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5 April 2005, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Axia Audio, the IP-Audio networking division of Telos,
announces the sale of an Axia IP-Audio networking system to legendary
news/talk station WOR (www.wor710.com).
WOR, Buckley Broadcasting’s New York flagship, has been a technology
pioneer throughout its 80-year history; its notable firsts include being
the first AM station to broadcast full-time in HD Radio™. Now, WOR has
become the first station in the US’ #1 market to employ switched Ethernet
for audio routing and transport.
WOR’s new facility in Manhattan includes four Talk Studios,
four Control Rooms and a Production Room for a total of nine studios, plus
six news booths and a master control/tech center which produce unique
satellite and Internet feeds daily in addition to local New York
programming. Included in WOR’s purchase are nine Axia SmartSurface Studio
Control Surfaces and Studio Mixing Engines, and dozens of Audio Nodes
which connect analog and digital audio sources to the
switched-Ethernet-based Axia IP-Audio Network.
In planning WOR’s move to the new studios, Tom Ray, Buckley
Broadcasting’s Vice President/Corporate Director of Engineering, found that only an Axia
IP-Audio Network would permit construction and wiring of an entire radio
facility without “breaking the bank.” “WOR was looking for a high tech
digital solution that was also cost effective,” says Ray, who is also the
chairman of New York’s Society of Broadcast Engineers Chapter 15. “The
Axia system provides all the flexibility the WOR operation requires,
allows a mixture of analog and digital I/O, and was extremely cost
effective. Choosing the Axia system was a slam-dunk.”
Since so many programs are produced daily at WOR, Ray
especially likes the fact that any show can easily be produced in any
studio. “The ability to access any audio source anywhere in the facility
is mind-boggling. We're looking forward to the extreme flexibility Axia
will bring to the WOR operation.”
A veteran of many studio build-outs, Ray also praises
Axia’s easy installation process: “Being able to use off the shelf CAT-6
cable for all connections – audio and interconnect network – is something
we really appreciate.“ That’s a sentiment echoed by Andrew Rosenberg, CEO
and Chief Engineer of Creative Studio Solutions (www.creativestudiosolutions.com),
the respected Colorado-based contract-engineering firm responsible for
installing the Axia network.
“The Axia network’s design characteristics made the
installation a relatively easy operation,” says Rosenberg. “In big
build-outs like this, our company is accustomed to running tremendous
amounts of multi-pair wire and lots of punch blocks – even with
router-based systems that use CAT-5 for audio. With the WOR installation,
there was very little multi-pair, and very few punch blocks.”
“This was an installation that took far less time than it
could have, thanks to Axia,” said Rosenberg.
“WOR has many unique operating requirements, so Buckley’s
evaluation and selection process was quite stringent,” says Michael Dosch,
President of Axia Audio. “They generate an enormous amount of
mission-critical programming, so absolute reliability is paramount. We’re
honored to have been chosen for this important project.”
Using the Axia IP-Audio system, broadcasters can build
audio networks of any size using standard Switched Ethernet to connect a
few rooms — or an entire facility. Because an Axia audio network can carry
hundreds of digital stereo audio channels over standard CAT-6 cables, much
of the cost normally associated with wiring labor and infrastructure is
eliminated.
The Axia system includes a family of “audio nodes” to
interface to microphone, analog line and AES/EBU devices, IP-Audio drivers
to eliminate PC soundcards, DSP mixing/processing engines, PathFinderPC
matrix control PC software, and the SmartSurface Studio Control Surface,
and the new Element Modular Control Surface debuting at NAB.
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Axia, a Telos company, builds network-based professional
audio products for broadcast, production, sound-reinforcement and
commercial audio applications. Products include digital audio routers, DSP
mixers and processors and software for configuring, managing, and
interfacing networked audio systems.
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