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14 April 2009, Cleveland Ohio, USA
Southern California Public Radio (SCPR) will install new Axia
PowerStation integrated console engines as part of Axia studios being
built for KPCC-FM, their flagship station serving the Los Angeles metro.
SCPR is a subsidiary of American Public Media Group, who also operate
highly-regarded Minnesota Public Radio. MPR has been on the air with one
of the US’ largest Axia networks in St. Paul, Minnesota since 2005;
recently, they selected Axia as the provider of choice for their West
Coast operations as well. SCPR’s new Pasadena studios will include 16
Axia Element modular broadcast consoles, each with PowerStation Main and
PowerStation Aux integrated console engines, complemented by Axia audio
nodes and routing control software.
“Minnesota Public Radio moved early into the migration to IP-Audio
using the Axia system in our headquarters in St. Paul,” recounts MPR’s
Tom Nelson, St. Paul Engineering Group Supervisor. “Our sister station
in Pasadena was a tough sell on Axia, having seen TDM systems
successfully implemented in their own back yard. But the simplicity and
economy of PowerStation won them over; it was a welcome relief to the
project budget.”
“Using PowerStation, [SCPR’s] original data switch budget was cut by
one third. When the team realized that the ‘studio integrator’ required
to install TDM systems would mostly be covered with Axia by our
project’s Voice/Data contractor, we chalked up more savings. What
remained in the ‘integration’ was basically hooking up the audio
devices, which we quickly realized we could do ourselves; again, we saw
significant budget relief.”
“Axia has ‘hit it out of the park’ with PowerStation,” concludes
Nelson.
PowerStation is an advanced “integrated console engine” that makes it
easier than ever to build networked studios. PowerStation Main combines
audio I/O, console CPU, logic GPIO, mixing engine and Ethernet switch
into a single 4RU chassis; PowerStation Aux doubles the Main’s audio I/O
and GPIO capacity while adding a redundant power supply with automatic
switchover, all via a simple two-cable connection. PowerStation supports
console sizes of up to 40 faders.
The Axia IP-Audio system allows broadcasters to build audio networks
of any size using standard switched Ethernet to connect a few rooms, or
an entire facility. Axia networks have a total system capacity of more
than 10,000 audio streams, and can carry hundreds of digital stereo (or
nearly a hundred surround) channels over a single CAT-6 cable,
eliminating much of the cost normally associated with wiring labor and
infrastructure. Axia products include the popular Element modular
broadcast console, a family of “audio nodes” that allow easy mixing and
matching of digital, analog and microphone audio, and a comprehensive
suite of network administration and routing control software.
PowerStation details can be found on the Web at
www.AxiaAudio.com/powerstation/. Visitors to NAB2009 can see
PowerStation, along with the complete line of Axia products, in the
Radio Hall at the Telos / Omnia / Axia display in Booth #N7620. For more
information, contact Clark Novak at Axia Audio, via email at
cnovak@AxiaAudio.com
or by phone at +1-216-241-7225.
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Press-ready photos of PowerStation and Element can be downloaded from www.AxiaAudio.com/pix/.
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