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Quote of Note
"It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards."
- Charles Dodgson
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Rick Buckley remembered
 Just as we were finishing this issue of eNews, word came of the loss of US radio group founder Rick Buckley, the President and CEO of Buckley Radio. and a man that Radio Ink's Eric Rhoads called "a real broadcaster."
"Rick was a lifelong broadcaster, and an early adopter of Axia (at WOR) and also HD Radio. He was not afraid of new tech," remembers Telos Alliance VP Marty Sacks. "Rick cared deeply about the communities he served, and he will be greatly missed."
Buckley was inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Association's Hall of Fame just a few weeks ago; you can view his acceptance speech on YouTube, in which he declares "Radio is my life." The Broadcasters Foundation of America has established a Rick Buckley Memorial Fund; you can find out more at www.broadcastersfoundation.org.
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Axia consoles in the news
From Provo to Madison, Axia is on the air
 Lots of new Axia studios have been going on the air lately. A couple of them have been written up in our industry newsmagazines, and in case you've missed them (after all, you have plenty of spare time, right?) we've obtained PDF reprints for your convenience.
In the first article, from Radio World, WSUM-FM's Matt Rockwell talks about installing Axia at the University of Wisconsin. "The combination of additional network switch capacity, a private VLAN exclusively for audio streams, and extra Cat-6 cable installed (which made the architects much  happier than holes in walls) has resulted in a diverse and expandable facility for the students of the university," says Matt.
In the second article, Radio magazine's Chriss Scherer, along with BYU's Richard Schrag, documents Brigham Young University's new converged facility which supplies local radio, satellite and cable programming, and TV content - in multiple languages, no less! - all connected by Axia Livewire networking.
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ONE processor to rule them all
Keep more of your cash and sound great doing it
 Mike Rogers of Kansas City's KCCV-FM was set to spend the bucks for a top-end processor when he heard Omnia ONE. "I was astonished...Omnia.ONE kept right up with the far more expensive unit when it came to loudness, clarity and level management." And for about half the price, too. Looking for processing? Check out Omnia ONE -- you owe it to yourself (and your bottom line).
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News from the Field
Who's getting new gear?
New Telos Nx12 Talkshow Systems are taking callers at:
- The Bubba The Love Sponge Show, Tampa, Florida
- KAL Radio, Chennai, India
- Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, Minnesota
Omnia.11 is heading for transmitters at:
- Simmons Media Group, Salt Lake City, Utah
- Mid-Coast Radio's KKFI-FM, Kansas City, Missouri
- KZIA-FM, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Axia iQ consoles are shipping to
- Adelante Media Group's KBAA-FM, KLMG-FM & KGRB-FM, Sacramento, California
- Columbia College's WCRX-FM, Chicago, Illinois
- Delahunt Broadcasting's KPRM, KXKK-FM & KDKK-FM, Park Rapids, Minnesota
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Get the 2011 catalog
100 pages of broadcast-y goodness.
Click here to get a copy mailed to you! |
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What will you do when the phone don't ring?
It's not a matter of if the PSTN is going away - it's when
 It was only last year that Steve Church and Michael Dosch wrote, in their NAB white paper, about AT&T's petition to the FCC to finally pull the plug - literally! - on the public switched telephone network. The news of this earth-shattering proposal is finally starting to filter into the mainstream news: TMCnet's Peter Bernstein calls it "the end of the world as we know it" in his recent article, "The Death of the Public Switched Telephone Network." And over on his Fractals of Change blog, Tom Evslin echoes the sentiment.
Sure enough, when the end comes it will mean a sea change in the telephony landscape, especially for so many broadcasters who still rely on POTS phone service to their studios. But we've been anticipating this development, and we have a solution: Telos VX, the first VoIP talkshow system. You can use it right now with POTS and ISDN call-in circuits, and switch to VoIP via SIP Trunking whenever you want to. So that when the end of the copper cable comes, you'll have nothing to worry about.
To find out more about why this all makes sense, read Steve and Michael's white paper, VoIP In The Broadcast Studio - it's a free PDF download from our site. |
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Come see us at IBC
Amsterdam awaits - 9 - 13 September, 2011
 It's time again for the big pow-wow at RAI Amsterdam, with wall-to-wall broadcast equipment (and broadcasters!) from all around the world, converging to see the latest gear. And of course Telos, Omnia, Axia and Linear Acoustic will be there - you'll find us in Hall 8, Stand D29.
We hope you'll stop by just to say "Hello." And while you're there, check out our newest broadcast tech. Telos will have the new VX Broadcast VoIP talkshow system, Hx1 & Hx2 POTS hybrids, and the slick new 1RU Z/IP ONE IP codec. Omnia will have the hot new Omnia.11 and Omnia.9 audio processors, and the popular Omnia A/XE streaming audio processor / encoder. software. Axia will be showing the two new IP consoles everyone's buzzing about, iQ and Radius. And Linear Acoustic will have their latest audio processing solution for TV, the newly-redesigned AERO.air loudness controller for DTV, AERO.file loudness manager for file-based audio, and the AERO.calm coded audio loudness manager. It's going to be a great show! |
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Tech Tip of the Month
 Troubleshooting Zephyr codec connection lock issues
From the Tech Tip grab bag: "My Zephyr appears to connect to the Zephyr at the other end, but the codec doesn't lock. Whats happening? How do I fix this?"
Telos Support Swami Ted Alexander explains "You can start by checking both Zephyrs in ISDN loopback mode. If you can lock to yourself in loopback mode, the great likelyhood is that the difficulty is external to the Zephyr, and probably in the ISDN lines. Some customers have been experiencing inability to lock at 64 kHz bitrates, but are able to lock at 56 kHz. Within the past year or two, some telephone providers have discontinued support for 64 kHz service, so try 56 kHz instead and see if you achieve lock. You can also try connecting, and then selecting the G.722 codec. G.722 is a lower speed codec and occasionally locks when the higher speed codecs will not.
"There could also be a problem with the long distance carrier handling data calls. Remember, all Zephyr codec calls are data mode calls and the ISDN provider needs to provision the ISDN lines for data transmission. So, if you can lock the Zephyr to itself in loopback mode, but not over the ISDN connection, then the next call should be to the ISDN local carrier and/or long distance carrier. The instructions for ordering the proper provisioning of ISDN lines for Zephyrs can be found toward the back of the user manual."
Got a tech tip to share or a question you'd like answered? Email us - if we use it in eNews, we'll send you a free copy of Omnia A/XE desktop audio processing software for Windows. Don't forget to include your mailing address when you write.
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Tech Updates
New manuals and software for your downloading pleasure
- Telos Z/IP ONE manual v1.1 - download >>
- Telos VX manual v1.02 - download >>
- Telos Assistant Producer v1.18h for ONE-x-Six, 1A2 and Direct Interface Module systems - download >>
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Discrepancy Sheet
Goodbye, winged wonders
 If you can remember seeing grainy video of John Glenn in orbit, seeing Alan Sheppard hit a golf ball on Fra Mauro, or watching the Enterprise running low-orbit flight tests in the summer of '77, you are likely saddened -- as we are -- by the conclusion of NASA's space shuttle program. Ars Technica has assembled a wonderful retrospective on the Shuttle's 30-year mission, with all its triumphs and sadness laid out to see. You can read it here. We thank the crews and technicians that made these inspirational endeavors reality; as President Reagan said to the Columbia crew at the completion of the first Shuttle mission in 1981, "Through you, we feel as giants, once again."
Until next time, stay well!
Clark Novak
with Denny Sanders & Angi Roberson
for Axia, Telos & Omnia
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