Keep Your RF Plant Cool, Clean and Well-Grounded
Jeff Welton is Nautel’s regional sales manager for the central U.S., but that job title doesn’t capture his better-known role as “go-to” guy for technical tips, problem-solving and entertaining public presentations. The industry has caught on. In 2018 he received the Society of Broadcast Engineers James C. Wulliman Educator of the Year Award. In 2019 […]
BDI RF Power Monitors at Work
The Dec. 22 issue of Radio World features our Buyer’s Guide for antennas, RF support and power products. Buyer’s Guide features application stories like this one. Here’s an example of how Broadcast Devices DPS-100D series RF power monitors are being used in an FM combiner installation. “Pictured are two DPS-100D-3-1/8 RF power monitors at the […]
Trends in Transmitters 2022
The quality of professional broadcast transmitters available today is unquestionably high. That’s good news for radio engineers and managers who are in the market for a new one. If someone hasn’t purchased a transmitter in a while, what should they know? What are the most important recent developments in how they are designed and manufactured? […]
Kubernetes Brings Broadcast to Next Level
The author is Chief Technology Officer of 2wcom. This article originally appeared in the ebook “What’s Next for Virtualization?” Virtualizing software, especially using containers, makes it much easier to run the software on standard server hardware instead of dedicated broadcast devices. It is a very good exercise to build platform independent software. It definitely was […]
New Year’s Notions
Ten predictions for 2022
Gifts to Yourself to Start the New Year Right
As a treat to help get your 2022 off to a good start, I thought it might be fun to spend a Saturday afternoon at a hardware store to identify items useful for any radio engineer. This year’s visit was to Ace Hardware, but these or similar items can be found at Lowe’s, Home Depot […]
Passenger Displays, Apps and FM Switchoffs
This week we’re featuring highlights of Radio World’s 2021 ebooks. The online WorldDAB Automotive 2021 Conference in June provided looks at various aspects of digital radio in the car environment. Here’s a sampling of presentations, all viewable on WorldDAB’s YouTube channel. This story originally appeared in the ebook “Trends in Digital Radio 2021.” Extra displays […]
PreSonus PD-70 Designed to Improve Intelligibility
The PreSonus PD-70 dynamic broadcast microphone is specifically designed for capturing the human voice and improving intelligibility, even in acoustically unfriendly spaces. The cardioid pickup pattern reduces the amount of extraneous and unwanted background noise entering the mic’s sides and back while focusing on voices in front of it—just what you want for podcasts or radio […]
Wonderful WORM Is Back
For a bit of holiday fun, Ken Deutsch, former jingle magnate and longtime Radio World contributor, has unleashed the latest in his series of airchecks of “Wonderful WORM,” a 1960s radio station that exists in his head. Featuring the misadventures of DJ Johnny Lizard, the parody series is available for your listening pleasure. Get ready […]
January Regulatory Dates for Broadcasters: Issues/Programs Lists; Digital LPTV Deadline; Audio Description Expansion; Children’s Programming, Webcasting Royalties; NCE FM Settlement Window; and More
As the holiday season comes to an end and 2022 comes into focus, broadcasters have several dates and deadlines to keep up with in January and early February. We have noted below some of the important dates you should be tracking. However, as always, stay in touch with your station’s lawyers and other regulatory advisors […]