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RADIO magazine's Currents Online Weekly E-mail from the Radio Technology Leader July 14, 2008 A Penton Media Publication CONTENTS of this issue New HD Radio Receivers Break $100 Barrier Radio Shack Recalls 13.8Vdc Power Supplies FCC to Host Pandemic Preparedness Summit Media Monitors Obtains Technology Patent APT Opens Brazil Office Arbitron Adds PPM VIP Service Vocalbooth.com, Dave and Dave Provide Working Studio for Voice 2008 Bus Radio Receives Arbitron Verification RadioTime Added to Kodak Theatre HD Player Sales Call Larry Cervon Dies at 86 Foneshow Hires Bourke for Business Development FCC Dateline This Week in Radio History TAB/SBE Convention & Trade Show IBC2008 NAB Radio Show 2008 Free VIP Exhibits Pass for the Radio Show 125th AES SBE22 Broadcast & Technology Expo Wisconsin Broadcast Clinic and SBE National Meeting Find the Mic Winner for June Going to the NAB Radio Show? 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FCC to Host Pandemic Preparedness Summit The Summit will focus on communications and coordination between the health care sector, first responders, government and industry in preparation for a pandemic. ADVERTISEMENT The ASI6585 gives you the best of both worlds: Livewire IP Ethernet connectivity and onboard DSP processing. Plus SSX surround sound, MRX multi-rate mixing, TSX time-shifting, MP3 compression, and full Windows/Linux driver support. Accelerate your audio at www.audioscience.com. Industry Media Monitors Obtains Technology Patent This patent covers the data gathering and research firm's fingerprinting technology. APT Opens Brazil Office APT has seen an increase in business in South America over the last 18 months, which prompted the business decision. Arbitron Adds PPM VIP Service The user-controlled, Web-based, telephone wakeup and reminder service is designed to improve compliance by increasing the day-to-day contacts between the PPM respondents and Arbitron's ongoing panel relations efforts. ADVERTISEMENT Toll Free: 800-732-7665 Local: 301-682-8700 Fax: 301-682-8377 www.bradleybroadcast.com The friendly, personal service of a family-owned business... The technical expertise from decades of experience... All major equipment lines, and at very competitive prices. Business Vocalbooth.com, Dave and Dave Provide Working Studio for Voice 2008 The studio will be available in the Westwood Room of the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel. Bus Radio Receives Arbitron Verification Average Five Minute Audience Delivery (AFMAD) measures the average number of students that can be expected to be listening to Bus Radio during any five-minute segment in a daypart, defined as the entire bus trip to school in the morning or from school in the evening. RadioTime Added to Kodak Theatre HD Player Kodak's relationship with Radio Time grants Kodak users access to an array of contemporary audio programming so users can tune to various radio stations. Sales Call The World Net Milano was recently used to transport audio over ISDN for a rather unique radio advertisement from Outlaw Sound Studios in Hollywood California, to Quiet, Please! Studios, in Milan, Italy. Loudspeaker manufacturer Martin Audio has invested in two Prism Sound Dscope Series III audio analyzers, which are being used to develop new products and test the audio performance of existing products as they pass through the production process. Subcity Radio at the University of Glasgow ordered a Sonifex 25-frame S2 digital I/O analog radio broadcast mixer. Three Roman broadcasters -- CHR Radio Globo, talk station Radio Radio, and sports station Radio Centro Suono Sport -- have chosen Axia Element consoles and routing equipment as the basis for new rebuilds of their studios in Rome. The New York Giants have signed a contract for the Arbitron Portable People Meter (PPM) custom radio ratings services in New York. Logitek Electronic Systems has fulfilled several router and control surface orders throughout the U.S. and internationally. ADVERTISEMENT New from APT! www.aptx.com APT's latest addition to the highly successful WorldCast Audio Codec Series, the WorldCast Horizon HD can transport both your AM / FM audio together with an HD UDP stream and LAN Connect over a T1 link. People Larry Cervon Dies at 86 Larry Cervon is being remembered for his leadership role at Broadcast Electronics and in the industry as a whole. Foneshow Hires Bourke for Business Development Weleskie Bourke joins Foneshow from Green Stone Media, a radio and media network where she served as operations manager for the 24-hour, all-women radio network's New York market. ADVERTISEMENT RAM Broadcast Systems has over 30 years of radio engineering, design and installation experience. Specializing in system integration and custom furniture manufacturing, RAM Broadcast Systems takes the "full-service approach" to meeting your needs. Planning for your new multi-channel IBOC HD radio facility? Need new furniture to modernize your facility, "wow" your clients, and make talent happy? Overdue for a new studio? Integrating future digital gear into your analog facility? RAM Broadcast Systems has the experience and "know how" to make all this happen. Contact RAM Broadcast Systems at 847-487-7575 or email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From the Radio Magazine Calendar FCC Dateline August 1 is the deadline for submission of biennial ownership reports by radio stations in Illinois and Wisconsin. On August 1 radio stations with more than 10 full-time employees located in Illinois and Wisconsin must electronically file their Broadcast EEO Mid-Term Reports (Form 397) with the FCC. Also on or before August 1 radio stations licensed in the following states must place their annual EEO Reports in their public files: California, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin. This Week in Radio History Jul 16, 1961 Leonard Kleinrock publishes concept of packet switching. Jul 17, 1934 FCC adopts Order No. 1 Jul 20, 1897 The Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company is founded in England Jul 20, 1937 Marconi dies ADVERTISEMENT Confused about routers and control surfaces? Router-based console systems can be intimidating -- but they give you amazing flexibility. Logitek can help you sort out your requirements for multicasting, 5.1 operation and more. Visit our website at www.logitekaudio.com. Then, call us toll-free at (800) 231-5870. Conferences and Conventions TAB/SBE Convention & Trade Show Aug 6-8 Austin, TX IBC2008 Sep 11 - 16 Amsterdam NAB Radio Show 2008 Sep 17 - 19 Austin, TX Free VIP Exhibits Pass for the Radio Show Be a guest of Radio magazine and register for a free exhibits-only VIP pass using our code: TX1072. 125th AES Oct 2 - 5 San Francisco SBE22 Broadcast & Technology Expo Oct 7 - 8 Verona, NY Wisconsin Broadcast Clinic and SBE National Meeting Oct 14 - 16 Madison, WI ADVERTISEMENT V-Soft Communications has served the industry with RF communications, broadcast engineering software and engineering consulting for more than 25 years. Find out more why our software and services have become today's standard for professional quality. Click on these links to go directly to our website: AM Groundwave & Skywave Allocation Studies: AM-Pro 2 FM Allocations: FM Commander Predict Radio Frequency Interference: Probe 3 Doug Vernier Telecommunications Consultants More from Radio Magazine Find the Mic Winner for June Congratulations to Rick Perry of Briston, VA. His name was drawn from the correct entries in the June Find the Mic Sweepstakes. The June location eluded many people, but its actual location is in the yellow mic in the Pick Hits logo. The mic icon replaced the screw. You could be the next winner. Look for the hidden mic on the cover of the July issue, which is in your mailbox now. Going to the NAB Radio Show? Radio magazine helps you prepare for the convention with the NAB Radio Update e-mail newsletter. The first issue mails in August, four weeks before the convention. Subscribe now and get ready for Austin. Exhibiting at the convention? Advertising opportunities are available as well. 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