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The Computer in the Wall Jack
Alan Peterson is assistant chief engineer for the Radio America Network in Washington. Always...
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Where Business Goes, We Must Follow
I was the only radio industry journalist in the room recently when Harris Broadcast...
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Quantegy Finally Goes Tapeless
“Unfortunately, as technology improves, there is a decrease in demand for magnetic tape media.
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MMTC: ‘Perfect Storm’ Stalled Minority Ownership
Social change takes place through positive action by individuals. Working together, like-minded individuals can...
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Cooke: Is HD Radio Dead on Arrival?
Atop the HD Radio booth at the recent Consumer Electronics Show, great big letters...
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Voice of America: Palo Alto in California
This is the second in an occasional series on the stories behind shortwave broadcasting...
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Opinion: Window or Chaos?
The FCC has suggested that this spring we might see the first-ever “window” to...
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Troubleshoot Without Blowing Your Fuse
When winter weather blasts most of the country, site neighbors can be a blessing,...
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The Vacuum Tube Celebrates 100 Years
The device that heralded the beginning of the 20th century electronics industry first saw...
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Guy’s Predictions for 2007
It seems obligatory to reflect on the year past and extrapolate industry trends while...
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Guy Wire Letters
Readers' comments include:The Problems Are RealIf They Come, Someone Will Build ItInternet Radio in...
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Opinion: Don’t Forget The Wow Factor
If terrestrial radio is to survive in the long term, it must differentiate itself...
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Shocking Uses for ‘Audio’ Wire
Joe Stack with Modulation Sciences is an occasional contributor to Workbench. In discussing poorly...
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Saying You’re Local Doesn’t Make It So
I heard from a reader — let's call him Jack — who sold a...
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Prepare Your STL Path for HD-R
For a lot of stations, STL and AES issues are major considerations in the...
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In Search of the Truth About Fessenden
A response to James E. O'Neal's history article
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Commentary: Dick Burden on FM Stereo Revisited
I read with interest the recent discussion on revisiting the decision on the U.S....
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Winds Affect Marti, Satellite Dishes
Laverne Siemens is the director of engineering for Golden West Media in Canada.
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RW Opinion: I Want My Portable HD
One of radio's primary values is its nearly ubiquitous presence, thanks to its broad...
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Commentary: Allow AMs on FM Translators
Many of us small AM owners were amazed to see the NAB file with...
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Glucose Meters Help Solve Tech Problem
For most engineers, the new year brings new budgets and new projects.
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10 Years Later, Radio’s Business as Usual
I'm interested in how the competitive landscape has changed since the last big ownership...
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Re-Creating Baseball Games ‘a Fine Art’
I received my first full-time announcing job in 1951 at KVVC(AM) in Ventura, Calif.
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Commentary: First Listen — RadioShack’s $99 HD Radio
I was ready to buy an HD Radio receiver about six months ago, shortly...
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UPS & Generator: A Happy Marriage
Solving a problem gives any engineer a boost. But if we solve it using...
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Remembering the All-American Five
This novel, five-tube circuit was stripped down for action.
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RW Opinion: Rethinking AM’s future
The FM-HD rollout, including HD2, continues to roll along nicely. To date, almost 1,400...
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Not Such a Silly Goose
We’re approaching the time of year when access to transmitter sites may be restricted...
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Radio Makes Room for WiMax
It would seem that quite a few engineers in our business are giving up...
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Cheney Era Ends at Comrex
If you’d gone to the polls that day, you might have done a double-take...
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iPods Are Killing Radio!?
I have three iPods. Great devices. Other than the fact that I erased all...
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RW Opinion: ‘The End’ of Radio
A good friend of RW recommended that we watch a recent CBC Newsword program,...
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Zip Up Annoying Wire Bundles
Rick and his engineering consultant, Ted Schober, had been troubleshooting an intermittent VSWR trip...
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‘Help! I Have to Train an Engineer!’
“Thank you for publishing Ron Pesha’s excellent article in your Aug. 16 edition,” the...
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Radio’s ‘First Voice’ Remembered
A hundred years since the human voice and music were first sent out over...
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Delay, Air Monitoring Vital to HD-R Listening
When a station moves into the HD Radio world, its engineers have to change...
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RW Opinion: Best of Luck, Ernie and DeLores
The warmest meeting we had during the recent NAB Radio Show was with Ernie...
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Hams Strive to End Antenna Bans
During Hurricane Katrina, the president of the United States wanted to confer with the...
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Disaster at the AM Transmitter Site
While traveling by car, Cumulus Youngstown Market Engineer Wes Boyd spotted a peculiar AM...
Roots of Radio
Fessenden: World’s First Broadcaster?
That's what the history books have proclaimed for decades. It is what I'd like...