NINE-FM Chicago, IL - In the spring of
2003, Mike
McCarthy and
Blane Webster
planned a new
digital system
for the Newsweb
Corp facility on
Pulaski Avenue
in Chicago that
would be a
network head end
for several
repeaters
(affiliate
stations) in
Dekalb and
Arlington
Heights,
Illinois.
A
Windows
2003 -
500GB
Raid 10
Central
Server
was
designed
by Blane
Webster
to house
all
audio
along
with
rack-mounted
workstations
from
Industrial
Computer
Source.
Audio
Cards
for the
project
were the
MOTU 828
Firewire
4
Channel
cards
for Air
and
Logger
workstations
along
with
M-Audio
Delta
44’s for
most
everything
else in
the
station.
Mike
McCarthy’s
previous
experience
with
iMediaLogger
at
Newsweb
installations
in
Chicago
prompted
the
installation
of the 4
channel
iMediaLogger
system
to
capture
Best of
Shows,
mic
skimming
and 24/7
logging.
iMediaTouch
was
selected
as the
Live
Assist
and
Automation
software
to
operate
the
network
programming
and
control
of the
audio
routing
and
closures
for the
affiliate
breakaways.
The WRZA Air
Studio is
the head end
of the
trimulcast.
