CHAPTER 3.6 Radio Station Automation, Networks, and Audio Storage
DAVID T. TURNER
ENCO Systems, Inc. Southfield, Michigan
INTRODUCTION
The term station automation is a very broad concept. It generally refers to the use of devices, processes, and system interconnections designed to make a broadcast station (radio or TV) run a series of scheduled events automatically (i.e., without operator intervention). This includes every scheme ever devised from massive reel-to-reel tapes and interconnected cart machines to all-encompassing control systems that steer the directional array, turn on the transmitter, play the audio, control the console cross-fades, and generate transmitter logs and billing information.
While the individual pieces of hardware involved ...
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