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HD Radio Hits Manufacturing Milestones

1.5 million chipsets, 1 million modules and 100 different consumer devices are cited to promote the technology's progress.

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Facility Showcase

Facility Showcase

Martha Quinn's RadioBu

Having a custom-built personal studio was once a luxury on-air radio talent could not experience. With the move toward computer-based digital recording technologies, more and more on-air talent are finding that owning their own personal studio is now within reach.

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Field Reports

Field Reports

Armstrong X-1000B

Terry Suggs' extensive search showed that Armstrong offered the best in pricing and packaging. The transmitter was shipped within a week and installation was seamless.

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Current Issue

Web 2.0

Technologists busily reinventing the Web say radio stations can look forward to an Internet where it's much easier to collaborate, innovate, and manipulate data and software on a wide variety of Net-friendly devices.

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Dielectric Adds New Engineering Team, Expands Support

Jim Chadwick and Gary Hazard will contribute to the design, development and testing of the company's antennas, transmission line, and RF combiner systems.

Broadcast Electronics Names Power as Manager, Mechanical and PCB Design

Eric Power is appointed to a new position intended to to coordinate and strengthen one aspect of the company's manufacturing process.

NAB Names New Chief Operating and Financial Officer

Janet McGregor will oversee the financial operations and investments for the advocacy group, and will also be responsible for several NAB departments.

TC US Adds Hadelich to Live and Install Division

Miguel Hadelich previously held the position of applications engineer at Dolby Lake.

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Radio Currents Podcast, Oct 13

Arbitron will introduce cell-phone-only households to diarys; the FCC offers a new plan for the 700MHz band public safety use; Heil Sound hires Phil Jost; and Nautel hires John Bisset, Ellis Terry and and Steve Schmitt.

Radio Currents Podcast, Oct 6

The House passes the Webcaster Settlement Act, another House bills looks to require HD Radio in all radio receivers, and the NAB Radio Show announces attendance figures.

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Projects in Progress tracks facility installation projects from start to finish. Follow the progress of the WUVT-FM transmitter site upgrade.

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Milestones From Radio's Past

The history of radio broadcasting extends beyond the work of a few famous inventors.

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Clean up the Audio

Advancement of codec design has allowed lower bit-rates to be employed, and most codecs sound decent at these rates, but they are much more fragile with regards to distortion and susceptible to artifacts.

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