Philipp Schmid on Virtualization

“Our goal is to come up with a transmitter design where essentially you just have an Ethernet jack and it takes care of everything. Really simplify the transmitter site. That’s where we want to get to.” Read more in the new Radio World ebook.

Today’s Top Insight 10/6/20

AM Revitalization: “A Big Success Story”

Radio World talked with Al Shuldiner, chief of the FCC’s Audio Division, about the commission’s stance on AM revitalization and what’s next in the proceeding.

News & Technology 

The FCC Will Vote This Month on All-Digital AM

Pai signals pending action to allow a voluntary migration.

NAB’s Diversity Survey Seeks Owner/GM Input

An online poll from the NAB Leadership Foundation asks U.S. radio and TV station execs about equity and inclusion.

WorldDAB Highlights Its Advances

“Now firmly established as the core future platform for radio in Europe.”

Systems Contractor News and AVNation Launch AV Network Nation Event

December 10 Virtual Event to focus on tech topics and new technologies for the AV Community.

Workbench

How Michael Bolton Can Be 300 Times Worse

At what point in a series of repeated compressions does music become unlistenable?

Around the Industry

Pay-for-Play Was Banned From Radio — But … (Rolling Stone) 

Recently acquired text messages indicate it might still be a practice for some.

Vanderbilt Radio Stations Alter Operations in the Wake of COVID-19 (Vanderbilt Hustler)

Transition to home- and dorm-based personnel provides challenges.

Glenn Colligan: 55 Years of Passion for Radio in Connecticut (Journal Inquirer)

If radio listeners wanted to learn about the history of Hartford-area radio during the past 55 years, they only need to examine the resume of Glenn Colligan.

How Chicago Pioneered Remote Learning During an Epidemic — via Radio in 1937 (Sun-Times)

COVID-19 isn’t the first run at remote learning.

Calendar of Events

OCTOBER

The Next BestThing: A Media Tour, various dates and locations in October–November

Radio Show Radio Week, Oct. 5–9

Radio Mercury Awards, [Changed to Virtual Event] Oct. 6

IEEE BTS Pulse, Oct. 6–8 

WBA Broadcasters Clinic, [Changed to Virtual Event] Oct. 13–15, Madison, Wis.

ABA Engineering Seminar, Oct. 20 

Podcast Day Online by Radiodays Europe, [Changed to Virtual Event] Oct. 26

CABSAT, [Changed to Virtual Event and Postponed to Nov. 9–10] Oct. 26–28

National Student Electronic Media Convention, Oct. 28–30

For more events see Radio World’s Calendar.