Aragón Radio announcers continue their broadcast from home with AEQ

Aragonese public radio has relied on the proximity, equipment, technical solutions and experience accumulated in AEQ, a Spanish manufacturer with which Aragón Radio maintains a close technical exchange.

Aragon Radio continues with full activity despite the confinement due to the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to the use of technology AEQ by the announcers who They contribute to the broadcast these days from their homes.

From the Aragonese public radio station they comment that "the current situation has led us to the need to work from home and from where we carry out Radio programs with the same reception and audience, since listeners do not see a difference in the product on the airwaves. This has allowed us to continue working remotely with all precautions, and reducing the risk of infection by the COVID-19 coronavirus."

Aragón Radio has relied on the proximity, equipment, technical solutions and experience accumulated in AEQ, a Spanish manufacturer with which Aragón Radio maintains a close technical exchange.

In the house of the main stars of regional communication, a portable audiocodec Phoenix Alio which, through the ADSL or domestic fiber connection from your own home, acts as a transmitting device, while in the studios, two stationary audiocodecs have been installed Phoenix Venus3 Dante as dual receiving devices, that is, each one serves the connection of two Alio Audiocodecs. This allows you to have a easy two-way IP point-to-point communication between the presenters and the main Radio studio in Zaragoza.

The transmission quality over the IP network is similar to that achieved with the presence of the announcers in the studio.

Los equipment has been preconfigured at the station and they have simply connected each house to the Internet router from where, after starting up, they have automatically called the codec and channel assigned in the central control of the Zaragoza station. From there all the controls of each Alio are managed remotely, not just the communication ones, the levels and tonality of each microphone and the level of each headphone are also remotely regulated.

At first, the controls on the front of the device are locked to avoid errors and all control is remote. As the presenter gets to know his tool, he is given access to use the controls in parallel with the Central Control. If the user observes any difficulty, press the “Help” button to call the attention of the central control operator to check the connection.

“It is grateful to be able to have this line of work and professional solution that AEQ offers us, and thus, to be able to contribute to the programs remotely from home, enjoying all the information and content during this current situation, and at the same time with the maximum audio quality and security for users,” they say from Aragón Radio.

The popular presenters of Aragón Radio, Javier de Sola (Wake up Aragón Informative), Paco Doblas (Wake Up Aragón Magazine), Paco Ortiz Remacha (Aragon Sport) y Ana Segura, Head of Programs at Aragón Radio, these days use a laptop, a microphone, a clock synchronized by radio, an AEQ Alio audiocodec, and a great desire to help all their listeners with the most up-to-date information to go on air despite such difficult times.

“AEQ is proud to have participated in ensuring that these magnificent professionals can provide first-hand information in a safe environment regarding this critical situation for everyone,” says Guadalupe López, AEQ's commercial manager in charge of Aragón Radio's needs.

Webinar: AoIP Routing and Mixing for Radio

Today, Tuesday, May 26, AEQ has organized a webinar in which its specialists Eduardo Guerrero, Bernardo Saiz y Roberto Tejero, will address in detail the application of the audio over IP to the production and broadcasting, across the range of AEQ equipment with Dante technology: consoles, routers, interfaces, communications and automation systems, among others.

In this webinar you will be able to see the use of Dante Controller, IP audio routing software, and several generic and very intuitive diagrams of the application of IP audio to radio studios.

In addition, AEQ now has past sessions available: How to make Radio from Home, Intercom AEQ systems y Audiocodecs Phoenix.

More information and registration for the webinar, here.