Harris Corporation Continues as Exclusive HD Radio(TM) Transmission Vendor for Radio One
September 05 2006 - 11:10AM
PR Newswire (US)
35 Radio One stations on-air with Harris HD Radio transmitters
and/or multicasting solutions by the end of 2006 CINCINNATI, Sept.
5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation's (NYSE:HRS)
Broadcast Communications Division today announced that Radio One,
the nation's seventh-largest radio broadcasting company, has
exclusively purchased Harris transmitters for its third round of HD
Radio(TM) conversions. Radio One will install Harris transmitters
at 18 stations (17 FM and one AM) through the end of the year. All
FM stations will receive Z-Series(TM) transmitters with the
Harris(R) FlexStar(R) family of HD Radio(TM) products (HDI-100
Importers, HDE-100 Exporters and HDX-FM exciters) for multicasting.
Harris also will supply a DAX(TM) transmitter with its DEXSTAR(R)
exciter for the AM installation, and will deliver FlexStar(R)
products to three existing HD Radio installations to initiate
multicasting. Radio One was the first commercial radio broadcasting
group to purchase HD Radio transmission equipment in 2003. Since
then, the company has exclusively purchased Harris transmitters. A
total of 35 Radio One stations will be on the air with Harris
transmitters by the end of 2006. The incorporation of FlexStar(R)
HDI-100 importers at certain stations will allow Radio One to
launch supplementary channel programming alongside its main HD
Radio channel program. "Radio One's early HD Radio experiments came
at a time when only beta test sites existed for commercial HD
Radio," said John Mathews, vice president of engineering, Radio
One. "My experience with Harris, which began with a training
session at the company's Quincy, Illinois facility, instilled the
confidence that its HD Radio product research and development was
ahead of its peers as far back as 2003. The consistent transmission
performance and product support we have since received from Harris,
coupled with its continued advancement of multicasting technology,
have kept us firmly in the Harris camp for HD Radio." Most FM
stations in Radio One's second round of HD Radio conversions will
install Harris(R) Z-Series(TM) solid-state transmitters, which
feature the industry's most successful FM amplifier design. Dallas
station KSOC-FM will use the Harris proprietary Split-Level(TM)
combining method, which sums the output from an existing analog FM
transmitter and a common amplification FM-HD Radio transmitter.
This increases combining efficiency, reduces existing FM
transmitter power requirements and improves overall system
efficiency. "Radio One's decision to exclusively install Harris
transmitters for HD Radio shows enormous confidence in our ability
to deliver technically superior transmission systems that also meet
the business requirements of its HD Radio conversion plans," said
Debra Huttenburg, vice president and general manager of Harris
Broadcast Division's Radio Broadcast Systems business unit. "Radio
One has been a true pioneer in delivering HD Radio to the public.
We are pleased to have played an important role in its early HD
Radio deployments and to continue to be an important factor in
future conversions." About Radio One Radio One, Inc.
(http://www.radio-one.com/) is the nation's seventh-largest radio
broadcasting company (based on 2005 net broadcast revenue) and the
largest radio broadcasting company that primarily targets
African-American and urban listeners. Pro forma for announced
acquisitions, Radio One owns and/or operates 71 radio stations
located in 22 urban markets in the United States and reaches
approximately 14 million listeners every week. Additionally, Radio
One owns interests in TV One, LLC (http://www.tvoneonline.com/), a
cable/satellite network programming primarily to African-Americans
and Reach Media, Inc. (http://www.blackamericaweb.com/), owner of
the Tom Joyner Morning Show and other businesses associated with
Tom Joyner. Radio One also operates the only nationwide
African-American news/talk network on free radio and programs "XM
169 The POWER," an African-American news/talk channel, on XM
Satellite Radio. 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 $3.5 billion and nearly 14,000
employees - including more than 6,000 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: Laura Whitaker, Broadcast
Communications Division of Harris Corporation, +1-408-782-1201, ;
or Robin Hoffman of Pipeline Communications, +1-973-746-6970, Web
site: http://www.harris.com/ http://www.broadcast.harris.com/news
http://www.radio-one.com/
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