The author is regional engineering lead for iHeartMedia Los Angeles and a longtime Radio World contributor. He received the Robert W. Flanders SBE Engineer of the Year award from the Society of Broadcast Engineers in 2025.
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Dodgers Radio Pivots After Transmitter Site Break-In During World Series
Talk about unideal timing
Tech and Gear
Trends in Virtualization & the Cloud
The story of how these concepts will affect radio’s technology landscape is starting to...
Tech and Gear
What Does “Value Engineering” Mean to You?
Sometimes plans have to be adjusted to fit the available dollars
Facilities
Hubbard Radio Consolidates Three Chicago FMs
Time crunch, tight spaces and efficiency govern new studios for WDRV, WSHE and WTMX
News and Business
What Is Radio’s Value in 2019 and Beyond?
NABA paper lays out steps to help radio protect and grow its place online...
News and Business
Inside Bloomberg Radio’s New York Home
Seeking to “reimagine” the radio news production process
News and Business
We Wrap Up Our FM Cluster Repack Project
How iHeartMedia L.A. decided to operate four FMs to allow TV antenna changes
News and Business
The Adventure Continues
Moving an FM cluster to a temporary site to deal with the repack
Tech and Gear
AGM Rebuilds in Bakersfield
New Wheatstone AoIP system and legacy Scott automation are part of the solution after...
News and Business
Dealing With Repack — Moving an FM Cluster to a Temporary Site
Scouting for a temporary home involves a lot of legwork
Tech and Gear
Contribution Audio Gets More Sophisticated
The following story is an excerpt of the Radio World eBook “AoIP for Radio...
Tech and Gear
Know the Many Sides of Broadband Antennas
When looking into deploying this specialty tool, consider these points
Trends - RM
Charter Has Big Plans for Wireless Services
The company is testing LTE small cells in locations around the country
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Digital Radio UK Announces Drive to Digital 2018
The Future of Radio conference is scheduled for Sept. 25
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New Audi Q3 Features LTE, WLAN, Hybrid Radio and More
Its features may predict the future of radio listening and in-car entertainment
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Norway’s Center Party Calls for Re-establishment of the Country’s FM Service
Spokesman says, it was "mistake to turn off the national FM network before DAB...
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Ookla Says T-Mobile Has Fastest Download Speed of All U.S. Carriers
But the US ranked 43rd in the world for mean download speed over mobile
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DAB News From Germay, Slovenia & Northern Ireland
Digital radio deployments, licensing and other advances reported in Europe
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AT&T Identifies More 5G Test Cities
And Korean telecoms coordinate their own 5G introduction
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“National Commercial Radio…Is Thriving,” UK Ofcom Says
“It is one of the only radio sectors to increase its number of 15-24...
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Report: Critical Communications Infrastructure Could Be Under Water in 15 years
New York, Miami and Seattle are the most susceptible U.S. cities
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European Parliament Committee Votes to Require Digital-Capable Radios in New Vehicles
EU ITRE formally endorsed a political deal in trilogue on a new EU Electronic...
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In the UK, Cars With DAB Reaches High, Analysts Say
Over the last three months, 92.4% of new cars were sold with DAB as...
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Ruckus Introduces Wi-Fi Access Point for Citizens Broadband Radio Service
Ruckus Networks’ newly introduced R730 Wi-Fi access point enables existing APs to provide LTE...
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Cogeco Communications to Become MVNO in Canada
The parent company of North America’s eighth largest cable operator appears to be setting...
Industry News
Millimeter Spectrum Auctions Expected to Start This Year
Pai will propose 100 MHz license blocks for the 37 GHz, 39 GHz and...
Trends - RM
Wecodec Reports DRM Trial Johannesburg Results
The Westbury Community Development Centre was granted an eight-month license by regulator ICASA
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Project Loon Is Now Its Own Business Under Alphabet Umbrella
And sister company Wing, which is building a drone delivery system, is also becoming...
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Nick Piggott Addresses RadioDNS at BroadcastAsia 2018
He says "we want radio’s presentation to feel more like an app"
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AT&T Will Demo 5G in Austin Starting This Month
The company promises demonstrations of 4K TV, volumetric video and eSports, as well mobile...
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Digital Radio Updates From Europe and Africa
New stations added to Vienna DAB+; South Africa touts benefits of digital radio
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Apple Surpasses Spotify in Total Paid U.S. Subscribers
And Apple Music now has more than 45 million subscribers globally
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Samsung Galaxy S9 & S9+ Will Unlock FM Chip in US and Canada
The manufacturer has partnered with NextRadio to be the official FM radio service native...
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New Regional DAB+ Networks Turned On in Lower Bavaria, the Upper Palatinate
Also, 26.1% of the Bavarian population aged 14 and over older now own a...
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AT&T Continues to Expand All-Fiber Network for Business, Residential Customers
Company launched 1 Gig service in South Bend, Ind., boosting its total Fiber-to-the-Home reach...
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Multiple Carriers Claim “First Commercial 5G Network”
Finland's Elisa says it is already selling 5G subscriptions for the new service
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Verizon and AT&T Say San Jose Model Is Too Expensive
Statements were issued after Commissioner Rosenworcel released the model agreements for small cell and...
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Denmark Postpones FM Sunsetting
The government has backpedaled on the original 2021 goal