Topics will include HD Radio, the future of media, radio advertising and radio translators.

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Radio broadcast console
A standalone on-air and production console, PR&E Oasis enables radio broadcast operations to convert to digital in their own timeframe. Designed for radio broadcast studios of any size and budget, Oasis is an 8- or 12-channel analog console that offers a clear digital migration path. Although built for the demands of digital studio operations, the design avoids reliance on PC engines and assemblies to ensure reliable and consistent on-air and production operations.

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Recording app
Ipush is the latest mobile application for Nex Gen Digital; it records one or more news reports or remote inserts and sends them to Nex Gen Digital via an integrated version of WANcasting. The audio then lands into the system for playback on the air. With RCS iPush, users can leave bulky recording equipment at the studio and still capture events. Ipush works with an iPhone or second generation or newer iPod Touch.

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IP audio codec
The Worldcast Equinox enables delivery of bidirectional stereo over IP and ISDN links. Noteworthy features include automatic back-up from IP to ISDN, support for SIP/SDP and interoperability with other manufacturers' codecs using Layer III bonding. Additional functionality is priced as optional add-ons, ensuring that the user pays for only those features that are most important to them.

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The Radio-Ready Cell Phone Showcase will highlight existing phones with FM receivers as well as information about adding it to existing phones.

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Instant remote reboot
The WebSwitch is a solution for instant remote reboot or remote control over the Internet. It offers two power outlets, which can be independently controlled using a Web browser or Web-enabled mobile device. It is completely self-contained and includes a built-in Web server and internal power supply. It is simple to set up and can be configured in minutes using its built-in configuration Web pages.

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Vector Power Enhancement
As a way to improve transmitter efficiency and provide increased output for elevated HD Radio sideband power levels, VPE technology combines a crest factor reduction scheme and real-time distortion pre-correction to yield up to a 7 percent transmitter efficiency and 30 percent output power. This allows BE FMi tube and solid-state transmitters for HD Radio to achieve optimum linear performance, thereby reducing hardware cost, heat loss and overall cost of HD Radio adoption at higher -14dBc or -10dBc injection levels.

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Emergency messaging platform
DASDEC-II leverages common information exchange protocols and offers a broad range of physical connections and third-party interfaces. Any standard Web-browser on a PC, Mac or smartphone can be used to view, change or activate DASDEC functions. With its optional three internal receivers, it can monitor any standard AM/FM/WX frequency, on any individual receiver with band selection, tuning, level adjustment and even live audio monitoring over the network. EAS alert details are presented on an integrated NTSC character generator screen, or connect the DASDEC to a wide range of other third-party CGs for crawling text overlays or automation control.

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8 a.m. - 9 a.m.
Breakfast in the Marketplace

9 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
Ask the Experts: Creative Audio Processing
Talk with the experts about audio processing experiences and learn what they recommend. Moderator: Dom Bordonaro, Cox Radio. Panelists: Glen Clark, Gaintenna; Frank Foti, Omnia Audio; Jeff Keith, Vorsis/Wheatstone; James Loupas, James Loupas Associates; Greg Ogonowski, Orban/CRL Systems

10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Ask the Experts: The AM Antenna Modeling Gurus
Get advice and guidance on what software is best, the potential pitfalls of do-it-yourself modeling and what you need to know to comply with FCC requirements. Moderator: Cris Alexander, Crawford Broadcasting. Panelists: Benjamin Dawson, Hatfield and Dawson; Tom Jones, Carl T. Jones; Ronald Rackley, du Treil, Lundin and Rackley; John Warner, Clear Channel Radio

Noon- 1:30 p.m.
Radio Luncheon
Charles Warfield is the 2010 National Radio Award recipient, WSTW-FM’s Graffiti Radio is the HD Multicast Award winner, and Christiane Amanpour leads a newsmaker interview.

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iQ telco gateway
The Telos iQ6 telco gateway adds a multi-line broadcast phone system to Axia's iQ broadcast console with one cable connection. Telos iQ6 isn't a standalone hybrid; it's a phone interface that plugs into a Livewire network. iQ6 works directly with any Axia iQ console equipped with the Telco Expansion Frame, which adds six faders plus two hybrid controls with Status Symbols to the iQ main frame. Once connected to the iQ Core, iQ6 sends its six lines of caller audio, hybrid control and mix-minus audio to the network on a single CAT-5 cable. A built-in Web server enables easy administration via Web browser from anywhere in the facility.

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Paperless production order system
This is a Web-based paperless production order system designed to help expedite the production process and streamline communication between a station's sales, traffic and production departments. Account executives submit production orders or schedule traffic changes from any Internet-ready computer or Internet-capable mobile phone. Traffic and production departments receive all requests simultaneously so orders do not bottleneck and all work and communication is time stamped for accountability.

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Bond, founder of the Kirshenbaum and Bond agency in New York City, will keynote the Advertiser Luncheon on Sept. 30, 2010, in Washington, DC.

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Once you're in Washington and you discover you need something, this list might help.

Mail/Shipping
Post Office
1400 L. St. NW #2 or 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

UPS Store
1220 L. St. NW #100

Hardware
Ace Hardware
1055 5th St. NW

Fragers Hardware
1115 Pennsylvania Ave. SE

Drug Stores
CVS
717 14th St. NW

Sterling Drugs
1250 H St. NW

Office Supplies/Copies
Reliable Copy Service
555 12th St. NW #P300

Staples
1250 H St. NW Ste 100

Miller Copying Service
1123 7th St. NW

Software
Providing simple audio routing of source to destination and low overhead on the PC, the WheatNet-IP Scheduler allows users of the WheatNet-IP networked audio system to control connections in the system based on time of day. Users can create custom schedules in advance, scheduling crosspoint changes and firing salvos. It can schedule repetitive events or one-shot events, save events to file for off-line editing, and save a map of WheatNet-IP system signals to file for off-line schedule editing or documentation purposes.

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MACXLine rigid transmission line
ERI has designed a 50 ohm version of its 8-3/16" MACXLine rigid transmission line. This large-diameter rigid transmission line is intended for long transmission line runs, where the larger diameter provides for low-power losses from attenuation or for applications where very high peak and average power handling capability is required. MACX850 is particularly suited to large master FM antenna systems that are limited to a single transmission line and for high power AM, SW, and HF applications.

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