DIGITAL RADIO UPDATE A Penton Media Publication February 3, 2010 To view this on the Web go to http://enews.penton.com/enews/beradio/v/717 ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT (http://www.wheatstone.com/wnip.html) ---------------------------------------- NEWS --Commercial Radio Australia's Warner to Receive ABU Honor An ABU press release points to Warner's leadership in bringing Australian commercial and public broadcasters together for a coordinated industry-wide rollout of DAB+, and to her successful lobby for and management of Band III spectrum allocated by government authorities. To view the full article go to: http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/joan-warner-abu-honor-0203/ TECHNOLOGY/APPLICATIONS --The coming of HD Radio to WKSU WKSU had a major decision to make: Either add 5,000 square feet onto the broadcast center building or complete the installation of IBOC technology at its non-IBOC stations and further enhance the network with the implementation of multicast channel and program-associated data capabilities for each station. To view the full article go to: http://radiomagonline.com/digital_radio/hd_radio/radio_wksu_hdradio ---------------------------------------- ADVERTISEMENT The new iMediaTouch V4 software is here. Featuring an enhanced graphical user interface, more flexibility and powerful new functionality. Radio Automation has never been this effortless. 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