[BC] Future of Radio Eng. /was/ Computer based audio

[Robert Meuser]

That is not the case. Banks are constantly collecting ATM fees and more 
importantly fees on funds transfers, which with business transactions 
are considerable. I costs them a lot to be down, far more than a radio 
station. People can always turn the dial or switch the IPOD back on if 
the radio stops.  When the ATMs go down, that is a much more serious 
problem.

R


Craig Bowman wrote:

> Only if everyone with a deposit account could not earn interest on 
> their accounts while the computers are down.  There are really no 
> parallels to Broadcasting which is why, despite all it BS, we are here.
>
> Craig Bowman
>
> Robert Meuser wrote:
>
>>
>> Maybe insurance was a band analogy. Think banking. Look at the 
>> technology at the major processing ceneters, like flywheels backed by 
>> gensets and multiple UPSs. They stand to loose many 10s of millions 
>> in minutes if they are down.
>>
>> R
>>
>>
>> Craig Bowman wrote:
>>
>>> If, for that period of down time all the customers of the insurance 
>>> were irrevocably uninsured that would be a good analogy.  When a 
>>> radio station is off the air all of its customers are affected.
>>>
>>> Craig Bowman
>>>
>>> Sid Schweiger wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> When was the last time a computer jock answered a 3 AM call?<<
>>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please stop perpetuating this myth.  There are plenty (myself 
>>>> included)
>>>> who do it all the time.  It's just as inconvenient and unacceptable 
>>>> for
>>>> an insurance company's computers to be down for maintenance, 
>>>> repairs or
>>>> upgrades during the business day as it is for a radio station's
>>>> transmitter to be off during the business day for the same reasons.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sid Schweiger
>>>> IT Manager, Entercom Boston LLC
>>>> WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WMKK - WRKO - WVEI
>>>> 20 Guest St / 3d Floor
>>>> Boston MA  02135-2040
>>>> Phone: 617-779-5369
>>>> Fax: 617-779-5379
>>>> E-Mail: sid at wrko.com
>>>>
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