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KOSW fixes full music library drive, adopts workaround for recording; engineers investigate intermittent broadcast distortion
Summary
Station volunteers installed a new 4-terabyte music drive and a temporary recording workaround after the station’s music-drive capacity caused slowdowns; engineers said intermittent “metallic” distortion on the FM broadcast persists and may come from aging digitizer/decoder equipment or the microwave link to the tower.
KOSW volunteers installed a new 4-terabyte music drive over the weekend and put in a temporary workaround so on-air recordings continue while engineers track lingering problems with encoders and the station’s digital path.
The station’s volunteer who reported the upgrade, Trey, said the previous 2-terabyte drive had “gotten to the point there was only about 300 gigs left and searches were getting slow,” so the station purchased and installed a 4-terabyte unit to restore normal operation. “We got it all back together and no more hiccups,” Trey said, adding that he and volunteer Randall performed the swap and verified the music library was intact.
The new drive fixed slow searches and playback hiccups but exposed other problems in the station’s digital chain. Station engineer Marty described an intermittent distortion…
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