Wearing the many technical hats of radio.
Breaking into broadcast transmissions isn’t anything new. We can go back to 1977 and the interruption of Southern Television, replacing the audio feed with some “interesting” content. Doing similar nowadays, where digital studio to...
It’s been possible to turn your Raspberry Pi into a little FM transmitter for quite a while now. Download the right software, attach a wire to the GPIO pin in and you’re broadcasting a...
Ask some people, and they’ll claim webRTC isn’t making great inroads. In fact, a podcast I heard recently triggered me to actually write this article. After all, it’s a technology that’s helping change a...
Pop into most radio stations and you’ll soon see Christmas decorations going up in the offices and studios. In most cases, it’ll be some lights, tinsel and maybe even the odd electronic reindeer in...
I once heard someone say that there are two things in volunteer radio stations that can cause big arguments – jingles and music. While I do believe that’s somewhat unfair, experience tells me music...
In case you’ve not noticed, we recently saw the first trial low power DAB multiplex launch in Brighton. It’s part of a nine month technical trial covering three possible technical options. The first of...
You’ve just gone out and bought a shiny new audio processor for your radio station. It may have every feature under the sun, but you’ll still need the same techniques and knowledge used on...
If you’ve got a broadcast critical web stream to worry about, prioritising it ahead of all other web traffic is an important job. I’ve seen a number of approaches to it over the years. The...
You’ve got your brand new broadcast IP codec. A pair of them really, one inside the network and the other outside. How do you make them talk to each other? Admittedly, it could be...
It’s not often you talk about systems from the DOS era, especially now that we’re in 2015. However, the DCS playout system used to be shipped with a serial controlled audio router. The router...
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