NETIA, the integrated solution for local and national programs

With the signing of another new contract in the United States, NETIA is more and more present in North America. WOUB, a non-commercial station from Ohio, has made the commitment to upgrade its existing studio site with NETIA's Radio-Assist system.

WOUB, operated by Ohio University in Athens (Ohio), provides non-commercial public radio service, primarily to southeastern Ohio. To improve planning, creation, and transmission of its extensive high-quality programming both on WOUB-AM and WOUB-FM, the operators had to replace their existing digital system with a more flexible and professional software solution.

NETIA and its distributor in the United States, TurnKey Media Systems, were chosen from among seven major companies to equip the facility with a competitive solution for broadcasting national and local content on two channels.

The Radio-Assist system is used extensively for the preparation of locally-originated programming, as well as automated capture and control of some programming from the National Public Radio. WOUB-AM and WOUB-FM is equipped with two radio control rooms and two backup control rooms provided with AirPlaylist, the software for automated and live-assist operations. With only a few mouse clicks, AirPlaylist software provides the flexibility that the stations require to prepare the local programming schedules and to switch automatically from local broadcast to national programs.

The four production studios benefit from the efficiency of the Radio-Assist Multi-track Editor and its browser, for mixing of several tracks with a full editing range of options and sound effects, and a wide array of. import and export capabilities (linear, MPEG, PCM etc.). With the ergonomic Radio-Assist interface, editing interviews and reports or mixing music is simplified and more efficient. To manage its audio-ingest needs, WOUB is equipped with the Feed-In and Feed-Plan modules. The planning software is designed to schedule the recording of external programs in a very efficient way. A recording calendar allows the user to define the date, time, length, period, and station(s) desired for audio capture. The WOUB operation has been configured to record up to 8 stereo inputs simultaneously..

Like so many radio stations in the United States, W OUB's broadcast schedule includes programming from different sources (local and national) on different channels (AM and FM). The Radio-Assist digital broadcasting system provides an efficient and reliable solution to this requirement for great flexibility in a blend of studio and outside sources, brought together in a manner transparent to WOUB's substantial audience.