Zack Zalon is the CEO of Super Hi-Fi, a Los Angeles-based company dedicated to transforming the radio industry. Super Hi-Fi’s tool set is an AI-powered platform of automated capabilities that improves the economics of the radio business by changing the process of building and managing world-class radio stations.
Zack’s presentation will demonstrate a new paradigm for building and delivering music-based radio stations.
Join us Tuesday, November 12th, at 11:30 AM PST. Register using this Zoom link. Organized by Los Angeles Chapter 47.
The evolution of audio transport over IP has been long, and some might argue, painful march. Fortunately, we’ve experienced advances in bandwidth, efficiency and fidelity with better codecs, tenacious reconnection schemes, and clever error correction protocols.
Tony Gervasi of GatesAir
Tony Gervasi of GatesAir will discuss the latest generation Intraplex IPL and Ascent products, which he promises “isn’t your normal codec and transport system.” What can they do for you? He’ll give an overview with best practices and several use cases.
Tony’s background includes more than 30 years of experience in the broadcast industry, including 20 years as Sr. VP of Engineering & Technology for Nassau Broadcasting, where he bought his first Intraplex STL T1 system in 1996. During his tenure at Nassau, he relied on Intraplex products to provide audio and data transport for over 100 radio stations in 15 markets, including Boston and Philadelphia.
In April 2018, Tony joined the GatesAir family as the sales manager for Intraplex.
It’s quite possible that in the 21st century, you came to your broadcast engineering job through the IT portal, responding to workstation issues, configuring routers, and setting up streaming devices. That’s okay, but you could be missing out on all the radio frequency fun and opportunity for career growth.
We’re offering a free introduction to the spectrum analyzer, that device that gives you a graphical window into the world of radio frequency transmission. I first learned spectrum analysis on a Tektronix 7L12 in 1979 (variable persistence—ooh!) and will demonstrate the principles of setting up bandwidth and amplitude to measure real-world signals. We’ll have on-hand several makes and models of spectrum analyzers to play with—hobbyist-level TinySA, pro field RF Explorer, and lab-grade Rigol and HP—and their owners to help you navigate the controls. No excuse to miss this opportunity to learn!
Regardless of whether you’re an SBE member or have experience with RF, please join us on Tuesday, September 17, at 6:00 PM at iHeartMedia, 9660 Granite Ridge Drive, San Diego. We’ll have pizza to share. This is a perfect opportunity to dip your toes into the RF world.
We have a TinySA to give away as a door prize for a lucky participant.
SBE Chapter 36 will hold an informal social meeting at the San Diego iHeartMedia studios at 9660 Granite Ridge Drive on Wednesday, July 17, at 12 noon. Pizza and soft drinks provided.
SBE Chapter 36 had its June 19, 2024 meeting at the KGB-AM (formerly KFMB-AM) transmitter site at the Santee border along highway CA-52. The meeting was timed to catch progress adding KOGO 600 to the site. Here are several photos of the progress. All photos by Gary Stigall.
