Miscellaneous
Content(ious) Protection for IBOC?
A Quiet Battle Is Raging Over Consumers' Usage Rights for Digital Radio Content
When Streams Become Files
A New Battle Is Brewing Over Usage of Digital Music Delivered Via Digital Radio
Making the Podcast Grade
Much Radio Content Is Intended for Real-Time Use. But Then What Happens to It?
IBOC Questions Remain Unanswered
Let's conclude our recent look at the next steps for IBOC with consideration of...
FCC Compliance and the Station Engineer
My view is that at least 13 layers of regulation burden broadcasting. The layers...
Tuning to Multicast
Multicasting Is Embraced Quickly, But There Is Still Much to Learn
The Architecture of Spatial Coding
A Look at the Proposed MPEG Standard for Sending Surround and Stereo Over the...
Bridging the Surround-Stereo Gap
The Developing MPEG Spatial Coding Specification Attempts to Add 5.1 Surround to a Digital...
Some Issues Surrounding Surround
How Should Radio Carry Multichannel Audio to Listeners?
Upmix, Downmix – The Series
Creating Compatible Content for Surround Radio May Be Challenging
The FCC Proof of Performance
I was introduced to the international world of broadcasting when I worked at RCA...
The Value of Here and Now
Terrestrial Radio's Future Relies on the Leveraging of Its Unique Attributes
Under Construction: Radio Rules
Now That NRSC-5 Is in the FCC's Hands, What Happens Next for Digital Radio...
The New Convergence: Broadcast + Telco
Future Receivers May Incorporate Broadband Wireless, Broadcast Services in a Single Device
A Star Glimmers in the Night
We've talked about how balanced lines reject noise because the two wires are as...
It’s Radio, Jim, But Not as We Know It
The Divergent Paths Open to Broadcasters Could Make the Future a Very Different Place
Will the Courts Waive the Flag?
The FCC's Broadcast Flag for DTV Is Under Siege. The Outcome Will Weigh on...
Workplace Hazards for the RF Engineer
A total of 5,559 fatal work injuries were recorded in the United States in...
The Single-Platform Era Is Ending
Over-the-Air Delivery Is Becoming Just One of Many Paths to Listeners' Ears
Balancing Act
Balanced circuits require that the two wires must be the same length, the same...
Field Intensity Measurement Methodology
Gather Your FI Meter, GPS Receiver, Topos And Foul-Weather Gear Into the 4x4, and...
Where No Radio Has Gone Before
A Look Back at Surround's Development While Radio Was Avoiding the Technology
CONELRAD
Cold is the temperature of irrational fear, the fear of little understanding.
A Perfect Balanced Line
Here starts my 60th column for Radio World. I have been writing about wire...
The CBS Audimax and Volumax
One in a series of occasional looks back at important devices and practices in...
Digital Radio, Surrounded
Adding Surround Sound to Digital Radio Is Under Serious Debate Worldwide
Raising the Digital Radio Flag
There is no equivalent to the DTV 'broadcast flag' for digital radio, but this...
Is There a Flag in Radio’s Future?
New Rules Will Add Content Protection Measures to DTV. Is Digital Radio Next?
More Ideas on FCC Restructuring
There's No Shortage of Suggestions On How to Retool the Commission
I’ll Take Differential for $5, Alex
I always like $5 terms. You can use these terms to browbeat unruly customers...
How to Renovate Radio Regulation
A Look at Various Plans That Have Been Proposed for Restructuring the FCC
Around the World in 80 DABs
The 80+ Members of the WorldDAB Forum Met Recently to Consider Digital Radio's Status...
Radio Sports: Another Format at Risk?
Once a Revered Part of Radio Broadcasting, Sports May Be the Next Lost Format
Some Basic Wire & Cable Terminology
In reviewing my collection of Radio World columns, it occurs to me that although...
Paul Gregg and 45 Years of Bauer
A Unique Broadcast Opportunity in 1960 Prompted the Creation of Bauer and the 707