I remember hearing that live back then.
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KCBS Tech Trouble
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Losing power is a tough one if you don't have a backup generator or plan for one.
As for the weird CBS audio. I bet CBS is the backup feed. But when Audacy took over distribution they may have not reprogramed the receiver at the transmitter. That's my guess.
Was Alice just playing music and station imaging, ID's. Its alot easier to keep a music station on the air from a thumb drive than News Talk. Are you sure they were live?
I do have a plan if the core switch for the AOIP goes down. I can make what I need run off a 12 port switch that sits above the core. Thats one reason its there. I know what I have move around to have automation. satellites and the station virtual mixer.
This does bring up a good topic to start in the Engineering forum, Backup program audio. With streaming on the rise it's also important to feed that too as well as the transmitters..
As for the weird CBS audio. I bet CBS is the backup feed. But when Audacy took over distribution they may have not reprogramed the receiver at the transmitter. That's my guess.
Was Alice just playing music and station imaging, ID's. Its alot easier to keep a music station on the air from a thumb drive than News Talk. Are you sure they were live?
I do have a plan if the core switch for the AOIP goes down. I can make what I need run off a 12 port switch that sits above the core. Thats one reason its there. I know what I have move around to have automation. satellites and the station virtual mixer.
This does bring up a good topic to start in the Engineering forum, Backup program audio. With streaming on the rise it's also important to feed that too as well as the transmitters..
I am not. I'm 120 miles from San Francisco. 97.3 is the only FM in the cluster that's receivable here. I checked to see if they were playing music. They might have been in their backup protocol.
There is a big event for Live 105 at the California Historical Radio Society Friday night. I know at least one friend who'll be asking what exactly happened down there, and if I learn anything, I'll share it here.
I see that Live 105 is being honored as "BARHOF Legendary Station Of The Year". I would say they deserve that. Do you know if Alex Bennett will be there? You can't honor Live 105 without him.
Alex will be there. In fact, the event was specifically scheduled for a date when Alex would be in San Francisco.
Live 105 Legendary Station - California Historical Radio Society
The Bay Area Radio Museum and Hall of Fame (BARHOF) just announced that Audacy’s Live 105 (KITS FM) in San Francisco has been named Legendary Station of the
californiahistoricalradio.com
This is when I really wish this recognition had happened a few years earlier, when Alameda was just a half-hour drive away for me. The person I really would have wanted to meet was Steve Masters, who came across like a happy screw-up but really, really knew what he was doing.
Insert sad-face cliché.
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And if, as reported, the problem was construction, there's no guarantee that you will get your feed from shore power or the genny.
The generator power has to come in from outdoors somehow, and there's a fair chance it runs in a cable bundle adjacent to the incoming utility power. Or indeed, the transfer switch could be at the generator, and the same wires feed the breaker panel whether using utility power and genny power.
Keep in mind that all utilities in that area are underground.
This is unfortunate there was lots of redundancy and DR built in to the Audacy transmitter systems. KCBS AM has a full news room and studio. The others have mirrored WO playout systems at the transmitter site. It appears only KLLC up on Mt Beacon when on the air
. All the sites had remote capability via the internet and a backup at the 101 California microwave site. KCBS AM has a intraplex IP100 that can take a feed from any number of DR sites including LA and there’s a Telos Opus that you can connect to from a field pack. The problem may have stemmed from connecting and operating the remote control via the dial up or internet. There’s a Burk at 101 Cal that has a Lan Link to each site via their microwave feed.
. All the sites had remote capability via the internet and a backup at the 101 California microwave site. KCBS AM has a intraplex IP100 that can take a feed from any number of DR sites including LA and there’s a Telos Opus that you can connect to from a field pack. The problem may have stemmed from connecting and operating the remote control via the dial up or internet. There’s a Burk at 101 Cal that has a Lan Link to each site via their microwave feed.