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Greetings from your broadcast friends out on the Desert…
This is BDR Newsletter 866, Volume 17, #33 for March 18, 2026

BROADCAST ELECTRONICS MOVES INTO A NEW VERSION
BE announced this week that a group led by CEO Rich Redmond and The Alzana Group have purchased Broadcast Electronics from the Elenos Group. The company expects to continue customer focused innovation and delivering new products with breakthrough capabilities for their worldwide radio broadcast customer base.

SPRING? WINTER? WHAT?
This week marks the official start of Spring 2026. That may be hard to believe in some states, especially in the northern tier, that are getting some nasty storms (a good time to ensure your NWS radio is working correctly). Was Punxsutawney Phil right? Meanwhile, we are looking at our first 100 degree day for the year this week, the earliest ever and two months ahead of the average.

But it is, after all, a dry heat!

SELECTING THE RIGHT AUDIO CONSOLE
There are a lot of choices when it comes to installing or replacing a studio console. Analog or digital, 8 pots or 20 pots, one, two, or three metered buses – and those are just the first things to consider. This week, we talk consoles. Allen Harrison, General Manager of Arrakis Systems is our guest. He will show off their latest models and discuss how Arrakis Systems seeks to produce consoles that meet the needs of their customers, without breaking the bank.

Join us tomorrow (Thursday) and enjoy the information. Jeff will always answer any transmitter questions. Can you stump him? The request for the link is, as usual, on www.theBDR.net/TLG/  and thebdrnet channel on youtube.

… and do not forget, on the same page we have over 200 videos you can use on subjects you will want to learn about.