If you want an idea of how artificial intelligence and the cloud are bringing change to radio workflows, check out “Front Range Country 103.1” in Denver.
Starting today, Audacy has put workflows behind that format onto the Super Hi-Fi platform. The station is on FM translator K276FK, which rebroadcasts an HD2 signal from another Audacy station in the market.
The companies say this is the first commercial FM “exclusively scheduled and automated with artificial intelligence in the cloud,” and they said the change will “dramatically” reduce operational cost and complexity for the station.
Super Hi-Fi said this is the first commercial station to use its full AI technologies and tools. (The voices heard on the station are human, not AI-based.)
“Starting today, Audacy will power Denver’s Front Range Country 103.1 with Super Hi-Fi’s AI-powered platform and toolset, including its Program Director Radio Operating System,” the companies announced Thursday.
“The integration is a full cloud-first technology approach that dramatically reduces the total operational cost and complexity associated with traditional platforms.
“Additionally, this launch includes a move to a fully transmitter-based playout structure, underpinned by the Orban 5950 Super Hi-Fi Edition that recently won numerous awards at NAB Las Vegas.”
They said the combination of cloud-based AI radio tools and transmitter-based reception and playout demonstrates an important trend in radio operations that are “simpler and easier to manage, with significantly lower costs across the operations chain.”
The tools used by the station include AI-powered production, scheduling, voice track mastering and audio preparation as well as the cloud-based Program Director platform to manage music curation, content, ads, scheduling, voice tracking and station playout tasks, “all available to use from any laptop, anywhere in the world.”
The announcement was made by Audacy Chief Programming Officer Jeff Sottolano and Super Hi-Fi CEO Zack Zalon.
[Read more Radio World coverage of artificial intelligence uses in radio.]
