Audacy to Use Voicify for Interactive Voice
Photo: Getty Images Helen Ross Audacy says it is ramping up its interactive voice capabilities. The company announced a partnership with Voicify, which provides “conversation experience management software.” “As part of the partnership, Audacy will leverage Voicify’s services to drive interactive voice capabilities across the Audacy platform and make station-branded skills more easily accessible for […]
IEEE Broadcast Technology Society Awards Valentino Trainotti with the 2021 Jules Cohen Award
The Jules Cohen Award recognizes major contributions to the industry, integrity and professionalism, and a record of sharing expertise for the benefit of the industry
Nordic Streamer Viaplay Plans U.S. Launch on Dec. 15
The premium SVOD service will initially be available on the Comcast Xfinity platforms
Something Ain’t Quite Right With This Tower …
This isn’t what you want to see when you look up at a tower. But it is what Matt Ruedlinger of Fullwave Tower & Broadcast found last Friday when his crew showed up at WMGI(FM) in Terre Haute, Ind., a 50 kW Class B station owned by Midwest Communications and operating at 100.7 MHz. “We […]
Auction of New Over-the-Air Full-Power TV Stations to Occur in 2022 – First New TV Stations in More than a Decade
An auction of construction permits for 27 new TV stations is scheduled to occur in June 2022, as we noted in one of our weekly updates on regulatory activities for broadcasters. This auction will be the first auction of new TV channels in over a decade – and the first in over a decade and […]
SiriusXM with 360L Is an Impressive Dashboard Experience
The Ram TRX 1500. SiriusXM’s 360L feature made its debut in Ram trucks in 2019. During the years that I’ve produced the program “Radio-Road-Test,” I’ve seen in-dash entertainment evolve from basic to high-end AM and FM radios and cassette decks to sophisticated units capable of accessing entertainment from terrestrial stations, satellite channels and streaming audio. […]
“You Felt Smarter After Any Conversation With Him”
Kirk Harnack and Jeremy Ruck circa 1994 with scale model of Sears Tower antenna masts Among those mourning the death of engineer Jeremy Ruck this past weekend is Kirk Harnack, his friend and former co-worker. “Jeremy and I worked together on the [then] Sears Tower in Chicago under the tutelage of Don Markley,” Harnack told […]
Li.LAC Microphone Disinfector Debuts
Designed by live event touring professionals, the Li.LAC Microphone Disinfector is a rack-mounted encasement that uses controlled exposure to ultraviolet light to kill bacteria and viruses on microphone surfaces, metal grilles and the windscreens underneath. The Li.LAC Microphone Disinfector is available in a professional 19-inch 3U rackmount drawer-based format, so that it can be located in an […]
New England Gets Its First All-Digital AM
Another AM radio station in the United States has converted to all-digital broadcast operations. WSRO(AM) turned off its analog signal in early December and is now broadcasting jazz music in all-digital AM covering the western suburbs of Boston. The radio station is licensed to Ashland, Mass., and owned by Langer Broadcasting Group. The geographic area […]
Broadcast Engineer Jeremy Ruck Dies, Age 50
Jeremy Ruck — a broadcast engineer and P.E. who owned Jeremy Ruck & Associates, managed Willis Tower in Chicago and wrote many articles for Radio magazine and Radio World — has died. According to his obituary at Oaks-Hines Funeral Home in Canon, Ill., Ruck was 50. He died after a battle with COVID-19. Ruck graduated […]