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AI Is Saving Money for Transmitter Users

 


Houzé: Optimized power consumption generates multiple benefits

BY RW STAFF
PUBLISHED: JUNE 26, 2024

A current Radio World ebook explores the use of artificial intelligence in radio broadcasting. This is an excerpt.

In 2018 WorldCast Systems released its first technology with artificial intelligence for FM transmitters, SmartFM, to optimize RF power based on the audio content, in real time. The company says benefits include lower power costs, reduced cooling, less maintenance, longer transmitter life and a smaller carbon footprint.

David Houzé is a product manager for WorldCast.

David Houzé
Radio World: What’s the most important recent or current trend in how artificial intelligence is being used in radio and audio?

David Houzé: We are still at the beginning of artificial intelligence in radio broadcasting but the trendiest use of AI is mainly in the studio and concerns the script generation for shows, news or weather reports. 

Additional story and interview at Radio World