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

[Craig Bowman]

Good one.  Tell that to Wall Street or the people of New Orleans. I am done.

Craig Bowman

Robert Meuser wrote:

>
> I think you are viewing radio as being far more important than it 
> really is these days.
>
> 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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