Replacing Hard-to-Fit Electrolytics in Video Monitors (…or anywhere)
We had an off-brand flat-screen monitor in our station that quit working after blowing five electrolytics. After inspection of the motherboard, it was …
Written by Scott Todd on . Posted in Solutions & Tech Tips.
We had an off-brand flat-screen monitor in our station that quit working after blowing five electrolytics. After inspection of the motherboard, it was …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in Solutions & Tech Tips.
Here is an adjustment procedure for Harris motorized (not solenoid operated) AM RF contactors. From time to time there are reports about these …
Written by Chris Tarr on . Posted in IT Administration.
We live in a mobile society. In fact, radio has always prided itself in its mobility, from “News Cruisers” to play-by-play, radio has …
Written by Curt Flick on . Posted in IT Administration.
[July 2010] The first two words in computers must be “user” and “password.” Back in the early days of computing, the main use …
Written by Dee McVicker on . Posted in Transmitters.
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. It is hard to think of another time in radio history when an affordable, …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in Management & Operations.
As the costs of power continue to increase, there are efforts on many fronts to make the transmitter plant more efficient. Just moving …
Written by James Walker on . Posted in Op Ed and Letters.
I, too, take care of some smaller local stations. The most successful of them is a small town AM with only …
Written by Drey Blevins on . Posted in Broadcast Software Solutions.
Across the country, radio stations are buckling down and cutting costs. Everything from office supplies to staff to software is being reduced or …
Written by Mark Shander on . Posted in Broadcast Software Solutions.
[June 2010] In years past, all you had to do to draw a crowd at a remote broadcast was to show up at …
Written by Barry Mishkind on . Posted in In the Trenches.
How to treat listeners properly:
Glen Kippel: “We don’t have voicemail at KWXY, so when people ask me to put them through …