KELO-AM, KELO-FM, KRRO-FM, KWSN-AM, KTWB-FM Sioux Falls, SD 

In 1996, this Backyard Broadcasting radio facility started with the installation of iMediaTouch at KELO AM and FM AIR studios. Director of Engineering Scott Smidt built a massive Novell Raid 5 server with a total of 75GB Hot Swap Storage Drives, incorporated 17” Touch Screens for the Air studios along with bi-directional Start/Stop interfaces with the Wheatstone air consoles.

In 1998 two more stations were acquired and moved into the Midco facility. KRRO (rock format) and KWSN (Talk Radio). The iMediaTouch system was expanded to accommodate the new Air Studios with the same monitors, computers and audio cards as KELO AM & FM.

In 1999, the first generation of Windows iMediaTouch software was installed to upgrade the facility and add another station KTWB-FM (Country Format) to the digital server system. The Control rooms used OpLOG-2000 On Air software while the Production rooms installed the MediaDISK-32 Production software with CD ripping and waveform editing.

Voice Tracking in the AIR studios was also added to help voice the night hours. The MediaBGR background recorder provided automatic recording of weather, traffic reports and long file satellite programs.

The 3rd generation of iMediaTouch software was installed in 2002 where Scott Smidt replaced the Novell server with a Windows 2000 server. LCD Touch Screens were installed for the iMediaTouch On Air positions while iMediaTouch Production, Voice Tracking and Log Tools software was installed at all key Production, Programming and Voice Track computers.

The iMediaTouch centralized server topology made integration of new formats simple and easy.