FCC Looks to Fill Two Enforcement Agent Positions

Have you harbored a dream of tracking down modern-day pirates? Two new job positions recently opened by the Federal Communications Commission may give you that chance. The FCC recently posted two openings for field agents as part of the commission’s Enforcement Bureau. The first position is located in Chicago; the second is in New Orleans. […]

57 Tips from the Manager’s Engineering Notebook

In 1970, 15-year-old high school sophomore Paul Tinkle joined WCMT(AM/FM) as a “cleanup” boy.  Today he is the president and part-owner of Thunderbolt Broadcasting, which includes one AM and four FMs as well as seven translators (Tinkle calls them “local FMs”) that serve northwest Tennessee and parts of Kentucky. He is also a former member […]

Audix A231 Studio Vocal Microphone Launched

Audix has introduced the A231, a large-diaphragm studio vocal microphone intended for use in lead and backing vocals, spoken word and voiceover applications, and acoustic instrument miking. The A231 features the same gold-plated brass band as found on Audix’s SCX25A instrument mic, but inside the new microphone, there’s a 33 mm true condenser featuring a […]

FCC Opens NPRM to Allow Computer Modeling for FM Antennas

A proposal to allow computational directional FM broadcast antenna pattern modeling in the United States is a step closer to being approved. The Federal Communications Commission says it believes that the proposed rule change “would provide regulatory parity and ongoing relief for both antenna manufacturers and FM broadcasters while maintaining the integrity of our licensing […]

Zype Launches Playout 2.0

The new version of Zype’s live linear solution speedups channel scheduling and distribution for broadcasters, digital publishers, and consumer brands

Futuri Updates Post Podcast System

Broadcast audio software tools developer Futuri Media has announced an update to its Post podcast creation system. New tools include an in-app audio editor “designed to save production time, speed up distribution of timely content, and enable audio brands to quickly make simple edits to their on-demand broadcast content to keep people listening longer,” according […]