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Studio at Houston Public Media’s KUHF. A Sunday morning session in the NAB Show’s Broadcast Engineering & IT Conference will discuss “Successfully Launching Compelling Visual Radio Automation.” It will be by Fritz Golman, director of video systems and automation for RadioDNA. Radio World: It feels like video has been part of radio operations for a while now. What will you talk about? Fritz Golman: I’ll be presenting how we’ve successfully implemented a number of visual radio automation platforms. These case studies will highlight two projects of note, Houston Public Media’s KUHF, with two of their live flagship shows “Hello Houston” and “Houston Matters,” as well as Good Karma Brand’s WVMP/ESPN Radio Chicago and their 12-hour live broadcast day programming. Fritz Golman In this day of declining traditional listenership, not only alternative channels (EG, streaming) but enhanced presentation methods are needed to maintain and grow audience numbers — and of even more critical importance, especially for public radio, new opportunities for generating revenue. RW: What would a typical station’s visual radio system consist of in 2026? Golman: Although there is a temptation to utilize the least expensive components like low-cost webcams, the limitations they impose will be realized as soon as the operators of such systems when they want to “take it up a notch” with more sophisticated presentations. Thus we only specify IP video systems using NDI and audio over IP, such as WheatNet, LiveWire or Dante. As these run on conventional network wiring, we eliminate the additional complexity of coax-based SDI cameras and dedicated digital video connections like HDMI. The small additional upfront costs of these platforms yield long-term benefits of flexibility and interoperability. Then we integrate with a typical playout system like WideOrbit, RCS NexGen or RCS Zetta. RW: Can you give examples of best practices? Golman: Don’t scrimp on network wiring or backbone. The tiny additional cost of Cat-6 versus Cat-5 wiring can make a huge difference in the near future. Pull another wire or two more than what is needed at the time, you’ll find that will come into play sooner or later. Don’t be tempted to use hardware video switchers. They are limited in capability and locked into that configuration permanently. Be willing to learn about the visual medium and collaborate with others, potentially from disciplines outside of one’s facility, to get the “look” that will attract and keep viewers. The video network configuration at… [TheTopNews] Read More.39 mins ago - Barix Extends Transport Options for Multi-Engine IP Encoder
Multicoder M400 Barix will unveil its latest Instreamer and Exstreamer devices for AoIP transport at the upcoming NAB Show. The manufacturer is highlighting flexible configurations for its MultiCoder M400 and LX400 FLEXA codecs and its Reflector Evo cloud transport platform. New for the NAB Show, Barix has added SRT and RIST support to the MultiCoder M400. The IP encoder can send audio streams to receive points in four formats, a feature intended for broadcast headends, media production centers and remote service providers. The update follows the addition of SRT transport to LX400 codecs, which are designed for radio stations. The LX400 can be configured as either an encoder or decoder for use over traditional studio-to-transmitter IP connections, point-to-point SRT paths or multi-point enterprise Reflector Evo cloud networks. The M400 integrates four internal encoding engines capable of simultaneous operation, each supporting low-latency RTP, BRTP, SRT and RIST protocols, Barix said. The hardware allows users to encode incoming analog audio into OPUS, AAC+, PCM and 320KB mp3. It can send multiple audio streams to receiving devices while maintaining quality on RTP, SRT or RIST. The M400’s CPU capacity provides a foundation for ongoing customization and new applications, the company said. Like the LX400, it uses a Linux-based platform to provide security features, including HTTPS for device setup. The LX400 codec includes features native to the Barix product line, including multiple contact closures, relays and a USB port for direct playout. It also offers end-to-end delay control for RTP streaming and stream redundancy modes for uninterrupted broadcasting. The device can be used in a standard STL configuration or within the Reflector EVO service. The latter, offered through partner StreamGuys, provides full-duplex audio contribution and distribution in the cloud for enterprise broadcast applications. NAB Show Booth: N1561 [Do you receive the Radio World SmartBrief newsletter each weekday morning? We invite you to sign up here.] The post Barix Extends Transport Options for Multi-Engine IP Encoder appeared first on Radio World. [TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Top 10 Podcasts That Replaced What Urban Radio Used to Do
Urban radio at its best served functions that went well beyond playing music. It was a community bulletin board, a platform for cultural debate, a showcase for local talent, a source of breaking news relevant to the urban community, and a space where the texture of daily Black life was reflected back to its audience with intimacy and specificity. As urban radio’s consolidation reduced its localism and podcasting emerged as a viable alternative, a generation of creators built shows that served these same functions in new formats. These are ten podcasts that have taken on roles that urban radio once owned exclusively. 1. The Breakfast Club Podcast The Breakfast Club’s podcast distribution gave the most influential hip hop interview platform in radio history an on-demand presence that reached audiences who were not regular radio listeners. The podcast format allowed full, unedited interviews that could run significantly longer than the broadcast format permitted, creating a more substantive listening experience for engaged fans. 2. Drink Champs Drink Champs replaced the extended artist interview that urban radio’s format constraints made impossible. In a relaxed, unscripted environment, the show produced conversations with hip hop legends that provided historical depth and personal candor that broadcast radio could not accommodate. Its role as a hip hop oral history project is as significant as its entertainment value. 3. Earn Your Leisure Earn Your Leisure replaced the financial and entrepreneurship content that urban radio rarely provided in systematic, accessible form. By making business education entertaining and culturally relevant, the show served a need that the urban community had that broadcast radio was not meeting, demonstrating that the audience for substantive financial content exists at enormous scale when the presentation is right. 4. Club Shay Shay Shannon Sharpe’s show replaced the wide-ranging, celebrity-focused conversation format that urban radio’s best talk programming delivered, but with the depth and candor that only an on-demand format with no time constraints and no advertiser sensitivities can accommodate. The show’s ability to generate news-making moments from its conversations demonstrates that the cultural power of the long-form interview has not diminished. 5. 85 South Show The 85 South Show replaced the comedy content that urban radio morning shows delivered through skits, listener call-ins, and personality-driven humor. The show’s roots in Southern comedy culture, its audience participation elements, and its eventual expansion into live touring demonstrated that the… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Trump Warns Iran Any Ships That Attempt to Violate Blockade Will Be ‘ELIMINATE...
(AP Photo/Matt Rourke) President Donald Trump threatened to blow up any Iranian ships attempting to violate his newly imposed blockade on Monday morning, with the commander in chief saying any boats that try it will be “ELIMINATED” in the same way his administration attacked suspected drug-running boats from South America. The president shared the grim warning in a post on Truth Social. It came 23 minutes after his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz went into effect at 10:00 a.m. ET. “Iran’s Navy is laying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated – 158 ships. What we have not hit are their small number of, what they call, ‘fast attack ships,’ because we did not consider them much of a threat,” Trump posted. “Warning: If any of these ships come anywhere close to our BLOCKADE, they will be immediately ELIMINATED, using the same system of kill that we use against the drug dealers on boats at Sea.” He continued, “It is quick and brutal. P.S. 98.2% of Drugs coming into the U.S. by Ocean or Sea have STOPPED! Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Trump’s post comes the morning after he announced the blockade. His decision followed Vice President JD Vance heading to Pakistan for a marathon negotiating session with Iranian leaders in Pakistan; Vance became the highest-ranking U.S. politician to speak face-to-face with Iranian leaders since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, but the two sides failed to reach a deal. The vice president said the American delegation — which also included special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner — were “quite flexible” in what they were willing to do to get a deal done in Pakistan, but the Iranians did not bring the same mentality. He said the Trump administration was looking for an “affirmative commitment” that Iran would not seek a nuclear weapon. That didn’t happen, and the president announced his blockade shortly after. Trump’s threat that Iranian boats will suffer the same fate as suspected drug-running boats comes after the U.S. military has struck dozens of Latin American vessels since last fall.The post Trump Warns Iran Any Ships That Attempt to Violate Blockade Will Be ‘ELIMINATED’ — Just Like South American Drug Boats first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - CNN’s Harry Enten Muses Trump May Be ‘Jealous’ of Pope’s Approval as Pre...
CNN’s data guru Harry Enten mused on Monday that President Donald Trump may be “jealous” of Pope Leo XIV’s approval rating among Americans, who have clearly picked a side in the two leaders’ war of words over immigration and Iran. Trump went on a Truth Social tirade against the pontiff Sunday night, calling him “weak” and making it abundantly clear that he didn’t appreciate the criticisms of his policies. The Pope fired back that he had “no fear” of the Trump administration, and will continue to speak out for peace. “You know, maybe President Trump is jealous of Pope Leo XIV because it is a blowout! It is a blowout!” Enten repeated about Americans throwing their support behind the Pontiff. “And this is just the American public at large, John,” Enten told CNN News Central host John Berman. “Look at this. It is a blowout on the net popularity rating. Pope Leo XIV at plus-34. Look at where Donald Trump is — at minus-12! It’s not even close. It’s a nearly 50-point blowout amongst the American public at large. Pope Leo XIV absolutely crushing President Trump when it comes to how popular they are, at least as of the last month. And I will note that Pope Leo was the most popular person tested by NBC News.” Enten added, “I believe the president is making a humongous mistake going after the most popular guy in America, at least well-known guy.” “How about among American Catholics?” Berman asked. “President Trump is struggling with American Catholics,” Enten declared. “Look at this. Maybe this is part of the reason why he’s going after the Pope. U.S. Catholics on Trump. You know, you go back to November of 2024. Look at this. President Trump crushed, crushed Kamala Harris by 20 points. But, down he goes! Down he goes into the Dead Sea!” Enten exclaimed. “Look at this, minus-four points. That’s a nearly 25-point switcheroo in the wrong direction. The president has been struggling with Catholics. And I must say, in my expert opinion, I’m not quite sure that going after the pope is the way to recover with Catholics,” Enten said. Watch above via CNN.The post CNN’s Harry Enten Muses Trump May Be ‘Jealous’ of Pope’s Approval as Prez’s Catholic Support Drops ‘Down Into the Dead Sea’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago - British Morning Show Guest Declares Trump Is ‘the Anti-Christ’ After Prez Sh...British political commentator Marina Purkiss declared President Donald Trump is “the Antichrist” on Channel 5’s Jeremy Vine on Monday after the president posted an image of himself as Jesus Christ. “I’m just gonna say this, right? I am a person that was raised a Catholic — I did all the sacraments, I read the book, you know? I lost my faith, but I still find that deeply, deeply offensive. All of it,” reacted Purkiss. “How dare you? That is blasphemous. The picture is blasphemous, it’s a huge disrespect. That in itself is the breaking of a commandment.” She continued, “He’s broken eight of the 10 commandments. This guy, in my opinion, is the Antichrist.” Then, referencing Trump’s social media attack on Pope Leo XIV earlier Sunday, Purkiss added: “So no wonder he doesn’t like the pope!” "This guy (in my opinion) is the Antichrist, no wonder he doesn't like the Pope." pic.twitter.com/76rFpMr7dd — Marina Purkiss (@MarinaPurkiss) April 13, 2026 Purkiss’ criticism came after Trump received backlash for posting a bizarre image of himself as Jesus Christ. Trump’s post, which showed him as a Jesus figure laying his hands on a sick man, was condemned by many conservatives on social media, who accused the president of “blasphemy.” Former Republican congresswoman and Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene commented, “It’s more than blasphemy. It’s an Antichrist spirit.” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) also condemned Trump’s post during an appearance on MS NOW’s Morning Joe, accusing the president of “attacking one of the world’s greatest religions.” “[Trump] should not be putting himself in this space of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and of one of the most important figures in world history,” said Coons. “This is a watershed moment for those who want to stand for decency and for the values that founded our country.” Watch above via Channel 5.The post British Morning Show Guest Declares Trump Is ‘the Anti-Christ’ After Prez Shares Wild Image of Himself as Jesus With Horned Figure Behind Him first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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