Where You Don’t Want the Sun to Shine
[February 2015] Wiring a studio can involve a lot of wires. Providing easy access to circuits for testing or changing inputs or outputs …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in Richard Haskey's: The Worst I've Ever Seen!.
[February 2015] Wiring a studio can involve a lot of wires. Providing easy access to circuits for testing or changing inputs or outputs …
Written by Dave Dybas on . Posted in Management & Operations.
[February 2015] Every company has a business plan to identify clients and build income from its traditional sources of revenue. Broadcasters are no …
Written by Michael Dudding on . Posted in FCC Rules & Regulations.
[February 2015] Among the reporting requirements imposed on broadcasters are those dealing with the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) rules – 2500 words contained …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in Maintenance Shift.
[January 2015] There are many stresses on the broadcast transmission system, winter weather being but one of them. One critical part that needs …
Written by Kevin Kidd on . Posted in Ground Systems.
[December 2014] Our series on site security comes to an end with this installment from Kevin Kidd. As we publish this, Comex Copper …
Written by Michael Patton on . Posted in Maintenance Shift.
[December 2014] Repairing gear on the workbench has become a bit of a lost art at many stations. The tools to diagnose and …
Written by JoOnna Silberman on . Posted in Site Operations.
[November 2014] It seems rather contradictory: broadcasters install expensive, state-of-the-art equipment, then attach it to a tower reaching hundreds of feet in the …
Written by Gil Gillivan on . Posted in Management & Operations.
[November 2014] Whether you are on the verge of retirement, in danger of being involuntarily retired by a company more interested in profit, …
Written by Cary Tepper on . Posted in FCC Rules & Regulations.
[October 2014] In August, the FCC released a Report and Order on WT Docket 10-88, relating to tower construction, marking and lighting of …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in IT Administration.
Many things can happen to cause broadcast station to go “dark.” Some can be predicted and planned for: power outages, for example. Others …