[BC] X-Digital question

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Waitt Radio uses the SG3, AND an Internet connection.  The Internet  
connection is to their automation system, Storq.

The thing works great.  For satellite system failures it falls back  
to the Internet, and if it didn't tell you, you'd never know, which  
does make me wonder why the use the satellite at all.  Of course,  
they are a bit different from other music formats from other  
providers in that the music is on the Storq, so it isn't transmitted  
on the bird.  They essentially voice track all of their stations for  
each station.  By the way, it sounds great.

Westwood One (or as Mel Karmazin called it at one point, Westwood One  
and Five-Eighths after watching it fall from $40/share) also has a  
new receiver in the works.  I don't have a clue what it is, but it  
will also need a connection to the Internet.

--chip

On May 8, 2008, at 2:49 PM, broadcast-request at radiolists.net wrote:

> Message: 19
> Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 10:21:02 -0500
> From: "Gary Glaenzer" <glaenzer at verizon.net>
> Subject: Re: [BC] X-Digital question
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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> and if the provider's server is not up to the task ?
>
> Mr. Always Looking for Problems in the Future
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Offerdahl" <jim at kkcqradio.com>
> To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 10:06 AM
> Subject: [BC] X-Digital question
>
>> The XDS-Pro that ABC is transitioning to will have a number
>> of benifits that the SG3 lacks. The big one is that in the case of
>> a sun fade, the internet connection will take over!