Radio World Announces 2002 "Cool Stuff" Winners

IBOC Transmitter Companies Among Those Honored

Three broadcast equipment manufacturers have earned special recognition from Radio World newspaper recognizing technical advancement of IBOC digital radio. Broadcast Electronics Inc., Harris Corp. and Nautel Ltd. manufacture transmission equipment and are licensees of iBiquity Digital Corp. technology that would allow in-band, on-channel (IBOC) digital audio broadcasting in the United States.

The three companies were among the recipients of Radio World's "Cool Stuff" Award during the NAB2002 convention in Las Vegas. The full list of winners appears below:

The following new products were selected by a panel of engineers and radio technical experts from the hundreds on display at the NAB2002 convention in Las Vegas as winners of the annual Radio World "Cool Stuff" Award. Winners will be featured in the May 22 issue of Radio World.

360 Systems DigiCart/E

AUDEMAT AM-Fieldstar

Broadcast Tools SS 16.4 Stereo Switcher

dbm Systems Inc. Pocket Radio Station

Comrex Corp. BlueBox POTS/Wireless Codec

Crown Broadcast RF Sentinel

Digidesign Mbox

ERI Electronics Research Inc. Axiom FM Antenna

Harris Broadcast Communications Studioflex Furniture

Logitek Electronic Systems Remora Digital Console

Mager Systems Inc. Touch-Sensitive Solid-Surface Keyboard and Switches

Gangverk Majones Radio Interactive Music System

RCS Selector Smart Ripper

Sabine Inc. SMW-5000 2.4 GHz Spread-Spectrum Wireless Systems

Sierra Automated Systems RIOLink for 32KD Digital Audio Network

Stardraw.com Stardraw Radio

Syntrillium Software Corp. Red Rover

Tascam PocketStudio 5 Recorder/MIDI Arranger/MP3 Encoder & Player

Tascam SX-1 Digital Production Environment

TC Helicon VoicePrismPlus Human Voice Modeling/Formant Processor

Telos Zephyr Xport Codec/Mixer

Tieline Technology Patriot POTS Codec

"Cool Stuff" Award
For Technical Advancement of IBOC DAB:

Broadcast Electronics Inc.
Harris Corp.
Nautel Ltd.

Honorary "Cool Stuff" Award:

Steve Hemphill, 1946 GE Model BT-11-B 10-Watt Transmitter Replica

"This award is given each year by a panel of anonymous judges who have extensive experience in radio broadcast engineering," said Radio World Editor Paul McLane. "Among the many new products on the convention floor this year, these three manufacturers invested significant space and time to IBOC equipment. Clearly they have committed important resources to exploring digital radio.

"IBOC earned a tremendous amount of attention at the show," McLane said. "It is one of the most important technical decisions our industry will ever make, and many questions about its implementation will be answered in coming months. Regardless of how the rollout proceeds, our judges felt that the companies taking the lead in bringing IBOC to market deserved their recognition."

IBOC DAB is a method of transmitting digital audio signals to radio receivers for improved performance on the AM and FM bands, with the added promise of new wireless services.

Also among the winners was a special honorary "Cool Stuff" Award for Steve Hemphill for his replica of a 1946 GE Model BT-11-B 10-Watt Transmitter.

Radio World is the newspaper for radio station managers and engineers. Published in Falls Church, Va., it is celebrating its 25th anniversary and is part of a family of 18 titles from IMAS Publishing Co., including TV Technology, Pro Audio Review, AudioMedia and Broadcast and Production.

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