It takes brass to plunge headlong into an unfamiliar technology.
Chris Cottingham, CE at CRISTA Broadcasting’s KFMK-FM in Austin, Texas, has that sort of spirit. Which is why he took on the task of updating his station’s studios from analog to IP Audio without having laid hands on networked studio gear before.
How did his three studio installation go?
Radio Video: Electrons on Parade
Long before the geniuses at Bell Labs invented the transistor, engineers at RCA, GE and Westinghouse perfected the art of the vacuum tube. 12SK7, 50L6 and 35Z5 were familiar numbers to millions of DIY radio repairmen for years.
But how were these electronic marvels mass-produced? This RCA promo film from 1942 takes us behind the scenes.
