TWiRT 716 - Engineering for Jazz at WFSK with Rick Durham

TWiRT - This Week in Radio Tech - Podcast

TWiRT is on location at a Nashville radio station - Jazzy 88, WFSK-FM. Rick Durham is a provider of managed IT services in Middle Tennessee. He’s also the engineer for WFSK-FM. WFSK is preparing for their annual fundraising event, where they broadcast live from the parking lot and take drive through donations while interviewing numerous Nashville dignitaries and music artists. We also spend a few minutes with Sharon Kay, WFSK’s General Manager, and Xuam (X-Man) Lawson, WFSK’s Program Director. We discuss some engineering and how WFSK is keeping up with an Audio over IP audio plant. We also discuss the engineer’s role in keeping the jazz playing and the public affairs programming on the air, too.

Show Notes:
WFSK-FM - Jazzy 88 - Nashville’s Jazz Station at Fisk University
Jazzy 88’s annual radiothon fundraiser
WFSK-FM is at Fisk University, a private historically black liberal arts college in Nashville, Tennessee.
Headline: Sharon Kay to be Inducted into Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame
What’s the 411 with Sharon Kay

Guests:
Rick Durham - Owner at Diversified Electronics Service and Engineer at WFSK-FM
Sharon Kay - General Manager at WFSK-FM
Xuam (X-Man) Lawson - Program Director at WFSK-FM

Host:
Kirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, Star94.3, & South Seas Broadcasting

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