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Applied Technology: Broadcast Electronics The Radio Experience 

Datacasting, or messagecasting as we call it at BE, is simply the broadcasting of data, whether it's audio or a text message in the form of data

Tascam Updates USB 2.0 Interfaces 

The updates include new drivers and Steinberg Cubase LE4.

Audio Science Redesigns PCI Tuner Adapters 

The ASI8921 is a half-length PCI card, much smaller than the ASI8700 series, and can be fitted with one or two tuner modules as required

Content delivery options 

As a stand-alone medium, traditional broadcasting is subject to a multitude of restrictions as compared with other Internet-driven delivery platforms

Applied Technology: Viero Web services 

Several years ago, a new technology called Web services began to make headway in software architecture. The technology leverages the same mechanisms used by Web browsers and Web servers to allow systems to more easily communicate and share data. Web services have proven extremely useful and are now considered to be mainstream software architecture

Allen & Heath Shipping Zed-24 USB Mixer 

The stereo mixer features multiple inputs, 10 independent outputs, four aux sends, a USB send and return, a dual stereo input capability and advanced monitoring facilities.

Orban and Wowza Offering In-browser Radio Streaming 

Circuit Research Labs and Wowza Media Systems have introduced new capabilities that empower Web broadcasters to take advantage of the new MP4 and HE-AAC capabilities introduced in Adobe Flash Player 9.

New Delivery 

We live in a time when we must take a good look at the definition of radio. Why? Consider the story of a college sports fan who wanted to hear the radio broadcast of a recent football game, but wasn't near a radio. He used his cell phone to get online, navigate to the station that carried the football game broadcast, clicked on Listen Live, and heard the game. He wasn't listening to FM or AM signal propagation. He was listening to a digital audio stream, but wasn't it the same material that was heard over the air?

KPBS-FM Turns to Stream Guys During Wildfire Emergency 

KPBS-FM, an NPR member station serving the San Diego region, was knocked off the air on Oct. 23, 2007, when the Southern California wildfires destroyed power lines that fed its transmitter on Mount St. Miguel.

Field Report: Adobe Audition 3.0 

Obviously, Audition 3 is far from lacking when it comes to creating top-quality audio. Whether a musician, voice-over artist or radio producer, Audition 3 is pushing the envelope by expanding creative possibilities, making affordable features efficient and available.

Automation Server Performance Enhancement 

The keys to the revenue-producing potential of a facility are performance, reliability and ease of operation of the computer-based audio system (CBAS). Here are some ways to improve performance and reliability of the CBAS in a facility. Ease of operation I’ll leave to the vendors.

Field Report: Enco Systems DAD 

Southern California Public Radio operates both KPCC in Pasadena, CA, and KUOR in Redlands, CA. The two stations broadcast throughout Los Angeles County,

Server Performance Enhancement: Fine-tuning 

Here are a few more quick tips to jazz up a file server.

RCS Releases Nexgen Digital 2.7.4 

RCS released version 2.7.4 of Nexgen Digital, which includes opto masking to enable the audio server to only respond to specific switch inputs.

WNEM Integrates Netia and Wideorbit 

The system integration allows Netia users to access Wideorbit traffic logs from within the Radio-Assist planning tools.

Field Report: Rivendell automation 

Formerly a product of Salem Radio Labs (a division of Salem Communications), Rivendell is now available to the general public under the GNU General Public License.

Field Report: Netia Radio-Assist 

In addition to the functionality, reliability, simple pricing structure and knowledgeable Netia staff, the ease of administration of this system is amazing.

IT for Radio Engineers 

Today, many of the clunky boxes that served us so well in the past have been replaced by networked hardware and software systems, which, while providing a far more powerful and compact platform to fill the operational needs of a facility, now take the form of black-boxes and software files. (The tools you use no longer came from a metal cabinet.)

Planning a wireless LAN 

When it comes time to install a wireless LAN at your facility, there are some basic guidelines that must be followed to make the system to its maximum capacity and keep your network secured against unauthorized users.

Lynx Ships Aurora Firewire Interface 

Lynx Studio Technology is now shipping the LT-FW Lslot Firewire interface for Aurora.

The ins and outs of automation 

Automation systems are a key part of on-air, streaming and multicasting operation, and with the increased reliance comes an increased need for reliable content delivery, off-site backups and disaster recovery.

Digigram Expands Sound Card Line 

Studer, Digigram Partner on Ethersound Interconnectivity 

Studer and Digigram have announced the joint development of an Ethersound interface card for Studer consoles.

Audioscience, Axia Partnership Produces Livewire Adapter 

Audioscience and Axia Audio announced a partnership in January of this year. Four months later, Audioscience will debut the results of that venture at NAB2007; the ASI6585 Axia Livewire PCI adapter.

Radio via Wimax 

Terrestrial and satellite broadcasters will feel the impact of Wimax within the next few years.

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