{"id":157915,"date":"2018-02-21T12:06:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T17:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backbone.com\/BB\/?p=157915"},"modified":"2020-06-14T14:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T19:44:31","slug":"station-alexa-beyond-new-backbone-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/station-alexa-beyond-new-backbone-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Radio to Major Leagues\u2014To Alexa and Beyond\u2014with new Backbone Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Q<\/strong>: How does a Midwestern junior high classroom radio station manage to produce and deliver dynamic on-demand audio the same way as a champion NBA team or 24\/7 nationwide sports network?
\nA<\/strong>: By harnessing the hottest cloud technology to reach an exploding “smart speaker” audience, including \"Backbone<\/a>Amazon\u2019s Echo \u201cFlash Briefings\u201d, as well as other outlets\u2014using Backbone, of course.   (more about Lincoln Jr. High, below)<\/p>\n

\"Automatic<\/a>Backbone Hub\u2122, the incredible, new product set in our \u201ccloud-based\u201d ecosystem, is both a multi-destination distribution engine for your recorded content and a hands-free production tool that adds music and pre-rolls to your dry voice recordings. The result is an automated workflow allowing one person to remotely\u2014via iOS\u00ae<\/sup> or Android\u00ae<\/sup>\u2014 record a spoken segment, and have it dynamically gift-wrapped with music and simultaneously delivered to Alexa, Google Home, AM\/FM automation systems, and even as a podcast, with no further effort. (We\u2019re announcing Backbone Hub at NAB 2018 in Las Vegas\u2014Booth 5721\u2014 and previewing at IBS NYC).<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll tell you more about our sports clients later, but first here is what Indiana\u2019s Storm Radio is doing, from Literacy Shop Talk<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cAlexa, Give Me LJH Storm Radio Flash Briefing For Today\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

BY: PAULA NEIDLINGER – FEB\u2022 20\u20222018 Twitter: @PNeid\"Prepare<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Are you completely confused by the title? If I captured your attention- please continue reading to find out how you can use the Amazon Echo in the classroom for student podcasts and Internet radio stations.<\/p>\n

Yes, your students\u2019 podcasts and radio shows can now be heard through the Flash Briefing setting within your Echo\/Alexa device. What an exciting opportunity for all students. Their voices can now be heard beyond the classroom walls. Aren\u2019t we all searching for global audiences? What an exciting opportunity for all students and teachers.<\/p>\n

Within my mass media classroom structure, students have the opportunity each day to have their voices heard through our Storm Radio program. We are now finishing our fourth year with Backbone Networks<\/strong><\/em>, the provider of our classroom Internet radio station. Backbone has enabled our classroom station to operate 24\/7 using an integrated radio automation system, which streams to a worldwide audience and automatically creates listener logs and reports for me on a regular basis. With no more than a Mac, mic, and audio board, we operate Storm Radio from the classroom 24\/7. Students write and produce their shows daily, utilizing school, community, and world news. Additionally, our Lincoln Jr. High student DJ\u2019s entertain calls from their listeners using our Backbone Talk broadcast phone system. This system provides engagement with our audience in Plymouth, Indiana, and beyond.\"\"<\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s continue with the \u201cBIG\u201d news! Using backbone\u2019s new product \u2018backbone hub\u2019, we are now able to deliver media from our
\nradio database automatically as an Amazon Alexa flash briefing \u2014 as well as stream that same content on air and deliver to a podcast RSS feed. If you own an Echo Device, check out our podcast through the Flash Briefing content on your Echo\/Alexa device.<\/p>\n

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