Cleveland's Unusual Frequency Swap
Classical Station WCLV(FM) Lives on, and Upgrades Its Facilities to Digital
by Ken R.

At RFA, Putting R-Boss to Work
The Technical Staff at Radio Free Asia Spearheads an Open-Source Approach That Can Help Your Station - for Free
by Tom Vernon

XM Radio's Music Is Massive
by Craig Johnston
While much of the wonder over satellite radio focused on orbiting transmitters and how 100 channels can be received by moving vehicles, big hurdles also had to be crossed down here on the ground.

'JazzSet' Explores High-Res Audio: by Paul McLane
In May, the NPR program "JazzSet With Dee Dee Bridgewater" will feature a recording of the Count Basie Orchestra at the 1,380-seat University of Michigan Power Center in Ann Arbor. The program will be aired by 140 stations to approximately 200,000 listeners.

In Search of Access Equality, by Richard E. Butler
In the April 11 issue of Radio World, I read the guest commentary "It’s Radio, Jim, But Not as We Know It" by Quentin Howard, which provided some interesting generic insights but fell away on some critical elements.

Digital Phasor for AM Directionals, by Mario Hieb, CPBE
AM radio transmission technologies have changed greatly over the years. Transistors have replaced vacuum tubes; Heliax cable has replaced open transmission line.

KUVO Builds All-Digital Jazz Oasis, by Scott Fybush
Facility Upgrade Helps a Denver Station Pursue Cultural Diversity and Lots of Live Programming
Public radio listeners in Denver get something most of us don’t: a lot of live jazz music on the radio, thanks to KUVO(FM).

The Future of Bitcasting, by David Maxson
"Someday we’ll be broadcasters of bits." Glynn Walden, then of USA Digital Radio, said this to me in 1995. But over the past decade we have seen a lot of "datacasting" ideas come and go with little success, and they have given us a healthy suspicion of every datacasting fad that comes along.

It’s Radio, Jim, But Not as We Know It : by Quentin Howard
Who would dare predict the future in print? Nostradamus for one. And me. I predict that analog FM and AM radio will appear a pretty thin offering in 10 years’ time when compared to other media and delivery platforms emerging now and yet to come.

WorldSpace Up and Running : by Grant Goddard
One Listener’s Opinion of the AsiaStar Satellite Radio Service, From Poolside in Bangalore, India

Delivering Signals to the DAB Transmitter : by Dave Youell
In early 1999, CHUM radio was granted DAB licenses for its two stations, CFUN(AM) and CHQM(FM), in Vancouver. The two signals had to be delivered from the studios in Vancouver to the CBC transmitter site on Mount Seymour in North Vancouver

The soft rock station makes plenty of headlines. This year it celebrates 35 years as an independently owned station -- unusual if not unique in the top five markets.