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We Get Buffalo'd in New York

When the time came for IP networked studios, Townsquare decided not to wing it and go with Axia

You may not have realized that the third-largest owner of radio stations in the U.S. is Townsquare Media.

The group has facilities in 66 small to mid-sized markets across the country — including a cluster of four stations in Buffalo, New York.

And it’s here that we met up with Chief Engineer Bill Stachowiak and his staff of two.

Which Codec Should I Use?

There's an overwhelming number of audio coding algorithms, each with unique advantages that make them suitable for different remote transmission situations.

But with unhelpful names like “G.722”, “AAC-LD”, and “Layer 2”, it can be tough figuring out which coding algorithm is best for your immediate needs.

Well, problem solved! Download our free, quick guide to codec selection to rapidly select the best algorithm based on your application, available bandwidth and audio quality expectations.

TWiRT's NAB 2014 Recap

Chris Tobin and Kirk Harnack present some of the best of NAB 2014 in a podcast recorded on the last day of the show.

Watch more than a dozen radio technology insiders share their picks with you.

Direct Current is edited by Clark Novak, Dave Sarkies and Neil Glassman, who are nursing glasses of warm milk while vowing "Never again!" after their return from Las Vegas.

The Media History Digital Library		Found in the Attic: HP 403B AC Voltmeter
Ever want to see life as it used to be? We may not have a working time machine, but we have something almost as good: The Media History Digital Library. Within their digital vaults lie almost a million, searchable pages of magazines, dating exclusively from before 1964. Best of all, it's free! If you want to look up the history of, say, GE's vacuum-tube patent suit against Lee DeForest, it's there. So are things less useful but no less interesting; anyone for WMAR-TV, Baltimore's summer 1964 local programming lineup? Read all about it »		Back in the days when analog broadcast gear was the norm, every radio and TV station was required by the FCC to perform annual proof-of-performance measurements. That meant every engineer’s work bench had to be equipped with certain tools – namely an audio signal generator and distortion analyzer. One of the more common of these was the HP 403B AC voltmeter. We discovered a rather distressed 403B on a recent trip to the attic. Join us in the attic »

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