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TuneIn Adds Rivian Trucks to Its Partner List

Posted: 14 Jun 2022 02:29 PM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/tunein-adds-rivian-trucks-to-its-partner-list


 TuneIn announced an integration with Rivian, maker of the first
all-electric pickup truck. 

This adds to the audio streamer’s portfolio of auto partnerships, which include Tesla, Volvo, Polestar, Mercedes, JLR and all Alexa-supported car
audio systems.

Local radio content is a big part of the TuneIn pitch. “Creating innovation while also adhering to legacy standards in this space is paramount for
success. TuneIn is helping bring the local radio that drivers have grown to love and expect in the digital age, accessible at their fingertips and in
their connected dashboard.”

Rivian is integrating TuneIn into models like its R1T, the 2022 MotorTrend Truck of the Year.
Native integration of TuneIn in Rivian’s Infotainment dashboard.

TuneIn noted that it also has teamed with Harman to create a pre-integrated implementation of the TuneIn service to the Harman Ignite Store, a
connected vehicle platform that enables automakers to develop their own in-vehicle app stores.

“TuneIn has emerged post-pandemic as one of the fastest growing streaming audio companies, bringing live and local radio, news, sports, podcasts to consumers worldwide during all parts of their day, including during their drive,” the company stated in its press release.

It noted data from Edison Research’s Infinite Dial study that more than 70% of cars will be connected by 2023. 

The company also said that, with Apple having added advertisements to Apple Music radio stations, the premium TuneIn offering offers an ad-free alternative.

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Unauthorized Ownership Transfer Results in $6,000 Forfeiture

Posted: 14 Jun 2022 02:20 PM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/unauthorized-ownership-transfer-results-in-6000-forfeiture


A licensee that admitted to transferring control of its Mississippi radio stations without authorization has entered into a consent decree with the Federal Communications Commission to resolve the issue. 

In was in June 2020 that Radio Cleveland filed an application to transfer control of station WAID(FM) in Clarksdale, Miss., followed by a second
transfer request three months later for another four stations: WCLD(AM) and WCLD(FM) of Cleveland; WKDJ(FM) of Clarksdale; and WMJW(FM) of Rosedale. 

Specifically, the principals of Radio Cleveland — Clint L. Webster and Greg Shurden —  sought to transfer 50% of Radio Cleveland shares to another individual, Kevin W. Cox. Individually, Webster sought to transfer 45% of shares to Cox while Shurden sought to transfer 10%, resulting in Cox
holding 100% of the voting and ownership interest in Radio Cleveland.
However, the two purchasing agreements that were submitted with the applications showed that the stock transfers already happened.

That’s against the rules laid out in the Communications Act, which states that no construction permit or station license can be transferred to any
person until it has been approved by the commission. FCC Rules state
something similar — that prior consent of the commission must be obtained
for transfer of control. 

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Radio Cleveland agreed that it had violated the Communications Act and FCC Rules when Webster and Shurden transferred a controlling interest of the company to Cox before receiving FCC consent. 

In agreeing to the consent decree, Radio Cleveland also agreed to make a
$6,000 civil penalty. This amount is less than the standard base forfeiture
of $8,000 for similar violations, a move that the bureau has the authority
to make. When entering into a consent decree, the bureau takes into account
the nature and gravity of the violation, including any history of prior offenses and the ability to pay. “We find that a reduction from the $8,000 base forfeiture amount for an unauthorized substantial transfer of control
is appropriate on the basis that Radio Cleveland does not have a history of prior offenses,” the bureau said.

However, the bureau said that since Webster, Shurden and Cox engaged in an unauthorized transfer of control, the commission may take that fact into account when it comes to future applications, proceedings or enforcement actions. 

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Sorry, Were Taking This Translator Back

Posted: 14 Jun 2022 01:18 PM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/business-and-law/sorry-were-taking-this-translator-back


An FM translator in Gulfport, Miss., has had its license rescinded by the
FCC Media Bureau.

Powell Meredith Communications had asked for authority for the NCE
translator — which was supposed to rebroadcast WWOZ(FM) in New Orleans — to remain silent. But the commission has decided that the broadcaster didn’t build it as authorized and failed to satisfy a condition of its license.

It is a case involving the FCC policy that was put in place seven years ago
to discourage abusive translator practices. It states that a licensee must operate continuously for the first year and that silence during that time creates a “rebuttable presumption” of evidence of unlicensable, temporary construction. 

It’s also a case in which the commission says Powell Meredith changed its story about when it was off the air, operated the antenna at a site
different from the one on its CP, and put its antenna on an RV.

The licensee in turn argued, among other things, that the commission had singled it out for disparate treatment; that the Media Bureau has no
authority to place a presumption on its license; that presumptions are
contrary to the concept of “innocent until proven guilty”; and that PMC can’t get a fair review anyway because the bureau engages in “racial profiling” and dislikes PMC’s sole principal, Amy Meredith, because she is a minority.
Timeline

PMC held a construction permit for the translator at 101.9 MHz, to
rebroadcast WWOZ. In July of last year, it filed a license application
stating that it had finished building at the location on the CP and
referencing an antenna structure registration number and coordinates of a
tower owned by Pinnacle LLC.

The Media Bureau granted the license in September, requiring continuous operation for the first year and establishing the “rebuttable presumption,” a standard condition since 2015.

But in November, PMC requested special temporary authority to remain
silent; it said the reason was technical but didn’t provide further explanation.

In January 2022, responding to an informal FCC request for more
information, PMC wrote that flooding from Hurricane Ida had damaged the transmitter in August, after which the translator had returned to the air within a few days, but that it had stopped broadcasting again in November
due to another unspecified problem.

In February, the Media Bureau issued a letter of inquiry demanding answers
to several specific questions about the whole situation.

In response, PMC raised several challenges. 

Among them it said that the Media Bureau had singled PMC out for disparate treatment by issuing the letter of inquiry. It also said that only courts
of equity can use rebuttable presumptions so the bureau had no authority to place one on its license, and it said presumptions are outdated,
speculative, draconian and contrary to the concept of “innocent until
proven guilty.” 

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According to the FCC, PMC acknowledged in its response that it hadn’t constructed in accordance with its CP or at the site on its license. It did
not use the authorized tower owned by Pinnacle but built, instead, approximately 30 yards away on an amateur radio tower in an RV park.

PMC argued that the construction was not temporary because the ham tower
was on a shed affixed to the ground, and received power through a permanent outlet shared with an RV. It said it had paid the RV owner $300 to use the location for three months and intended to find another location after
hurricane season, though it apparently didn’t file applications for this or another site.

It also told the FCC that the translator had operated at the RV site for
about six weeks while its license application was pending but that it went silent on Aug. 30 of last year, before the FCC granted the license
application, because Ida had damaged the transmitter, ham tower and RV. 

The commission says PMC did not provide requested photographs or other documentation of that; PMC in turn said the RV and its owner have moved
away and that the engineer who constructed did not accept payment because
he was acting only “as a friend.”

PMC’s response clarified that the translator did not return to the air in
the fall of 2021 as it stated in January but that, after ceasing to
broadcast in August, it didn’t return to air except for a six-hour test in March 2022 using an antenna on a pole at an unidentified location. It said
that its test showed that this translator can’t operate without causing interference to WLMG(FM) in New Orleans on the same frequency, so the translator remains off air.

[See a related YouTube video.]

PMC also told the FCC it had had no intent to deceive in providing an
incorrect report and blamed its principal’s confusion after illness with coronavirus. 
Outcome

The FCC now has rejected all of PMC’s procedural challenges.

“There is nothing about the license condition or LOI that is disparate, discriminatory or beyond the bureau’s authority,” it wrote, adding that it places the same condition on all broadcast licenses.

It noted that PMC’s deadline for seeking to reject that condition was 30
days after the grant of its license. “The bureau issued the LOI simply because PMC stopped broadcasting within the first year of operation and the bureau was giving PMC the opportunity to rebut the presumption of temporary construction. PMC cites no precedent for its argument that government
agencies cannot use rebuttable presumptions. The commission has long used
such presumptions.”

So the Media Bureau now has ruled that the constructed facilities were not licensable because PMC had provided false information in its license application. It rescinded the license for W270CS in Gulfport and declared
the associated CP forfeit.

It added that “Although PMC emphasizes that the RV site was only 30 yards from the authorized site, the commission’s rules require bureau approval prior to making any changes in an FM translator’s location,” with limited exceptions that are not applicable in the case. 

The unauthorized construction alone makes the facilities unlicensable; but
if PMC had disclosed the use of the RV site earlier, the application would
have been dismissed anyway. The commission said several problems with the
use of the RV site provide a separate basis to reach the same decision.
Other arguments

The commission made only brief reference to several other arguments that
had been advanced by PMC. 

It said the principle of “innocent until proven guilty” is irrelevant because that concept applies in the field of criminal law and not in this
case.

PMC made other allegations. Among them: that the FCC engages in racial profiling, that the Media Bureau provided incorrect information about the station to PMC’s member of Congress, that a third-party permit trafficker forged the principal’s name on modification applications and involved the permit in bankruptcy proceedings, and that the letter of inquiry’s requirement that PMC support its response with an affidavit under penalty
of perjury arguably violates the Bill of Rights. (You can read more in the FCC’s detailed case description.)

But the bureau said those are all beyond the scope of the inquiry. “We note briefly that the allegation of racial profiling is unsupported by any
showing and that PMC has not connected its constitutional concerns to the
facts of this case.”

[Related: “Procedure, Timing Are Issues in FM Translator Battle”]

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Workbench: Park It Right Here, Baby!

Posted: 14 Jun 2022 11:17 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/columns-and-views/workbench/workbench-park-it-right-here-baby


Given that engineers are responsible for pretty much everything around the broadcast facility, I share this idea from Pastor Carl Wiggins, general
manager of WKCL(FM) in Charleston, S.C. 

We’ve all seen concrete parking bumpers that have cracked and fallen apart over time or because a heavy vehicle crushed them. 

After having the station’s parking lot resurfaced and painted, Pastor Carl searched for rubber parking bumpers on Google. These run between $30 and
$50. Thanks for their rubber construction, they won’t fall apart or disintegrate if a wheel hits it.  

As shown in the photos, you can drive a spike through the pre-drilled holes
to secure the bumper.

These are available from specialized suppliers like Uline, Traffic Safety
Store and My Parking Sign, as well as from Walmart and Amazon.
Click on photo to toggle through gallery. 





Mr. Gadget says …

Steve Kruschen is known as “The One and Only Mr. Gadget.” His website offers a lot of interesting subject matter. 

Responding to Rolf Taylor’s earlier comments about lubricants, Steve tells
us he was a fan of the most well-known lubricant until he came across a can
of Boeshield T-9, sold by PMS Products of Holland, Mich. 

Reading the label, Steve discovered the product had been developed by
Boeing, the respected and trusted aircraft manufacturer, so he thought it
might be pretty good. When he asked his colleague about it, the technician enthusiastically went on and on about how the product is the best stuff to
come along, a long-lasting and waterproof lubricant.  

The product is produced under license from Boeing, which developed T-9 for long-term protection of aircraft. Its research proved that Teflon, silicone and synthetic sprays didn’t hold up well when exposed to a corrosive environment.
Mr. Gadget recommends Boeshield T-9.

Boeing designed T-9 to penetrate deeply into fasteners and fixtures,
displace moisture and attack existing corrosion. The compound dries to a
waxy film that will lubricate and protect metals for months. It is safe to
use on paints, plastics and vinyls.  

Steve uses T-9 in all sorts of contexts: on door locks and hinges around
the house, on bicycle chains and shifters, on garage door hinges and the
chain of the electric opener, on the wheels of suitcases and wheeled carts,
on ladder hinges, on electric switches, and on tools including saws and
drill bits.

He has even applied it to the rubber along which power windows travel; this saves wear and tear on the motor. 

T-9 also protects against rust; spray it on and the item is protected for months. He says other popular sprays and lubes, including the big one that
we all know by name, leave an oily film that attracts dirt and debris.  

Steve recommends that every engineer keep a can of the aerosol spray of T-9
on hand (and if there is a bicycle around, also a 4-oz. drip bottle). Used sparingly, a can or bottle may last for a couple of years. 

The product sells for under $15. Look for it at retailers like REI, Bass
Pro Shops, General RV Center, West Marine, Woodcraft and Performance
Bicycle, or on Amazon. 

You can also learn more about T-9 online or call PMS Products in the U.S.
at (800) 962-1732. Let them know Mr. Gadget sent you. Steve receives no compensation for this recommendation. We appreciate his sharing this unique lubricant with Workbench readers.

[Read Another Workbench by John Bisset]
Wireless IP 

Special projects engineer Dan Slentz dropped a line to encourage readers to consider wireless IP as a cost-effective solution for studio/transmitter
links.

Dan started using Trango for wireless streaming for live news using
Slingbox more than 15 year ago. He also likes Ubiquiti Networks gear, which
he finds to be well-built and cost-effective. 

My Telos colleague Kirk Harnack posted a video in 2016 describing this type
of installation; search YouTube for “Livewire+ and Ubiquiti airFiber5 Studio-Transmitter Link (STL) for Delta Radio.”

As you’ll see in the video, this gear could work well for IP-based STLs, or even RPUs where cell service is spotty.

Given that cell systems are first to fail when swamped in big emergencies,
Dan says a heavy radio news operation may find IP-based RPUs a cheap,
effective contingency.

Find relevant information at the Ubiquiti Web Store.

For remote transmitter sites, a wireless IP system might be a great
backhaul for network camera security or a web backbone (and not prone to line-cutting by vandals). If the link runs on a UPS, a power loss won’t
take the backhaul down immediately.

Note that many of these solutions are unlicensed, so while they are
convenient, your frequencies may be shared. In the 60 GHz range, the links also are more susceptible to rain/snow interference if you push their
limits.
Can you ID this mic?

We’ll wrap up with a “blast from the past,” also provided by Dan. The accompanying photo show one of the oldest pieces of broadcast equipment he
has come across. This was one of the first microphones used by WHIZ(AM) in Zanesville, Ohio. 

Dan found it in a garage nearly 20 years ago but it is of course much
older; his guess is it dates to the late 1920s or early 1930s. The station itself was founded in 1924 as WEBE and changed call letters in 1939.
Yes, it’s a microphone!

This was labeled “Western Electric, Iowa, USA.” Its “candelabra” base was
attached to the box on top. There were four brass screws on the back of
that box; of course, Dan had to open it up to figure out why it had so many pins on that Bakelite connector. It turns out that the box also housed two
or three tubes and electronics for the mic, which looked like a carbon
model such as used on old telephones.

Dan sent the picture to some friends to try to get more information about
the mic, and immediately started getting offers to buy it (for thousands of dollars)! Instead he took it to WHIZ so they could display it.

What do you know about this mic? Email johnpbisset@gmail.com. Also share
your own fun stories and vintage equipment finds with us.

Workbench submissions are encouraged and qualify for SBE recertification credit. 

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A Three-Phase Power Tutorial - Part 1

Posted: 14 Jun 2022 09:51 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/tech-tips/a-three-phase-power-tutorial-part-1

Dennis Sloatman

It’s important for engineers to have a good, working knowledge of
electrical power and, in particular, three-phase service to a transmitter
site. I will avoid math here as much as possible and only include whatever
math is necessary to increase your working knowledge.

My primary goal is to allow you to speak with confidence to your electrical vendor’s master electrician in order to get precisely what you need.

In this first installation, I’ll discuss the two primary and most-used electrical feeds: three-phase Delta and three-phase Wye, zooming in on the Closed Delta. 
Wye

A Wye or “Y” service has several benefits. The first of these is that the center of the Wye is used as a neutral, and single-phase loads can be
supplied with any phase to neutral and 208 loads can be supplied between
any two phases. 

Fig. 1 shows a transformer in a Wye configuration.
(Fig. 1) Three-phase Wye connection
Delta

A three-phase Delta is a 240 VAC feed with one phase center-tapped as shown
in Fig. 2 to provide two 120 VAC feeds and neutral for single-phase loads.

This type of feed is fine for a transmitter site, and most transmitters can
be tapped for 240 VAC use. Note in Fig. 2 that single-phase loads are
connected between Phase A and neutral or Phase C and neutral. One must be
very cautious never to connect your single-phase 120 VAC equipment between Phase B and neutral — this is 208 VAC! 
(Fig. 2) Closed Delta secondary feed

Incidentally, Phase B is often referred to by several names: wild leg, high leg, stinger and bastard leg. 

One important note here is if the number of single-phase devices and
current draw of your single-phase equipment is high, the transformer
winding from which the neutral is derived must be sized larger in ampacity
than the other two windings.

One other note for three-phase Delta feeds: It’s possible to operate in an emergency with one winding missing (so long as it’s not the center-tap winding) and operate in an “Open Delta” configuration, shown in Fig. 3. However, such an arrangement will result in a transformer capacity of 57% (1√3), so loads will likewise need to be reduced accordingly.
(Fig. 3) Three-phase open Delta

By the way, the 57% number or alternatively 1√3 will be seen several times during this series so, memorize it. Its true significance will be shown in
the next installation. 

Transmitter manufacturers quite rightly warn that an “Open Delta” configuration by virtue of circulating third-harmonic currents present in
such a system should be avoided at all costs in order to prevent equipment damage. 

There are some other variations of secondary winding configurations such as “Zig-Zag” and “Corner Grounding Delta,” but we will not be discussing these
in this series.

One interesting note about the Corner Grounded Delta, about which I’ll bet you may think, “Who uses that?!” When I was in L.A., I was told immediately by the old-timers that the electrical feed at Mount Wilson was a Corner Grounded Delta. I was never able to find out why this was done, but you
must remember, this is an old site.

What this meant to the broadcast engineer is that in order to run
single-phase loads, an additional single-phase center-tapped stepdown transformer was required at each facility to provide 208 and 120 VAC
service. The point is, always specify or at least be aware of the type of service your utility provides.
Closed Delta Secondary Feed

Zooming in on the closed delta secondary feed, refer again to Fig. 2. 

Each phase-to-phase voltage such as, B to A, A to C and C to B, are all 240 VAC. We derive a neutral which is joined to ground in the main distribution panel (but NOT in subpanels!) by means of a center tap of the Phase A-C winding, and Phase B is the “high leg” as is dictated by North American Code (at least, generally). 

Recall that neutral to the high leg to B phase is 120 VAC x 1.732 (1.732 is
3), or 208 VAC. You and your electrician must be extremely careful not to introduce Phase B to neutral into your single-phase loads (it has happened
and that is no balderdash). Most electricians are well aware of this and
will not make that error, but to invoke the Russian proverb, “Trust but verify” (Ronald Reagan wasn’t the progenitor of that phrase).

TIP: The best way to deal with avoiding a high-leg concern is to have a three-phase distribution panel feeding a single-phase distribution fed from winding A-C-N (not B) for the 240/120 distribution panel. This eliminates
the “High Leg” concern for single-phase loads.

When using such a service, the electrician must be made aware by you of the ampacity required by your single-phase loads (generally you’ll mention this to the master electrician during the bid process). This isn’t just 120 VAC loads, which can be load-balanced between A-neutral and C-neutral, but also consider your 240 VAC single-phase loads such as dummy loads, smaller
backup transmitters and blower/circulating fans in your transmitter plant.
If these are significant, the A-C winding will need to be sized accordingly
or the entire three-phase transformer will need to be sized for worst-case. 

As I mentioned, one benefit of the Closed Delta secondary is that if a
winding fails, so long as it isn’t the one used for the single-phase loads, you can continue to operate in an emergency mode with a phase missing,
which makes this an Open Delta, but at only 57% ((1√3) x 100%). If all
three phase windings are center-tapped, you can reconfigure but have the electrician on-site.

Also, the transmitter may have issues due to odd-order harmonic distortion
from the Open Delta service — not recommended! As a matter of fact, most transmitter manufacturers will not sell you a transmitter for an Open Delta service, and with good reason! 
Current affairs

Now, having discussed three-phase Closed Delta voltages, let’s have a look
at currents, both line and phase. This is an interesting topic. Let us
discuss in some detail. 

First understand that each phase is 120 degrees in phase apart from the
other two phases. If Phase A is the reference, then Phase B is lagging by
120 degrees and Phase C is lagging by 240 degrees (or alternatively, +120 degrees versus phase A). 

When the circuit is analyzed with trigonometry — which I promised to avoid — the following can be shown. You’ve seen the irrational number 3 mentioned a few times here, which is approximately 1.732 (check this on your
calculator). Recall from Kirchhoff’s current laws that the current leaving
a node (such as A to B in a delta), is the sum of the currents flowing into
the node. In the case of a Delta by virtue of the phase difference, the sum
of these currents is not algebraic, but vector addition.  

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Now, let us say we place our clamp-on ammeter on a line A (junction of
phases A-B and A-C) and observe 100 amps. Is this the amperage in the
windings? No! The phase A current is the vector sum of windings A-C and
A-B. So, not getting into vector analysis, the 100-amp current read by your ammeter in line A is the vector sum of Phase A-B and Phase A-C currents.

Each of these currents is 100 amps / 3, or 57.73 amps. Algebraically, this would be 57.73 amps + 57.73 amps summing to 115.5 amps … but that is not correct. So, in order to be clear, winding A to C is contributing 57.3 amps
and so is winding A to B. This will lead to a line current in line A of 100 amps. If the three-phase load is balanced (each line having 100 amps
flowing), then 57.3 amps will be flowing in each winding. Note that this condition (balanced loads) is highly unlikely — especially due to the single-phase loads from winding A-C.
Why three-phase power?

At this point, I’d like to deviate momentarily for those new to engineering or new to working with three-phase power. There a few very good reasons for having a three-phase service. 

First, by having electrical service delivered in three phases, more power
can be delivered to a load with smaller conductors (because each conductor
will carry 1√3 of the total load). Also, three-phase blower motors in air conditioners and transmitter cooling induction motors are simpler to start
than single-phase induction motors. Single-phase motors require a starting capacitor and a centrifugal capacitor cutout switch in order to start,
while three-phase motors generally start with a Wye-Delta starting system
(for surge reduction) by virtue of the three-phase rotation.  So, if a three-phase motor blows in the opposite direction, you only need to switch
two wires of the three-phase feed to correct the blower direction.

In summary, a three-phase Closed Delta is a perfectly fine feed to a transmitter site and has the advantage of pseudo redundancy if a coil or winding is defective and has some advantages for balanced voltages so long
as single-phase loads are carefully considered.  

In the next installment, we’ll examine the Wye or “Y” configuration and its
characteristics. 

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KSWP/KAVX Install Nautel Transmitters

Posted: 14 Jun 2022 08:56 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/tech-and-gear/products/kswp-kavx-install-nautel-transmitters


From the Who’s Buying What page: Two new Nautel FM transmitters are in
place serving Lufkin Educational Broadcasting Foundation stations KSWP and
KAVX in Lufkin, Texas.

At the recommendation of engineering firm Broadcast Works, the non-profit organization chose Nautel transmitters, which were purchased through
Giesler Broadcast Supply.

The purchase of the NV20LT and NV30LTN was listener-funded.


Commenting to Nautel, Chief Engineer Tim Swanson said the transmitters were much lighter than the station’s older units, thus much easier to install. 

He likes the modularity of the IPA and praised the new units for running
quiet and cool. “Our old transmitters ran about 115 degrees Fahrenheit, and the two HVACs never shut off,” Swanson said, adding that Lufkin “has four seasons: summer, almost summer, two days of fall and two days of winter.”

He said the transmitters are operating at 82 degrees.
From left: Assistant Engineer Stephanie Moree and Chief Engineer Tim
Swanson mark the installation with Dan Giesler of Giesler Broadcasting
Supply and Jeff Wilson of Nautel.

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Best of Show: DJB Radio Studio

Posted: 14 Jun 2022 08:31 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/resource-center/awards/best-of-show-awards-nab/best-of-show-djb-radio-studio


We are featuring the products that won the Radio World Best of Show Award
at the recent NAB Show. Winners were chosen by a panel of radio engineers
and RW editorial staff for their innovation, feature set, cost efficiency
and performance in serving the industry. 

This solution for internet radio, remote broadcast and podcasting is based
on DJB’s Button Box “infinite cart-wall” software.

DJB Radio Studio allows you to connect up to 10 audio sources to a PC,
laptop or Windows tablet to create professional audio podcasting or
long-form recording. The on-screen virtual mixer features per-channel VU
and lets you mix the local cart-wall or play-stack audio with any external
USB mic, audio interface or analog device and record your podcast with the
push of a button. Pause and resume recording as needed, then edit the
product in the waveform editor.


Features include a scheduler to rotate music, IDs and other elements; a database editor to catalogue and categorize your audio; and drag-and-drop functionality to move tracks onto the cart-wall and clean them up with the waveform editor. 

DJB’s Adam Robinson, Virginia Crowe and Tyzen Paley celebrate with Paul.  (Credit: Jim Peck)

[Check Out Other Recipients of Radio World’s Best of Show Award]

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CGR Radio Expands Service to Visually Impaired Spanish-speaking Populations

Posted: 14 Jun 2022 07:20 AM PDT https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/cgr-radio-expands-service-to-visually-impaired-spanish-speaking-populations


Based in Vancouver, Wash., Community Growth Radio has been serving blind, visually impaired and older listeners with news and entertainment
programming since 2013.

Now, with the launch of a fourth stream, the internet audio service also extends those resources to Spanish-speaking populations throughout
southwest Washington and Oregon.


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