Kinda off topic - but interesting

[ikki]

I was at the local radio station today looking at there studio and admiring the rack mounted satellite receivers, and so I decided to do some research.

http://myxdsreceiver.citmedeng.com/aff/Documentation/XDS Pro Users Guide.pdf

Scroll down and look at the screen captures.

Technology always amuses me.

 

[Babadem]

What Screen captures?

 

[gillham]

What Screen captures?

I think he is referring to the screen shots of the UI. Looks like a 1995 web browser.

 

[Mr Tony]

ikki

was that KDHL the mighty 920?

 

[badhat]

That's not too freaky. You should visit a small cable tv operator sometime..... would really be a blast from the past.

 

[ikki]

> Was that KDHL the mighty 920?


It sure was, the station thats still stuck in the 1960's.

 

[Mr Tony]

yes but they have Polka music on Sundays

 

[eurosport]

I know several people at one of our local stations here. They have a huge...maybe 16ft, C band dish on the building. It's been up there for years. One day I'm gonna ask 'em if they're still using it! :up

 

[Pepper]

Sure, it's a crappy web interface, but still, its... a web interface on a satellite receiver. Oh how I wish all of mine had one of those.

 

[ikki]

The other thing that majorly amazes me is that the system is capable of data over satellite.

Someone on here mentioned that PBS does that as well, and I am willing to bet they use something like this.

Also it sounds like that days of subscribing to a feed and getting every thing are over. This satellite receiver must be authorized for not only service, but for each specific show, and or time slot.

That’s what I call an overly secure system for program content delivery.

 

[Mr Tony]

It sure was, the station thats still stuck in the 1960's.

most local AM stations are

Those stations usually survive on sports...high school, college, pros. A couple weeks ago on a saturday I was out driving around (the Twins were on in the afternoon) and found them on 18 stations on AM

Most were local stations and in your area there are 3 "local" stations that carry them
920 KDHL
1080 KYMN
1350 KCHK

I guess if they can affiliate with the Twins & Vikes they know they can survive. Locla folks will advertise on sporting evernts