Paul McLane

2 weeks ago | radioworld.com | Paul McLane

Audacy is saluting the work of its stations KMOX(AM/FM) in covering last week’s huge tornado in St. Louis. The tornado took at least five lives in the city and damaged thousands of properties. Kyle HammerPart of its story is how the engineering department got the FM signal back on the air after the station was knocked off. Chief Engineer Kyle Hammer has only been working at the cluster for a few months, after moving from Minnesota.

3 weeks ago | radioworld.com | Paul McLane

A current Radio World ebook explores trends in the development of consoles and mixers. Johan Boqvist’s title at Lawo is “product evangelist, audio infrastructure.” He is part of its product management team for audio products and solutions and has experience at Swedish Radio, the Audio Engineering Society and the European Broadcasting Union. Radio World: What do you consider to be the most important trend in console design.

3 weeks ago | radioworld.com | Paul McLane

Conservative Groups Push Carr to Lift Ownership Caps Broadcasters could “better achieve the scale and efficiencies necessary to compete” Approximately 20 conservative groups have written to the FCC urging repeal of its media ownership regulations.

3 weeks ago | radioworld.com | Paul McLane

With the spring NAB Show in the books, organizers are already looking ahead to next year’s event. An important change is in the works. Approximately 100 radio and TV technology exhibitors will be brought together in a dedicated area of the show floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center, called the TV & Radio Headquarters, just inside a new front entrance to the freshly renovated Central Hall.

1 month ago | radioworld.com | Paul McLane

Progressive Concepts of Streamwood, Ill., has introduced a new circularly polarized, broadband FM antenna called the Zyclone. We asked company founder Eric Hoppe about it. This interview is part of our “Supply Side” series. Radio World: There are antennas on the market in this niche. What sets this one apart from those? Eric Hoppe: This model is made of high-grade stainless steel and has a very flat frequency response all the way across the FM broadcast band.