{"id":158391,"date":"2020-04-09T10:56:37","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T15:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backbone.com\/BB\/?p=158391"},"modified":"2020-06-14T14:23:12","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T19:23:12","slug":"covid-virginia-station-helps-listeners-be-together-in-isolation-radio-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/covid-virginia-station-helps-listeners-be-together-in-isolation-radio-world\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Virginia Station Helps Listeners Be \u201cTogether in Isolation\u201d \u2014 Radio World"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"158391\" class=\"elementor elementor-158391\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5c8099a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5c8099a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-630fe510\" data-id=\"630fe510\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38a03748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38a03748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-backbone-networks\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/news-and-business\/programming-and-sales\/covid-virginia\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-158395 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/backbone.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Radio-World-logo.png\" alt=\"COVID Virginia Radio Station with Backbone Networks\" width=\"225\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Radio-World-logo.png 225w, http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Radio-World-logo-100x21.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>The TV\/Radio industry is suddenly embracing the benefits of cloud broadcasting as the world fights against COVID-19. In the new <a href=\"mailto:https:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/news-and-business\/programming-and-sales\/covid-virginia?subject=COVID%20Virginia%20Emergency%20Radio%20Station%20Helps%20Listeners%20Be%20\">Radio World<\/a>, read how one Roanoke resident has quickly launched a powerful emergency radio station with the help of his community and Backbone Networks, using the gear they already own: laptops and smartphones.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radioworld.com\/news-and-business\/programming-and-sales\/covid-virginia\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-158392\" src=\"http:\/\/backbone.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/COVID-Virginia-logo-726x408-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"COVID Virginia Radio, via Backbone\" width=\"190\" height=\"105\"><\/a>COVID Virginia<\/em><\/strong>, a hyper-local station created by veteran radio reporter Bill Trifiro, promises to be a template for communities in dealing with national, regional, and local crises. Bill recognized the importance of employing an integrated cloud approach like <a href=\"http:\/\/backbone.com\/BB\/backbone-production-suite-radio-production-tools\/?subject=Distributed%20broadcasting%20in%20the%20cloud,%20Backbone%20Production%20Suite\" class=\"broken_link\">Backbone Production Suite<\/a>\u2122 in terms of ease of use, quality, reliability, and affordability.<\/p>\n<p>The station\u2019s cloud-based core, donated by Backbone, provides live radio assist, automation, streaming, terrestrial syndication, multiline call-in phones with SMS handling, studio quality remotes, multiple co-hosts from their homes, podcast generation and hosting, and a branded website with HTML5 player.<\/p>\n<p>With Backbone\u2019s cloud topology your station can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Produce better broadcasts, made easier, by more people, at a lower cost<\/li>\n<li>Avoid specialized equipment, just use your laptops and smartphones<\/li>\n<li>Scale up to as many remote contributors as desired via the downloadable LUCI Global app<\/li>\n<li>Manage phones and take calls from anywhere<\/li>\n<li>Eliminate the IT issues of complex studio equipment<\/li>\n<li>Transmit professional sound, rivaling conventional hardware solutions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_157492\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/backbone.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PRODUCTION-SUITE-DIAGRAM-v2a-2.jpg\" class=\"broken_link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-157492\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-157492\" src=\"http:\/\/backbone.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PRODUCTION-SUITE-DIAGRAM-v2a-2-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"Backbone Talk Radio Production Suite, in the cloud\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PRODUCTION-SUITE-DIAGRAM-v2a-2-300x175.jpg 300w, http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PRODUCTION-SUITE-DIAGRAM-v2a-2-768x449.jpg 768w, http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PRODUCTION-SUITE-DIAGRAM-v2a-2-1024x598.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PRODUCTION-SUITE-DIAGRAM-v2a-2-100x58.jpg 100w, http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/PRODUCTION-SUITE-DIAGRAM-v2a-2.jpg 1190w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-157492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manage all broadcast communications on one Mac\u00ae screen.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>During this COVID pandemic and beyond, your Backbone friends want to help in any way we can. We think Bill\u2019s brilliant concept is a game changer in battling this threat and perhaps threats to come.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an existing AM\/FM\/TV station or municipality, please contact us. We have a limited number of slots available for a 30- to 60-day \u201cfree trial\u201d, maybe longer. If you want to keep or repurpose it when this all goes away, it\u2019s less than $700\/month, fully loaded, including unlimited LUCI Global users and usage.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The TV\/Radio industry is suddenly embracing the benefits of cloud broadcasting as the world fights against COVID-19. In the new Radio World, read how one Roanoke resident has quickly launched a powerful emergency radio station with the help of his community and Backbone Networks, using the gear they already own: laptops and smartphones. COVID Virginia, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,84,124,85,1],"tags":[7,125,126],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158391"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158391"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158736,"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158391\/revisions\/158736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/backbonebroadcast.com\/BB\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}