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A broadcast engineer's podcast on how radio really works — the signal chain, the gear, the industry that built him, and the AM/FM radio he got as a kid that started it all.
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Diesel prices don't just hit truckers, they hit your cell and radio signals
Diesel prices are all over the news right now, but everyone's talking about it like it's just a trucking story. It's not. I'm a broadcast engineer, and I'm here to tell you diesel is the thing keeping radio transmitters and cell sites alive when the power goes out, and right now that backup power…
The FCC’s New Cybersecurity Rules: It’s Time to Audit Your Airchain
The FCC’s new cybersecurity rules take effect September 29. Broadcasters need to look beyond the EAS box and verify passwords, firmware, remote access, and anything that can affect the airchain.
EP 43 10:04
Why the whole country is about to hear that emergency alert tone at once
On November 17th, every radio and TV station in the country is going to interrupt whatever you're doing with that awful screeching tone. I'm breaking down what that nationwide Emergency Alert System test actually is, how a warning message travels from a federal agency all the way to your car radio…
EP 42 23:42
Radio can't out-Spotify Spotify, so stop trying
Radio keeps trying to beat Spotify at being Spotify, and it's losing, because that was never a fight it could win. I lay out why the actual advantage terrestrial radio has always had isn't the music or the transmitter, it's the human relationship, and why chasing efficiency has quietly stripped…
EP 41 38:00
Fiber powered is a lie: how ISPs sell you coax and call it glass
There's a box on my basement wall where light turns into internet, and most people paying for "fiber" don't have anything close to it. I break down the term "fiber powered," why Spectrum is selling coax as if it's the real thing, and how the FTTH, FTTN, FTTC alphabet soup exists to hide exactly…
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