Today, almost every part of the broadcast chain is IP-connected. This has an upside: you can look at each part of the chain to see how it is operating – and can make adjustments as necessary. There is, though, a downside: you might need six or ten apps to monitor everything.  For many […]

This is the third in a series of articles that help show what we can learn from modulation monitors and how to use that information to ensure stations’ signals are as good as possible. The last part of our series deal with the role of modulation monitoring in what is perhaps today’s hottest […]

At one time, modulation monitors displayed just enough to determine if a station met FCC Rules regarding modulation and signal to noise. Today’s software driven monitors can tell you a whole lot more about your RF chain, including accurate measurement of HD power and how it fits into the compliance mask. Mark Grant […]

Digital technology has brought about many changes in the broadcast industry, including how we monitor a station’s signal with our test gear. Belar’s Mark Grant explains what happens when you mix analog and digital information on one station. One of the biggest challenges that HD Radio broadcasters face is separating analog and digital […]

Listening to a station on the car radio is not enough to know exactly what is happening. Proper test gear should be in every station – so you can tell exactly how good your signal is when it gets to your listeners. In the very early days of radio broadcasting,there was very little […]

At first, stations just put their audio stream on the Internet to see if anyone would listen. Quality and levels were hard to judge. Now, with the new Model 610, Inovonics makes it easy to know exactly what the streams are doing. At KOHN Radio, we have been providing two audio streams feeding […]

At first, stations just put their audio stream on the Internet to see if anyone would listen. Quality and levels were hard to judge. Now, with the new Model 610, Inovonics makes it easy to know exactly what the streams are doing. At KOHN Radio, we have been providing two audio streams feeding […]

A lot of what a broadcaster engineer does is often not spelled out specifically in the Rules. Many times it comes under mantle of “Good Engineering Practices.” Among these GEPs is regular preventive maintenance – anticipating problems. Making regular frequency measurements is part of that GEP. Many stations today actually have operated for […]

Just like a chef will taste food as it leaves the kitchen, most broadcasters are keenly interested in knowing how their station sounds to listeners. But there are other reasons for having a great monitor receiver. Is your transmitted audio clean? How about on your translator? Are your listeners happy with what they […]

Modern modulation, especially digital modulation, has in some ways outrun the capabilities of the traditional modulation monitors. This is especially true in the case of high speed digital subcarriers. How can a station utilize digital subcarriers and yet have confidence in meeting FCC requirements? Lyle Henry shows the way. Getting the highest possible […]