MP
I'm confused as to what the 'obit lights' would look like.
If you're reading about Operation London Bridge, here's the blue light that will flash when there's an announcement pic.twitter.com/uTuO0rAYUQ
— Damien SAINt JHN (@damienstjohn) March 16, 2017
BB
You can also get Obit Lights in the same style as the Mic Live lights seen above. http://www.synergyschoolradio.com/radio-studio-accessories/studio-indicator-lights.html
I'm confused as to what the 'obit lights' would look like.
If you're reading about Operation London Bridge, here's the blue light that will flash when there's an announcement pic.twitter.com/uTuO0rAYUQ
— Damien SAINt JHN (@damienstjohn) March 16, 2017
You can also get Obit Lights in the same style as the Mic Live lights seen above. http://www.synergyschoolradio.com/radio-studio-accessories/studio-indicator-lights.html
SP
Or on a screen like this
http://www.ipe-technologies.com/static/img/main/bbc-cambridge-alarm-off.png
http://www.ipe-technologies.com/static/img/main/bbc-cambridge-alarm-off.png
EU
Eurovictorious
Gen run will mean the studio, CTA or similar is running off generator power.
I've seen OBIT lights actually on mixing desks before - they're often put with a visual doorbell light, especially in smaller stations which might not have a lot of staff.
I've seen OBIT lights actually on mixing desks before - they're often put with a visual doorbell light, especially in smaller stations which might not have a lot of staff.
DE
I'd have thought, and it's just an educated guess, that in Local Radio "Traffic" is an indicator that the local RDS Traffic Signal is present, thereby switching car radios to your station automatically for traffic and travel news.
Traffic means something else at Broadcasting House in London, where it's the department that coordinates live radio reports and line feeds from around the world.
Traffic means something else at Broadcasting House in London, where it's the department that coordinates live radio reports and line feeds from around the world.
SP
In commercial radio Traffic is the department that schedules adverts, but that's by the by, it will be for RDS in this context.
Silence may be that the station is sending silence or may I guess be a replacement for the lights on the good old mk 3 desks that indicated that the transmitters had fallen off air.
Silence may be that the station is sending silence or may I guess be a replacement for the lights on the good old mk 3 desks that indicated that the transmitters had fallen off air.
RK
Radios in the U.K. are automatically switched over for traffic news? Or do you mean that they are just transmitting the signal for the cars receiver?
I'd have thought, and it's just an educated guess, that in Local Radio "Traffic" is an indicator that the local RDS Traffic Signal is present, thereby switching car radios to your station automatically for traffic and travel news.
Traffic means something else at Broadcasting House in London, where it's the department that coordinates live radio reports and line feeds from around the world.
Traffic means something else at Broadcasting House in London, where it's the department that coordinates live radio reports and line feeds from around the world.
Radios in the U.K. are automatically switched over for traffic news? Or do you mean that they are just transmitting the signal for the cars receiver?
CO
It is part of the Radio Data System as used on FM.
For the BBC it is carried by the national networks and when the local BBC station raises its traffic flag (triggered manually or from the start of a jingle) the national networks signal that radios in that area can switch over for travel news if the car radio has it enabled.
For the BBC it is carried by the national networks and when the local BBC station raises its traffic flag (triggered manually or from the start of a jingle) the national networks signal that radios in that area can switch over for travel news if the car radio has it enabled.
SP
It's a part of RDS called EON - Extended Other Network if you want to read up on it.
Each main transmitter for the National services carries information about travel bulletins on the local stations it overlaps with. If you are tuned to a National station when one of the locals in your area raises the TA flag (sometimes called a beacon) and you have the facility switched on in your receiver it will switch over for the duration of the traffic broadcast, or until a 3 minute timeout kicks in. On some receivers if you are listening to a BBC radio station before switching to CD or Aux it will also switch.
The fact that national transmitters are high powered and cover huge areas does mean you often get a traffic report from some distance away though.
Each main transmitter for the National services carries information about travel bulletins on the local stations it overlaps with. If you are tuned to a National station when one of the locals in your area raises the TA flag (sometimes called a beacon) and you have the facility switched on in your receiver it will switch over for the duration of the traffic broadcast, or until a 3 minute timeout kicks in. On some receivers if you are listening to a BBC radio station before switching to CD or Aux it will also switch.
The fact that national transmitters are high powered and cover huge areas does mean you often get a traffic report from some distance away though.