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Trees Don’t Improve AM Propagation
An important reminder to have the transmitter field mowed regularly. Even if this area...
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Harris Swims in Some New Channels
“Rather than be a mile wide and an inch deep, we want to go...
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iPhone: Smart Phone Worth Waiting For
The panting over the most hyped smart phone on the planet will subside but...
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WCAU Used Shortwave in Philadelphia
Between the Wars, the Station Launched a Shortwave Operation Under Call Sign W3XAU
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Broadcasters Foundation: Here to Help
The theme of the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s financial assistance program for 2007 is...
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Simplify Satellite Audio, Control Wiring
Marc Mann of San Diego read our tip to keep A/C condensate drain line...
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Editorial: Indecency Rules Need to Go
It's timely that a federal court has called into question part of the FCC's...
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Control Your DA Over the Web
With an eye toward HD Radio, a number of AM stations are considering transmission...
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Radio World Finds a New Home
As Alan Cohen put it, "in movement there is life, and in change there...
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EAS Poised for Massive Overhaul
Few broadcasters have not complained about the shortcomings of EAS. For more than 50...
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Simple Ways to Keep Pests Out
Station acquisitions can tax the most seasoned engineer.
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Loy Barton, a Forgotten Radio Pioneer
To date, no one has been able to offer a clue to Barton’s identity...
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Milking Time
Radio has been a presence in the American home and workplace from its earliest...
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Opinion: Open Up the Online Option
Technology continues to push the envelope of broadcast automation in the area of “command...
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Order in the Transmitter Shack
The hornet nest that Harry Bingaman discovered in the attic of his transmitter building,...
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The Digital Forest Looks Pretty Green
The FCC’s latest report on digital radio is interesting reading, a concise summary of...
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Letter: Rod Moses and Radio Goldfield
Guy Wire wrote about me and Radio Goldfield in Radio World Engineering Extra ("New...
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Opinion: Engineers Dissed Again
Among the top 30 young people in radio, none are engineers.
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Keep Emergency Keys Safe
Bill Sullivan starts out this column with a procedure to improve the accuracy of...
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HD Marketing: Time to Go ‘Big-League’
HD Radio broadcasters need to stop congratulating themselves for their promotion of the format...
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Parity Check
Rights fees have been paid by Webcasters since 2002 and by satellite radio essentially...
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Fight Back Against Copper Theft
One day, the tram supervisor called to ask if Tom had any ideas why...
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NAB2007: North Hall Redo, HD Hits Mainstream
The annual NAB rite of passage on the desert has come and gone for...
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Embrace Internet Radio; It’s Here to Stay
Isn’t it good to learn Internet radio is not beyond the financial reach of...
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Opinion: SBE’s DRB Is OK
When you hear the word “importer,” do you conjure a trans-national corporation that traffics...
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AFN: The Vanished Shooting Star
During World War Two, the Armed Forces Radio Service “may well stand as the...
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Critters Invade Transmitter Buildings
Dave Ernewein writes that he has enjoyed Workbench for years and looks forward to...
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What’s Behind AM Receiver Performance?
While engineering is my first love, I spent most of my years in the...
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Time and the Broadcast Engineer
Time. In this business, it can control us. If time gets out of hand,...
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HD-R Processing Trickier Than Analog
HD Radio audio processing has a lot in common with conventional broadcast air processing,...
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Radio Station Has Blowout Ad Sale
Kevin Larke is the chief engineer for the Mid Michigan Radio Group; like many...
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Google Goes on the Offensive
In response to industry concern that its Audio Ads Web-based purchasing process for radio...
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It’s Lonely at the Mountaintop
Doug Wilson and I had a few things in common. These included a transmitter...
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Hunka Hunka Burning Lug
How many times have you reached for a tube of caulk, RTV or glue...
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ARRL Is Robust as It Nears 100
When amateur radio enthusiasts established the American Radio Relay League in 1914, Morse Code...
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Public Okay With Lower AM Bandwidth?
Over the past two years, the AM Broadcasting Subcommittee of the National Radio Systems...
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Nice Weather if You’re a Snow Goose
Bob Perry is chief engineer for Citadel’s Maine and New Hampshire stations.
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Editorial: Merger? Two Words: Get Real
The proposed satellite merger is an absurd idea and a waste of regulators’ time.
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New Options for Pirates and LPFM
Harry Reid's FCC intervention is provoking new thinking on LPFM licensing and how more...
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Editorial: A Good Day to Be a Pirate
Late last summer, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, contacted the...