About Us
General Manager, Producer, On Air Personality;
C.B. "Chuck" Farrand
(Photo by: Zip Sloan)
IT / Production Engineer;
Kenny Schroeder
Remote Network Tester;
Terri Cook
One of our helpers. Couldn't do it without her!
Network Technician;
Marcee Malek-Farrand
Another one of our helpers. She goes the extra mile for us!
What makes this stuff work?
We have put together a variety of applications to make this internet radio thing work. Here is a partial list of our setup.
We have a multi computer setup in the studio. Our "broadcast" computer runs our broadcasting software, Streamer P2P, and our encoder software, EdCast. Check out this "how it works" from the Streamer site. It's pretty cool.
The broadcast computer is fed by an audio mixer. We have several sources that feed into the audio mixer.
A second computer, running ZaraRadio studio automation software, feeds the audio mixer. The ZaraRadio program allows us to program which files and programs to play at specific times. With the ZaraRadio software, we can automate the inclusion of various internet feeds for news and other content. We can also program ZaraRadio to play our Jazz archive at specific times when we don't have live or recorded shows.
We have a third computer that can feed into the mixer, if need be, for audio files from the internet. On this computer, we also run the Skype software that allows us to do remote talk with some of our contributors as well as allowing our listeners to "call in" to our various programs.
We also have a CD player and old fashion turntable to play various CD's and vinyl records. Of course, no studio would be complete without microphones. We have two studio microphones.
We also have a selection of sound effects and short music clips programed into our automation software. Those sounds and clips are provided by PartnersInRhyme.