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LX-24 Wins Pick Hit Award

Wheatstone is proud to announce that our all-new LX-24 modular IP control surface has won the Radio magazine Pick Hit Award at NAB 2012. The presentation was made by Radio editor Chriss Scherer at the Wheatstone booth on Wednesday afternoon.

The LX-24 is an entirely new design, combining a sleek, low-profile, high-tech look with superior ergonomics. Featuring smooth Penny & Giles long-throw faders, high-resolution metering, positive-action switches with LED lighting and film labeling, and fully modular construction, the console has an impressive array of capabilities. It's designed specifically for use with the WheatNet-IP Intelligent Network. 

The Pick Hit Awards were created in 1985. At the time,Broadcast Engineering magazine covered both radio and television, and when Radio magazine was introduced in 1994, the Pick Hits tradition continued. Now in its 28th year, the Pick Hit Awards are still considered to be the highest technical honor awarded at the NAB convention.

The Radio magazine Pick Hit Awards recognize the 20 best new radio products shown at the NAB convention. The products are selected by a panel of radio industry professionals, so the selected products are indicative of true industry choices. Pick Hit winners are chosen by the industry, for the industry, and at the show, not in advance.

For more information about the all-new LX-24, visit the product page. You can also review 10 years of Pick hit winners at Radio magazine's web site.

LX-24 Wins Cool Stuff Award

Wheatstone is proud to announce that our all-new LX-24 modular IP control surface has won the Radio World Cool Stuff Award at NAB 2012. The presentation was made by Radio World editor Paul J. McLane at the Wheatstone booth on Thursday morning.

The LX-24 is an entirely new design, combining a sleek, low-profile, high-tech look with superior ergonomics. Featuring smooth Penny & Giles long-throw faders, high-resolution metering, positive-action switches with LED lighting and film labeling, and fully modular construction, the console has an impressive array of capabilities. It's designed specifically for use with the WheatNet-IP Intelligent Network. 

Radio World’s “Cool Stuff” Award-winning products are selected each year by a panel of radio broadcast engineers as notable for their design, features, cost efficiency and performance in serving radio broadcast users. The winners will be featured in Radio World, which is read by thousands of broadcast professionals in the United States, around the world and online.

Only a small number of products were chosen for the Radio World “Cool Stuff” Awards from among the hundreds, if not thousands, of new products on display at the convention.

For more information about the all-new LX-24, visit the product page.

NAB 2012 Daily Photo Galleries

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White Paper: Streaming Processing

Wheatstone Corporation has just released a white paper that examines the viability of streaming Internet radio and what impact sound quality has, or is likely to have, on monetizing such streams. Presented are statistics about the number of stations now streaming, projections on when those who don’t stream believe they are likely to start, and interviews with industry professionals who are successfully streaming their audio today.

Key indicators of the present and looming importance of streaming are presented, such as the fact that a whopping 40% of all vehicles sold in the US in 2011 could connect to wireless data networks, enabling drivers to listen to Internet radio. In 2012, Ford, Subaru and Honda all announced plans to put Internet Radio capabilities into their cars as well. In a January 2012 article, The Wall Street Journal found that 59% of car buyers between the ages of 19 and 31 view in-car connectivity to the Internet as the most important aspect of a car’s interior.

Leo McCloskey, Vice President of Airbiquity, Inc., a company that manages wireless communications for Internet-connected cars, predicts that by the year 2014 “nearly all vehicles from every auto manufacturer will have a connected vehicle option.” When coupled with the fact that most people have desktop or laptop computers and/or mobile devices capable of playing Internet radio within their reach at all times, this suggests that within a couple of years the primary sales engines of local radio will be facing stiff, if not primary, competition from Internet radio stations.

In this white paper, radio professionals who recognize the importance of addressing this market demonstrate some of their business tactics, as well as how they are processing audio for their streams to capture and maintain their desired audiences. All agree that a strong strategy for how to approach the type of market opportunities the internet presents is key in determining how to process and present audio for each segment.

For radio stations considering Internet streaming or, perhaps more importantly, those who aren’t, this white paper presents a compelling and concise examination of this market and the impact proper audio processing, a solid IP network and, of course, a sound business/game plan, can have on the success of such endeavors.

You can download the study here.

Mini Broadcast Expo Honolulu

Just a quick reminder of the RF Specialties – Honolulu Mini Broadcast Expo this coming Wednesday February 29^th at the Ohana Broadcasting Studio Facility, 10000 Bishop St. Suite 200, Honolulu.  Come to hear about the innovative products of Wheatstone and Audioarts, plus support Honolulu Chapter 63 of the Society of Broadcast Engineers at its reorganization meeting.  A Continental Breakfast is available at 8:30AM and presentations start at 9AM.

Download the flyer for full details!

WheatNet-IP and BSI's Op-X Provide Powerful Solution at WCNN

A recent article in the October, 2011 issue of Radio World magazine tells the story of Dickey Broadcasting's effort to combine three sports stations into a single Atlanta facility. Wheatstone's WheatNet-IP and BSI's Op-X automation system worked together to provide a powerful solution. You can download a reprint of the full article below.

 WCNN Atlanta Uses WheatNet-IP and BSI OP-X (523.63 kB 2011-12-14 15:16:52)