Radio Currents - April 7th, 2016

Tech & Association News

Q&A: PREC 2016 Preview President Dan Houg tells us what to expect for this year’s Public Radio Engineering Conference. He also reveals the 2016 winner of the APRE Engineering Achievement Award. More» Jelli Targets Advertisers With New Programmatic Platform Limited inital rollout of SpotPlan for Advertisers announced. More»

Digital JukeBox introduces DJB Satellite FM-AM the low cost and ideal software solution for Satellite delivered radio. Check our DJB Satellite Video of a live feed for WHGM-AM taken in studio right off the satellite broadcast. DJB's RADIO SPIDER-II can help stations with automated downloading of hourly programs from ftp, ftps, DropBox Demo downloads are available at our Digital JukeBox Web Store. For more details or a personal Web Demo of DJB Automation Products contact Joe Myers at 702-487-3336 x 406 or joe@djbradio.com

NABEF Honors Arizona Broadcasters Association Reveals Service to America Award 2016 winners. More» Telecommunications Industry Association Dedicates Standard to Jones TIA-322 guidance will be released sometime in 2016. More»

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NAB Announces Results of 2016 Board Elections Those chosen will serve two-year terms on the Radio and Television Boards.More» NRSC Issues MDCL Guidelines Technology offers stations “appreciable” savings on power consumption. More» CTA Ups Three to VP Roles Dickerson will be VP of strategic partnerships and conferences; Savage is VP of membership programs; and Suiters will serve as VP of communications. More»

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From Radio magazine & NewBay Media

America’s Digital Goddess Looks Better Than Ever Many radio stations and networks are adding a video component to their programming, WestStar Talk Radio Network included. More» Read the April issue Get caught up on your reading before you head out to Las Vegas, or read the digital edition as in-flight entertainment. More»

Today in Radio History

April 8, 1948 Ampex delivers first audio tape recorder, the Model 200, to Bing Crosby Enterprises. April 9, 1860 Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville invents the phonautogram to record sound April 10, 1989 Intel intros 486 processor family

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From the Calendar

Public Radio Engineering Conference 2016 April 14-15, Tuscany Suites, Las Vegas Nautel User Group Meeting April 17, Las Vegas NAB Show 2016 April 18-21, 2016, Las Vegas Nautel User Group Meeting April 17, Las Vegas

FM/HD1 Time Alignment problems solved with the JUSTIN 808: "I found it to be very easy to set up and install, but most importantly it gets the job of time and amplitude alignment done perfectly, so the blend is virtually undetectable.' – Paul Shullins, Greater Boston Media." JUSTIN 808 maintains time alignment between analog FM and HD1 channels to within 23 microseconds (±1 sample). The JUSTIN 808 only makes it's time-alignment adjustments to the HD1 channel leaving the critical FM transmission untouched - an important distinction when choosing a time-alignment processor. See Video