The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum / New Remote Control Radio Board Puts Broadcasting In The Cloud

**Posted by RadioActive** March 25, 2025 10:00 am

Super Hi-Fi has introduced something called The Control Room, a pretty amazing new remote interface that allows you to go on air anywhere from your basement to a beach and have full control of everything from music to spot breaks, while putting it all in the cloud.

It includes live controls, easy access to music and a spot line-up, a closed chat room between studios and on air talent, a sound board and local weather. It allows for up to 8 co-hosts to join the broadcast remotely.

As an old school radio guy, it would definitely take some getting used to.

Their video explains it better than I can, but even if there are other products that do the same thing, it's certainly impressive looking.

Super Hi-Fi Introduces Control Room: A Radical Shift for Live Radio

**Posted by RadioAaron** March 25, 2025 10:08 am

These features have all been available for a while now individually, but an all-in-one packaged solution is quite appealing.

Corus has been rolling out new "boards" that are just touch-screen monitors. I'd never want to use one if I were oping a fast-paced multi-person morning show, but I guess the only have a couple of those left anyway.

**Posted by torontostan** March 25, 2025 12:23 pm

CICS Sudbury has had a touch screen "board" for years. Look at their studio photos.... it's worse than some colleges..... https://www.instagram.com/p/DHn0-2Rxrbx/

**Posted by The Weed** March 25, 2025 12:33 pm

Better have a superb Internet connection and multiple redundancies.

**Posted by Forward Power** March 25, 2025 12:47 pm

torontostan wrote:
CICS Sudbury has had a touch screen "board" for years. Look at their studio photos.... it's worse than some colleges..... https://www.instagram.com/p/DHn0-2Rxrbx/

In the words of Shaboozey, "oh my... good lord..."

Ottawa's Jump 106.9 has a touchscreen console, while across the hall, Boom 99.7 still has a physical board; the two stations are on the same "Wheatnet" internal audio network. There are also touchscreen controllers for television master control switchers... Ross Video put in a pair of them at Watertown, NY's WWNY 7 and WNYF 28, who also use Ross' "OverDrive" production control system.

**Posted by torontostan** March 25, 2025 12:56 pm

Forward Power wrote:
In the words of Shaboozey, "oh my... good lord..."

Ottawa's Jump 106.9 has a touchscreen console, while across the hall, Boom 99.7 still has a physical board; the two stations are on the same "Wheatnet" internal audio network. There are also touchscreen controllers for television master control switchers... Ross Video put in a pair of them at Watertown, NY's WWNY 7 and WNYF 28, who also use Ross' "OverDrive" production control system.

Ah yes, Ross Over Drive... known for such stellar productions as "taking BT off the air twice in one week"

**Posted by boom boy** March 25, 2025 8:23 pm

Brilliant! When I worked in Medicine Hat, our station was a test station for “Media Touch”, one of the first touch screens for broadcasting. Touch screen has evolved dramatically.

**Posted by Shorty Wave** March 26, 2025 7:25 am

Touch screen interfaces work great as long as the screen is fairly new. I worked with touch screens that were a few years old, well used and constantly freezing, plus we’d have to use compress air to clean out the gunk between the screen and sides, not idea. Give me tangible controls!

**Posted by torontostan** March 26, 2025 10:32 am

boom boy wrote:
Brilliant! When I worked in Medicine Hat, our station was a test station for “Media Touch”, one of the first touch screens for broadcasting. Touch screen has evolved dramatically.

We're not talking about automation... we're talking about the actual on-air board/console. Very different. One makes sense to be a touch screen, the other does not.

**Posted by RadioAaron** March 26, 2025 11:26 am

torontostan wrote:
boom boy wrote:
Brilliant! When I worked in Medicine Hat, our station was a test station for “Media Touch”, one of the first touch screens for broadcasting. Touch screen has evolved dramatically.
We're not talking about automation... we're talking about the actual on-air board/console. Very different. One makes sense to be a touch screen, the other does not.

Yeah, if you're putting on any kind of "show" you need to be able divert your eyes from the board Tactile response is necessary.

**Posted by boom boy** March 26, 2025 8:26 pm

torontostan wrote:
boom boy wrote:
Brilliant! When I worked in Medicine Hat, our station was a test station for “Media Touch”, one of the first touch screens for broadcasting. Touch screen has evolved dramatically.
We're not talking about automation... we're talking about the actual on-air board/console. Very different. One makes sense to be a touch screen, the other does not.

I wasn’t talking about automation. We were live jocks doing shows.

**Posted by torontostan** March 26, 2025 10:33 pm

boom boy wrote:
torontostan wrote:
boom boy wrote:
Brilliant! When I worked in Medicine Hat, our station was a test station for “Media Touch”, one of the first touch screens for broadcasting. Touch screen has evolved dramatically.
We're not talking about automation... we're talking about the actual on-air board/console. Very different. One makes sense to be a touch screen, the other does not.

I wasn’t talking about automation. We were live jocks doing shows.

MediaTouch is an automation software