The topic for the Engineering Day is “Broadcast Audio – Quality vs. Quantity”. We will have four presentations covering the topic for both radio and television.
The morning sessions will include an overview of the present state of analog and digital audio processing, for both radio and television. This presentation will be presented by Hal Buttermore with Telos Alliance (developer of the Omina line of processors). Also in the morning session John Bradford with Tektronix will cover audio issues that television stations encounter along with a discussion about CALM Act compliance.
The afternoon session feature Chris Crump with Comrex who will cover proper techniques for moving audio around your plant in an IP world. Larry Wilkins will present the final session which will cover mixing multitrack audio in the studio and live events.
Chris Crump began his radio career in 1987 as a producer at WHYT-FM in Detroit before his work as an editor for the Mediabase radio trade magazine Monday Morning Replay. He went on to serve as a Remote Broadcast Engineer, on-air talent and then Creative Services Director for Capitol Broadcasting (subsequently Paxson Communications) in Orlando as well as the Ron & Ron Radio Network in Tampa. He moved to the manufacturing side of the broadcast business in 1996 and has served in sales capacities for Spectral, Euphonix, Symetrix and Klotz Digital. Since 2004 he has been the Sr. Director of Sales & Marketing for Comrex Corporation. Chris, his wife Seval and 10-year-old daughter Zara, live just north of Atlanta with their puppy Olive. He’s a CBNE member of SBE Chapter 5 in Atlanta and an Assistant Scoutmaster of Troop 597 in Dacula, GA.
Larry Wilkins has over 40 years experience in radio and television engineering. He started, like a lot of others, while in high school at a 1 kW day timer, in his hometown of Enterprise. After two years of electronics school he began working for the NBC affiliate in Montgomery. Wilkins recently retired as Assistant Director of Engineering for Cumulus Broadcast, a job he held for 10 years. He is chair of the Alabama EAS Committee and serves on the Amber task force for the State.
For more than 20 years he has handled on site engineering duties at all Auburn Football games. Wilkins designed and supervised the installation of the Alabama Digital Satellite Network that distributes regional sports broadcast in the Southeast. He has served on the SBE National Board of Directors and presently serves on the SBE Certification Committee. He holds Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer (CPBE), AM Directional (AMD) and Certified Broadcast Network Technology (CBNT) certifications.
Hal Buttermore brings more than 30 years of broadcast engineering experience to his role as Field Applications Engineer for Linear Acoustic and the Telos Alliance. He is currently traveling the U.S. and Canada helping broadcasters understand emergency audio requirements, loudness metering & control in television audio, along with Omnia radio processing.
John Bradford, Tektronix
