Harris Corporation Named Exclusive HD Radio(TM) Transmission Vendor for Jefferson Public Radio's 21 Stations
January 04 2007 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris to Provide HD Radio(TM) Transmitters and FlexStar(R)
Multicasting Equipment Along with Turnkey Engineering Services for
Digital Microwave STL Upgrades CINCINNATI, Jan. 4
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an
international communications and information technology company,
announced that Jefferson Public Radio, which owns 21 public radio
stations in Oregon and Northern California, will exclusively
install a broad range of Harris HD Radio(TM) solutions to support
the broadcaster's digital conversion. Initial delivery of these
systems is expected to begin in January 2007. "Harris has always
had an excellent reputation in radio transmission, and its
attention to detail was a leading factor in our decision to go
exclusively with them for our HD Radio conversions," said Ron
Kramer, executive director for Jefferson Public Radio. "Harris also
was best equipped to meet our needs with our unusual programming
infrastructure, long-distance STL connections, and wide variety of
transmission requirements. They have been exceptional in helping us
design solutions for the unique challenges we face." Harris will
provide a mix of its Z-Series(TM) high-power and ZX(TM) low- power
FM transmitters and DAX(TM) AM transmitters to the 21 Jefferson
Public Radio stations. In addition, Harris FlexStar(R) importing
and exporting equipment will be installed at the FM stations to
multiplex and prepare audio at the studio for distribution to the
transmitter, where the FlexStar HDX-FM exciter will prepare the HD
Radio and analog signals for transmission. Harris NeuStar(TM) SW4.0
codec pre-conditioners, powered by Neural Audio, will monitor and
process the multiple HD Radio channel audio. The first conversions
will take place at one Oregon and two California stations in
January. In preparation for these and other conversions, JPR, with
assistance from Harris, will upgrade its network-wide analog
microwave system to digital. The microwave system, which currently
carries three separate public radio services shared between various
stations, will essentially be upgraded to carry up to nine program
services - meaning that each FM station will be equipped to
broadcast two supplementary channels alongside its main program
service in a multicasting setup. Harris also will assist JPR in
installing Intraplex(R) HD STL systems to stack multiple audio
services over existing T1 lines. The conversions will be staggered
over a 15- month period, with a target completion date of April
2008. "Jefferson Public Radio is a case study on how to implement a
processing solution for multi-channel purposes that is
future-proof," said Dave Casey, product line manager for Neural
Audio. "With NeuStar(TM) SW4.0's intuitive design interface and
advanced processing for multi-channel applications, Jefferson
Public Radio will be at the leading edge of digital audio
processing." About Harris Corporation 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
$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 DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Laura
Whitaker of Harris Broadcast Communications Division,
+1-408-782-1201, or , or Robin Hoffman of Pipeline Communications,
+1-973-746-6970, or Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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