Tech Roundup

Since fall 2021, the nation of Switzerland has been dealing with a slightly more eye-popping scenario for radio listeners than the loss of AM radio access in the car: the silence by law of FM radio stations. Now, the Swiss Broadcasting Corp. is moving ahead with a full shut-down of its MHz-based signals.

Unveiled at the 2024 NAB Show, Forza FM is the newest Omnia software processor. Like Forza HDS for HD, DAB, and streaming audio, Forza FM employs a five-band architecture, but its wideband and multiband processing stages have been optimized to meet the unique demands of FM radio.

Audio analytics and research tech company Veritonic has added new benchmarks within its Brand Lift measurement product the company says are designed to give both advertisers and agencies "a comprehensive view" of their campaign performance.

Oscar C. Hirsch, who brought radio to the Cape Girardeau, Mo.-Paducah, Ky. market in 1925, brought its then-sibling TV station to life on October 3, 1954. Now owned by Gray Television, a UHF upgrade was approved in 2021 by the FCC. More time is needed to build out the new facility.

She joined Dielectric in March 1986 and holds the title of Regional Sales Manager. On July 1, she'll be retiring from the role, ending a 38-year tenure at the company and concluding a 49-year career.

Tuesday proved to be a big day for the PBS Member station serving the Quad Cities of Iowa and Illinois, as a new master control rack was installed, bringing a "significant upgrade" to the Western Illinois University TV facility.

"Listen to any text on the go with the highest quality voices." That's the promise being offered by ElevenLabs as it is turning heads with a new Reader App that could make Alexa or Siri as quaint as a compact disc player.

The collaboration brings artificial intelligence capabilities to the Akta video platform with no code, and Akta says its customers can now leverage advanced AI to automatically enrich video metadata, extract accurate closed captions, and enhance monetization of the content.

Access is granted to the AI-powered spec spot creator for all 59 owned and operated radio stations in Augusta, Ga.; Boston; Charlotte; Detroit; Fayetteville, N.C.; Fort Myers-Naples; Las Vegas; Philadelphia; and Tampa-St. Petersburg.

It describes itself as a generative AI-powered company that "helps your news team get more done, faster," by generating artificial news anchors for an AM or FM based on a local news source of a station's choosing. The company has just been acquired by a broadcast radio technology company.

A "refreshed portfolio" means Shure's WL18Xm line delivers enhanced specifications for optimal compatibility with modern wireless systems and is specifically designed for speech and presentation applications in corporate environments, which may be of use for radio and television broadcasters.

ALP-AES67 integrates Ravenna and has SMPTE ST-2110 compliance and was developed using Digigram’s hardware platform. ALP-AES67 boasts a fanless design, and a PCIe card supporting 64 playback channels and 64 recording channels.

Thomson Broadcast-owned GatesAir has brought to life an enhanced managed services program that is designed to address what the company calls "the urgent need" for skilled RF resources and services in the global broadcast industry.

For privately held Dick Broadcasting Co., which owns stations Greensboro-Winston Salem and Greenville-New Bern, N.C.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; and Midway-Savannah, Ga., shifting to ad insertion services offered by a streaming technology pioneer has paid off.

Audio-visual tech company Kramer has completed its acquisition of Ashton Bentley, a UK-based provider of collaboration spaces. This acquisition is being called "a pivotal step in Kramer's three-year strategy" to expand its capabilities and offerings in the Unified Communication and Collaboration (UCC) domain.