The show is вЂassembledвЂ™ on playout, with the automation playing in the presenterвЂ™s voice and corresponding music. Voice tracking is an established practice in radio, allowing presenters to record links in advance of broadcast. вЂњWe didnвЂ™t want just remote voice tracking, so we talked to most of the manufacturers about whether we could host their equipment on someone elseвЂ™s system in the cloud.вЂќ вЂњSome of the major vendors had to rush to get remote kit working when Covid changed everything,вЂќ Howard says. Home setup: Boom Radio equipment package for presenter Les RossДЄs a start, Howard and Lloyd looked into suitable playout systems and what equipment the presenters would need at home. вЂњInstead, we would do it in the cloud and rely on somebody elseвЂ™s racks room, with all the presenters working from home.вЂќ вЂњPhil Riley asked me how would we set it up technically and I suggested not having an office or studios,вЂќ Howard comments. To develop the necessary technical platform, Riley and Lloyd called on Quentin Howard, who has launched in the region of 32 radio stations over his time with GWR Group (which owned Classic FM), the Digital One DAB multiplex operator and BFBS. On air the station is targeting the 60+ audience, which founders Phil Riley - a radio executive (Chrysalis Radio and Orion Media) - and David Lloyd, who has worked variously as a presenter, programme controller and managing director, saw as abandoned by most stations but which still wanted to hear not only the music they grew up with but also contemporary artists. Read more: How video became the radio star.Boom Radio has taken the idea further to become what is believed to be the first national UK radio station without a central studios building. While broadcasting from home is not new - it dates back to the 1970s and became easier during the 90s thanks to connection technologies such as ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) - the coronavirus crisis has made it a necessity rather than an option. What the name doesnвЂ™t say - but the presenters do - is that it is being broadcast from the DJsвЂ™ homes, not a traditional studio centre. Boom Radio, which went on air in the UK on 14th February, is a new music and talk station for Baby Boomers (people born between 19/64). Boom Radio: First UK station to be broadcast entirely from homeДЄ name often says a lot about something.

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