TWiRT Ep. 514 - Wildfire! with Mike Everhart

Being Director of Engineering for a large radio broadcaster is challenging enough these days. Doing that while fighting forest fires is downright heroic! Mike Everhart is Director of Engineering at Alpha Media AND he fights wildfires. We’ll see the incredible damage done to a steel-walled transmitter building and its contents, plus the clever replacement shelter to get back on-air just 3 days later. Finally, David Bialik joins us with highlights of the on-demand sessions available in the Broadcast track of this year’s AES Show.Show notes:* Chaparral burns particularly hot in the Western wildfires.* KUIC-FM is the focus of our discussion of a burned transmitter site; a real hometown station* Here’s the KUIC transmitter site on Google Maps* Mike Everhart is a Volunteer Lieutenant at the Molalla Fire Protection District* Alpha Media* AES2020 Show - listing of sessions and events by track. Broadcast and Online Delivery is the section referenced by David Bialik.GuestsMike Everhart - Corporate Director of Engineering at Alpha Media & Volunteer Lieutenant at Walalla Fire DistrictDavid Bialik - Consultant to the streaming and broadcast communitiesHostsChris Tobin, IP-SolutionistKirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas BroadcastingFollow Kirk on Twitter - @kharnackFollow TWiRT on Twitter - @TWiRTshow and FacebookSponsored byBroadcasters General Store, with outstanding service, saving, and support. Online at BGS.cc.Broadcast Bionics - making radio smarter with Bionic Studio, visual radio, a social media tools at Bionic.radio.Angry Audio - your source for StudioHub cables and adapters, plus audio Gadgets and Gizmos. Audio problems disappear when you get Angry at AngryAudio.com.