Wiring components and consoles into a studio system is a different animal today than when you had to use one of those old “Christmas Tree” terminations. Often, though, you do have a choice of how to proceed, depending upon what products and their age/connections are available. Over the years, I have been tasked […]

This is the fifth and final installment of Gordon’s discussion of ways to ensure the process of building a studio goes smoothly. Finally! After weeks, if not months, of endless meetings, drawings, changes, and decisions, it is time to begin the actual construction project. By now you should have been working with various […]

This is the fourth installment of Gordon’s discussion of ways to ensure the process of building a studio goes smoothly. Contrary to common practice, the time to deal with studio acoustics is in the planning stages, not after it is built. In this section we are going to take a quick look at […]

This is the third installment of Gordon’s discussion of ways to ensure the process of building a studio goes smoothly. Tips and tricks follow. In this section of our discussion we will be looking at planning of the actual studio contents. However, before digging in to the details, I would like to take […]

As we continue our series on planning before you build, Gordon raises the issue that, all too often once a studio project has been built, it becomes obvious things actually are not quite right. When you undertake a project, one of the most important pieces of the puzzle – especially in expensive buildings […]

A construction project can be a success, fun, or a source of unanticipated problems, even a disaster. Proper planning before you start can help make things go much more smoothly. Gordon Carter has the right ideas. For most broadcast engineers the largest project they will be called to work on is probably a […]

We know that software and file backups are important, especially these days when a ransomware attack can wipe everything out in minutes. But what about your power source for mission critical gear? And what if the UPS fails? Have you ever had a rack full of critical equipment go down because of a […]

Sun Outage times this Spring will be different than usual. Kevin Kidd explains why, and what you need to know. Twice a year since the beginning of time (or at least satellite delivered programming time), we have been dealing with loss of satellite signals (LOS) due to the phenomenon called Sun Outage, Sun […]

There is major move going on, as AMC8 is retired and stations all over the country are repointing their dishes at AMC-18. If you are looking for information on getting the job done, Kevin Kidd is here to offer help. In Part I of this article we talked about things that needed to […]

Many stations today get a large part of their daily programming from satellite services. And many of them have been on AMC-8. A major migration is under way, and if you have not planned for this, now is the time to get to it. Kevin Kidd explains. We knew it would eventually happen. […]