Author Archives: Chris Cormier

About Chris Cormier

A Broadcast Engineer at WRAL with a diverse background from satellite communications and homeland security to radio and television broadcasting.

Fayetteville Audio Out

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Chris Cormier

We send a SD feed to Fayetteville via a large fiber mux sent through Time Warner. Fayetteville not only gets its own morning weather and traffic cameras but also gets localized commercials. Today the audio went out. We checked it … Continue reading →

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MPH – Mobile Personal Handheld

Posted on August 26, 2009 by Chris Cormier

With the onset of the digital television transition it was established that the ATSC standard as it stood was not very forgiving for vehicles in motion. This limited audiences to fixed locations, a big setback from the more forgiving old … Continue reading →

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Digital Transition

Posted on June 11, 2009 by Chris Cormier

It’s FINALLY here!!! Months overdue in my humble opinion… If you receive any US television station over the air, and you don’t have an ATSC compatible television or converter box after tomorrow I assure you that you will be staring … Continue reading →

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This Network

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Chris Cormier

We launched This Network on WRAL.2 This week. Everyone pitched in to make it pretty painless. There were a few glitches this morning but the guys in Operations were able to roll with the punches and make it work. I … Continue reading →

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CBS Rack ONLINE!!!

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Chris Cormier

We put the new(ish) CBS rack from Chicago online today. I’m happy to say it seems to have solved the horrible 5.1 drop outs that we’ve been getting using the CBS prescribed Harris Net300/Dolby DP572 configuration (crossing fingers). Even kicking … Continue reading →

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20080818

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Chris Cormier

Apple Issues… Editing movies for air we encode 10bit uncompressed into Final Cut to maintain the integrity of the CC. Editors need to Send to Tape using the Input Passthrough in order to maintain the CC on output. Terry Kirk … Continue reading →

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20080815

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Chris Cormier

Doing backups of archived stories from the BitCentral system to Overland tape back up drive. Setting up Flipfactory to flip SD and HD commercials from DG Systems distribution to the Omneon servers. Eventually the plan is to flip VYVX, Pathfire … Continue reading →

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WILM

Posted on August 15, 2008 by Chris Cormier

A few weeks ago I stopped by our baby sister station WILM. If you ever thought that a TV station needed some sprawling campus to transmit, this place would change your mind. These studios are located in a tiny strip … Continue reading →

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20080814

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Chris Cormier

Priced out a new Mac Pro for the graphics guy. Two quotes, Apple Ent and a local outfit. The local Mac joint was nearly $1000 cheaper, same warranty. We may look to these guys for stewardship while I upgrade all … Continue reading →

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20080810

Posted on August 10, 2008 by Chris Cormier

It’s Sunday, another 12 hour overnight shift. The ATS board is here however the electricians don’t seem to have the same sense of urgency that we do and the part isn’t an exact match so there may be a need … Continue reading →

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