put in Order?
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Questions Persist About Funding and Timing of a Next-Generation System
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by Randy J. Stine, 7.02.2008
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Moving too slowly for some but not wanting to rush, Federal Emergency Management Agency officials believe the process to develop the next generation of the Emergency Alert System is on track.
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Radio NRI Serves Asian Indians
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Technology Entrepreneur Sees Big Potential Market — and a Multicast Syndication Opportunity
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by Ken Deutsch, 6.18.2008
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This population is growing about 100 percent every 10 years, 10 times the national average according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But it’s the qualitative statistics that are more interesting.
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SBE Hands Off NFL Coordination
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The Society and the Football League Will Alter Their Frequency Coordination Arrangement
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by Randy J. Stine, 6.18.2008
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The change will benefit the profession and still allow SBE to be affiliated with the league, critics say.
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Reading Service Imperiled In Oregon
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IAAIS Worries About a Precedent
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by Leslie Stimson, 6.18.2008
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“It’s worrisome because it sets a precedent,” said Heather Lusignan, immediate past president of IAAIS. Reading service organizers say the OPB decision ignores the needs of older, visually-impaired, less technology-literate people.
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What It’s Like to Refit a Masterpiece
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Bill Sacks Refurbishes Classic Analog Optimod Processors
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by Paul McLane, 6.04.2008
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He’s an insightful engineer and big fan of Optimods. I chatted with Sacks about his venture and his strong feelings about them.
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WUVT, Sterne Focus on Their Futures
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Helped by Industry, Virginia Tech Radio Station Moves Forward With Upgrade
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by Randy J. Stine, 6.04.2008
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WUVT is still using a loaner Harris ZX-3500 transmitter from Clear Channel and a Flexstar exciter donated by Harris, Thomas said.
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Radio on the Avenue of the Americas
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Clear Channel Opens Huge Collocation Facility in Historic Art Deco Building in TriBeCa
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by Tom Vernon, 5.21.2008
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The building was the point of origin for the first transatlantic cable, and the end points of the first around-the-world phone call in 1935.
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Fred Newman: Money Where His Mouth Is
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A Walking Sound Machine Talks About His Years With ‘Prairie Home’ and Getting Those Sounds Just Right
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by Ken R. Deutsch, 5.07.2008
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When I spoke with Newman on the phone, he exuded the excitement of a kid putting on a show for the family, only a lot funnier.
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Tom Silliman: NAB Honors Do-It-All Engineer
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Radio Innovator Was Born With a Greenie in His Mouth — and a Taste for Bigger Things
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by Randy J. Stine, 4.23.2008
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During a career driven by a desire for adventure, Tom Silliman has managed to conquer many aspects of life, both professional and personal.
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In Blacksburg, Dave Hodges Keeps It Moving
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Engineer Enjoys Working for a Small Company and Being Entrusted Early With Significant Projects
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by Ken Deutsch, 4.23.2008
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Engineer for Positive Alternative Radio and Positive Radio Group, both based in Blacksburg, Va.
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Inside Associated Press in Washington
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by Tom Vernon, 4.09.2008
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There are more than three miles of 4 inch conduit, more than four miles of electrical cable, more than a mile of mechanical piping and more than 1,200 miles of data cable.
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LVCC Will Get an Extreme Makeover
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The Convention Center to Undergo Major Renovations Through 2011
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by Ken Freed, 4.09.2008
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Since it opened in 1959 with the World Congress of Flight, the LVCC has hosted some of the largest trade shows in the world.
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Dahl Shutters Company, Sells Its Parts
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Harbach Buys Dahl Amateur Parts Supplier; Plans for June Re-launch
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by James G. Withers, 4.09.2008
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Dahl said he is optimistic about the experience his customers will have with Harbach.
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Radio, By Any Other Name ...
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Engineers See Both Promise and Dangers in the Blossoming Choices for Alternative Delivery
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by Tom Vernon, 3.26.2008
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As broadcast engineers contemplate their annual sojourn to Las Vegas, RW talked to several about what’s going on in their worlds and what’s on their minds.
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NCE Applicants Have Big Dreams
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Wanna-Be Noncom Licensees File for New Frequencies; Patience Is Advised
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by Randy J. Stine, 3.26.2008
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Experts say since many of the 3,630 are mutually exclusive, meaning multiple applicants applied for the same frequency, the total number of new channels assigned is hard to predict.
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A New Concept in AM Radiator Design
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A Provocative Research Idea Leads Field Observers Onto Likely Solution
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by Dr. J. Parcfolluf IV and R. Langison, P.E., 3.26.2008
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The problem was simple. How could they continue to broadcast without their towers?
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