News Makers
Hershberger Honored as a “Renaissance Engineer”
We chat with this year’s recipient of the NAB Radio Engineering Achievement Award
BE’s Demuth: Reliability and Redundancy Are Crucial
There will always be hardware failures, but how does the automation deal with them?
Paul Schafer Was a Father of Radio Automation
Also was an early innovator in remote control systems
Products Get Smaller, Faster, Easier to Use
DJB embraces the world of hybrid and all-remote workflows
Cummis Set to Take the Lead at SBE
And as the society’s first female leader, she hopes to help it diversity
Audi Encourages Support for Hybrid Radio
Broadcasters should embrace it to provide metadata via the online connection
Layer Reiterates Importance of Good, Consistent Metadata
NAB PILOT also continues its work in hybrid radio and digital AM
Radio Automation Goes Mobile
ENCO's Bill Bennett says native access and control is a selling point
Smarts Sees Resilience in Smaller Markets
Pandemic “absolutely kicked every one of us” but customers are amazingly flexible
Radio.co Wants to Host Your Station Online
“Think of it like the middleman between you and your listeners”
“IPAWS Loves Broadcast Resilience”
Wade Witmer discusses FEMA’s planned exhibit at the NAB Show
Wooten Manages IHM’s Florida Panhandle Engineering
Veteran market engineer embraces challenges
The Three Rules of Software: API, API, API
For RCS, remote operation and open architecture are mission-critical
A New Appreciation of Software’s Power
“One bright spot of the pandemic was how it opened our users’ eyes as...
A World of Broadly Distributed Multi-Platform Workflows
How that digital stream gets to and from servers has become vastly more flexible...
AoIP Supports New Work Habits
Robles looks toward standardization of control protocols, equipment, signals and clocks
Freinwald to Resign Washington SECC’s Chair
Will step down in September after 25 years leading the state’s committee
Continental Highlights Benefits of WBHF Technology
We asked President Dan Dickey about it
Lessons of Radio Row at the ACM Awards
How do you bring a parade of artists past a row of radio DJs...
Tyler on AoIP for Everyone
“The container virtualization layer is extremely flexible and can scale up as we need”
Brader: Pay Attention to SIP Protocol
Standard establishes connection between internet or IP connected devices
LeGeyt Sees Radio as a Bipartisan Issue
Here's our special interview with NAB’s next president/CEO
“The New Normal Is Going to Sound Pretty Great”
For remote work, Crump says get the best network you can afford
Saving on Power in Little Current
Going off-grid generates massive savings for station owner
Doug Ferber on Trends in AoIP
AES67, NMOS and an overall need for increased capacity for IP codecs
Greg Shay on AoIP Empowering Broadcast
“It is not good enough ‘if it works when it works,’ it has to...
Berliner: A Life in Music and the Recording Arts
Recollections of Oliver Berliner, grandson of the inventor of disc records
Moving Audio in the Cloud Brings Challenges
Bob Orban: Processing options help stations that seek to navigate these new scenarios
AEQ Rolls Out a New Codec
Cites a need for simpler operation adapted to non-technical personnel
Raoul Wedel Talks About the Adthos Ad-Server
“Instead of building dozens of integrations, we felt this was a better solution”
The Recipe for Processing Is Never Finished
Frank Foti: It’s how one achieves a loud signature that determines listenability
Listeners Deserve a Smooth, Comfortable Ride
Jeff Keith says processing will continue to get smarter and more powerful
Working With Mics: Rob Byers
A chat about microphones with the director of broadcast and media operations at Minnesota...
My Favorite Mics: Ira Wilner
“We engineers have very personal biases when it comes to studio mics”
WorldCast Products Reflect New Service Models
Gregory Mercier says the company has seen a shift in customer mindset
APRE Seeks Return to Normalcy
A Q&A with association President Victoria St. John on plans for 2022 PREC
Streaming Has Its Own Processing Needs
Bialik says stations and engineers are more aware that one size doesn’t fit all
Shulins Opens Up His Own Shop
Shulins Solutions provides guidance, RF facility monitoring and protection along with drone inspections
Simplifying EAS Alert Insertion on HD Subchannels
Work of the NAB Radio Technology Committee pays a dividend
Now Dennis Sloatman Has Time for Mountain Biking
We talk with him about his 50+ years in engineering