Harris Corporation Announces Multi-Deal Agreement as Exclusive HD Radio(TM) Supplier to Cumulus Broadcasting
April 24 2006 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Second-largest Radio Broadcaster in Station Volume to Convert 80
Percent of Its Inventory to HD Radio(TM) Within Seven Years
Exclusively With Harris Transmission Platforms LAS VEGAS, NAB 2006,
April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation's (NYSE:HRS)
Broadcast Communications Division today announced that Cumulus
Broadcasting, the nation's second-largest radio broadcaster, with
more than 320 FM and AM stations, has signed a multi-year agreement
with Harris for the exclusive provision of HD Radio(TM) equipment.
Harris will provide HD Radio transmitters and its FLEXSTAR(TM)
family of HD Radio products to approximately 80 percent of the
Cumulus station fleet through 2012. Harris will also exclusively
provide analog transmitters to Cumulus stations, and offer access
to Harris Intraplex(R) STL and resale items as part of the
agreement. "We are pleased to announce this joint collaboration
with Harris to assist us in the HD conversion of our platform,"
said Lew Dickey, chief executive officer of Cumulus Broadcasting.
"After a rigorous evaluation process, our team has selected Harris
because of its superior quality, value and cutting- edge
technology. We are very committed to HD Radio and are confident
that it will usher in a new era for our medium that will make us
even more relevant to our listeners and our advertisers in the
digital age." Harris will assist Cumulus by testing all equipment
at each transmission site prior to a station's HD Radio launch.
Each site will feature an HD Radio- ready Harris transmitter
equipped with the company's new DSP-based FLEXSTAR HDX-FM exciter.
Cumulus also will install FLEXSTAR HDI-100 Importers and HDE- 100
Exporters at all FM studios to implement supplementary audio for
multicasting. The integration of all three FLEXSTAR(TM) units will
allow Cumulus Broadcasting to take full advantage of iBiquity's
Generation 3 Exgine architecture for HD Radio, which allows
stations to integrate the IT-oriented Importer and Exporter at the
studio instead of the transmission site. Cumulus Broadcasting began
its HD Radio conversions with Harris in 2005 at the following FM
stations: WBLX and WYOK in Mobile, AL; WNNK and WWKL in Harrisburg,
PA; KIOL in Houston, TX; WJLQ in Pensacola, FL; WPDH in
Poughkeepsie, NY; WEBE in Bridgeport, CT; WFAS in White Plains, NY;
and WDBY in Danbury, CT. Conversions are currently underway at six
FM stations in Toledo, Ohio. More conversions in multiple east
coast and Midwest markets will soon follow. It is also expected
that the total number of conversions will increase as Cumulus
finalizes its purchase of Susquehanna Radio's station inventory
later this spring. "Harris is privileged to announce that Cumulus
Broadcasting has put its trust in Harris as its exclusive supplier
of HD Radio transmission technology products," said Debra
Huttenburg, vice president and general manager of the Radio
Broadcast Systems business unit of Harris Broadcast Communications
Division. "Harris was the first provider to place an Exgine HD
Radio multicasting system on the air and continues to expand its
product portfolio to improve its vision of the end-to-end HD Radio
platform. This multi-year commitment proves without a doubt that
Cumulus, one of the radio broadcasting industry's clear
heavyweights in terms of station inventory and on-air innovation,
has faith in Harris to not only follow through but exceed the
expectations of its ongoing HD Radio conversion." About Harris
Broadcast Communications Division Harris is an international
communications and information technology company serving
government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. With
headquarters in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual sales of
over $3 billion and has more than 13,000 employees -- including
5,500 engineers and scientists - dedicated to the development of
best-in-class assured communications(TM) products, systems, and
services. The company's operating divisions serve markets for
government communications, RF communications, broadcast
communications, and microwave communications. Additional
information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/ . HD Radio(TM) is a trademark of iBiquity
Digital Corporation. For additional information and photos, visit
http://www.broadcast.harris.com/news DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation
CONTACT: Mary Beth Harnett, Harris Corporation, +1-513-459-3620, or
; or Robin Hoffman, Pipeline Communications, +1-973-746-6970, ; or
Becky Smith, EMEA, Asia-Pacific, Ellabeck Communications Ltd,
+011-44-1622-684592, or , both for Harris Web site:
http://www.harris.com/ http://www.nabshow.com/default.asp
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