Michael Thielen

3 weeks ago | redtech.pro | Daryl Ilbury |Michael Thielen

At the 2025 NAB Show, CGI will highlight its latest innovations in radio production and newsroom workflow integration, focusing on its dira and OpenMedia platforms. The company will also demonstrate how these tools connect with leading partner technologies to streamline operations across radio and broadcast environments. A key feature at CGI’s booth will be dira Dimension, the sixth generation of the company’s professional radio production suite.

Dec 2, 2024 | redtech.pro | Kevin Hilton |Graham Dixon |Michael Thielen

LONDON — This year’s Radio TechCon, the annual conference for the United Kingdom’s radio engineers and technologists, took place on Monday, Nov. 25, at the Savoy Place headquarters of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in London. Sessions covered a wide range of subjects, from traditional technology and the move towards new media to more social issues such as modern slavery and gender bias in speech-to-text systems.

Nov 19, 2024 | redtech.pro | Brett Moss |Daryl Ilbury |Michael Thielen

Earlier this month Finnish multimedia company Sanoma worked with AI specialist Radio.Cloud to add an AI-produced and voiced 3–7 p.m. segment to its national station Radio Loop. The voice, called Anni, was modeled on Satu Kotonen, who airs on another Sanoma property, HitMix. For her part, Kotonen said, “My vision of a good radio voice is authenticity, clarity, and presence. The voice material comes from broadcasts I have done on HitMix, which means real situations and energy.

Nov 14, 2024 | redtech.pro | Brett Moss |Daryl Ilbury |Michael Thielen

The technology whizzes at Super Hi-Fi have announced that they’ve installed their Program Director, “the world’s first AI-powered operating system” for radio stations, according to them, to literally run the station at Beasley Media’s 50 kW WPBB(FM) in Tampa, Fla. A release provided some details, “With this new operational model, human talent continues to program the music and host all personalities, ensuring the station retains its authentic touch.

Nov 13, 2024 | redtech.pro | Daryl Ilbury |Michael Thielen |Brett Moss

AI-powered creative audio studio Wondercraft has partnered with audio management platform Frequency to enable brands and media publishers to produce and deploy personalized audio ad campaigns at scale. The collaboration introduces Variations, a new feature within Wondercraft’s creative suite, designed to automate ad personalization based on audience data.