NAB Radio Show to Feature 3-Day Engineering Pgm

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The NAB Radio Show will feature a three-day engineering program focusing on technical developments for radio. The program, held September 23-25 in Philadelphia, will include several sessions led by industry experts who will use their experience and expertise to provide advice on some of the key technical issues facing radio today.

Sessions held on September 23 will examine tower failure prevention, operating under emergency conditions, plus a special workshop on planning, building and maintaining an IP-based radio facility. Experts will also be on hand to present the results of field testing of an HD Radio Electronic Program Guide, a NAB FASTROAD project that is evaluating methods for providing an interactive on-screen guide to scheduled digital broadcast programming.

On September 24, Benjamin Dawson, president of Hatfield and Dawson, and Ronald Rackley, principal of du Treil, Lundin and Rackley, will instruct station engineers and consultants on the fundamentals of Method of Moments computer modeling during "Measurements and Mathematics for the New AM Proof Rules." Another session, titled "Practical Datacasting Today," will be led by Broadcast Electronics datacasting product manager Jim Roberts, and will look at how stations can use datacasting to enhance listener outreach.

David Maxson, principal of Broadcast Signal Lab, will lead workshop experts in an examination of the National Radio Systems Committee's (NRSC) guideline document on mask compliance methods and practices during "New NRSC IBOC Mask Measurements." A panel discussion about the future of digital radio will also take place on September 25, during a session moderated by Milford Smith, Greater Media Inc.'s vice president of radio engineering.