As more stations co-locate and LPFM and translator facilities are built, some good questions arise: Does dangerous radiation emit from your station? What can you do if a government agency claims you are endangering local residents? Educating yourself now might save you a lot of grief, not to mention lawyers’ fees. The word […]

Today’s broadcasters are under attack from many directions. From local competition to new technologies, including the Internet, broadcasters are pressured from all directions. At the recent National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, again in Las Vegas this year, it was really exciting to see the new technology that broadcasters can use to deliver […]

As broadcasters steadily automate more and more of their broadcast day, finding a good place to learn the trade can be hard to find. Pueblo Magnet High School in Tucson not only has a solid broadcast program, they use their LPFM station to give their students real on-air experience. 2015 may be remembered […]

At many stations today, studios often sit empty while the automation rolls on. With fewer and fewer staffers, training the newbies many times is hit and miss. But it is important to the overall success of any station. With hundreds of LPFM stations getting ready to launch on the airwaves, it is worth […]

Our series on “micro-studios” continues, with the goal of comparing new consumer equipment with existing and newer professional broadcast equipment. The intent of this series is to focus on quickly delivering broadcasting content from remote sites to a station, studio, or remote vehicle via a variety of transmission methods. In order to achieve […]

The goal of our Radio on the Road series is to highlight some of the variety of ways new technologies have changed the traditional “Remote” broadcast. Mark Shander not only suggests looking at new ways to use the gear we have, but to consider some gear that might not have attracted your attention. […]

Patents, royalties, and lawyers often have been in the news lately. Companies have sprung up for the sole purpose of collecting patents and enforcing them on manufacturers and end users. Tom Taggart explains. Recently a company called Mission Abstract Data LLC started contacting broadcasters, claiming they held the patents on all audio delivered […]