Radio World Buyer’s Guide articles are intended to help readers understand why their colleagues chose particular products to solve various technical situations. This month’s articles focus on transmitters.
Radio Kerry is deeply embedded in the Irish broadcasting scene as a full-service, commercial radio station. Nestled in the picturesque County Kerry, the station caters to the diverse needs of its audience in southwest Ireland.
Engineering & IT Manager Trevor Galvin said the station’s older transmitters had been experiencing persistent issues with power supply failures and other problems. Radio Kerry decided to install new equipment and ultimately chose Ecreso FM AiO Series from WorldCast Systems, purchased through their local distributor, Radio Services.
Galvin said the choice was made based on the overall efficiency, build quality and user-friendly interface. Also attractive were the hot-swappable power supplies and fan and the transmitter’s web interface, SNMP and logging, solidified the decision. Radio Kerry also was familiar with WorldCast from using APT IP codecs and Audemat RDS encoders.
Radio Kerry’s commitment to operational cost efficiency led it to activate built-in software features like SmartFM, saving power costs and contributing to the station’s efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
Galvin said the transmitters each took about an hour to configure and install, after bench testing. “We have seen energy consumption drop significantly at each site since installing the AiO.”
Info: www.worldcastsystems.com/en/
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