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Worldwide Broadcast Consultants
OUR POLICIES AND BELIEFS
We believe that radio was discovered and not invented. The spectrum and principles of transmission always existed before mankind was aware of them, and they are a natural resource, available for all to make use of and enjoy. No one 'owns' radio frequencies, they are as free as sunlight (which is the same kind of energy but with a higher frequency!). We do not advocate breaking laws and we encourage our clients to always choose a legal solution; but we do believe in liberating radio frequencies, and enabling our clients to access them.
WBC Areas of Operation
What can the WBC team do for you?
Our team have many years of experience building successful radio stations of all sizes and in over 24 countries. We can do these things for you -
1. CONCEPTUALISE formulate the framework of your radio station. Usually to include Licensing - we have managed several dozen succesful licence applications in five countries, for national, regional and local stations. (If no licenses are available, we can usually find a legal way around that!)
2. BUILD your station: Studios, Transmission facilities.
We can source the best equipment, often at very favourable prices.
3. Recruit STAFF and then Train and Incentivise them
4. FORMAT. Help you refine, lay out and develop your help programme format
5. PROMOTE - advertising your radio station to listeners.
6. LAUNCH Plan and Supervise for maximum impact.
Once you have all the above operational, you need to SELL your audience to your advertisers, in order to generate revenue. Which brings us round to another service we can supply:
7. MARKETING - the aspect of radio which produces the revenue
We recommend that all 7 of the above aspects are addressed fully, as missing any of these usually results in a project's failure. We're RADIO STATION BUILD & LAUNCH specialists. We don't want to operate radio stations and we've never been involved in a station close down!
Transmission Equipment
AM, FM, Short Wave, Satellite, DAB
Online Streaming
Studio Installations
Full music or speech studios
incl' Self-Op, news & talks
STL and OB Links
Team Recruit & Train
Engineering, Programming,
Management & Administration
Unusual Circumstances?
No Problem
Clients' confidentiality
always protected
Worldwide Broadcast Consultants
WBC operations began in the early 1980s with one experienced consultant advising a company in Scandinavia on the launch of a powerful AM commercial radio station. Success in the project brought recommendations to other broadcasters and the team grew with additional staff members joining to not only take up the workload, but to broaden the expertise 'in house'.
The WBC team have considerable expertise with high power radio transmitters, including MW, SW, FM, DAB and TV. The consultancy initially contracted out studio work to associates but this is now carried out 'in house'. WBC can offer advice on the entire broadcast chain, "from the mic' to the antenna".
For the various areas of transmission equipment (studio and RF equipment, such as processors) see the pages in the TRANSMISSION section on this site and its sub pages, such as Automation, Microphones, Mixers, etc.
Studio Equipment
An experienced broadcaster who had worked in many radio studios, both 'self-op' and tecnician driven joined the team which added tremendous depth to the skills within the consultancy. WBC then began training sessions for its clients with new equipment. Several well-known equipment manufacturers commissioned advice on the ergonomics and other aspects of day-to-day operation, which in turn gained Worldwide Broadcast Consultants ever more credibility with its existing clients and an increasing flow of new enquiries.
Licensing work
WBC (Worldwide Broadcast Consultants) listened to certain clients and would-be broadcasters and was able to find solutions to the biggest problem in Europe - the lack of opportunities, due to governments having firm control and limiting the number of licenses issued. By innovative thinking, WBC was able to help clients circumvent the often draconian legislation and obtain licences for a variety of services - local, regional, national and international. And all within the law! WBC works closely with well-established legal practitioners in the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland and the USA.
Antenna
Services
Design
Install
Optimise
ONLINE RADIO covers the history, technical and other spects of the development of what is variously known as Internet Radio, Web radio, and ONLINE. Click book cover to read more.
RADIO FORMATS
in the UK and the USA. A useful book describing how programming evolved and describing over a hundred different formats .
DAB and DAB+
Future of radio?
Mired in controversy since its birth in the 90s, this book traces its development and the launch of the DAB+mode, including the growth of Small-Scale DAB in the UK.
Future of radio?
Mired in controversy since its birth in the 90s, this book traces its development and the launch of the DAB+mode, including the growth of Small-Scale DAB in the UK.
Useful radio books
click covers to access
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Radio Engineers &
Transmission equipment
Radio Engineers &
Transmission equipment
Transmission Equipment
AM, FM, Short Wave, Satellite, DAB
Online Streaming
Studio Installations
Full music or speech studios
incl' Self-Op, news & talks
STL and OB Links
Team Recruit & Train
Engineering, Programming,
Management & Administration
Unusual Circumstances?
No Problem
Clients' confidentiality
always protected
Worldwide Broadcast Consultants
WBC operations began in the early 1980s with one experienced consultant advising a company in Scandinavia on the launch of a powerful AM commercial radio station. Success in the project brought recommendations to other broadcasters and the team grew with additional staff members joining to not only take up the workload, but to broaden the expertise 'in house'.
The WBC team have considerable expertise with high power radio transmitters, including MW, SW, FM, DAB and TV. The consultancy initially contracted out studio work to associates but this is now carried out 'in house'. WBC can offer complete advice on the entire radio broadcast chain, "from the microphone to the antenna".
For the various areas of transmission equipment (studio and RF equipment, such as processors) see the pages in the TRANSMISSION section on this site and its sub pages, such as Automation, Microphones, Mixers, etc.
WBC Areas of Operation
What can the WBC team do for you?
Our team have many years of experience building successful radio stations of all sizes and in over 24 countries. We can do these things for you -
1. CONCEPTUALISE formulate the framework of your radio station. Usually to include Licensing - we have managed several dozen succesful licence applications in five countries, for national, regional and local stations. (If no licenses are available, we can usually find a legal way around that!)
2. BUILD your station: Studios, Transmission facilities.
We can source the best equipment, often at very favourable prices.
3. Recruit STAFF and then Train and Incentivise them
4. FORMAT. Help you refine, lay out and develop your help programme format
5. PROMOTE - advertising your radio station to listeners.
6. LAUNCH Plan and Supervise for maximum impact.
Once you have all the above operational, you need to SELL your audience to your advertisers, in order to generate revenue. Which brings us round to another service we can supply:
7. MARKETING - the aspect of radio which produces the revenue
We recommend that all 7 of the above aspects are addressed fully, as missing any of these usually results in a project's failure. We're RADIO STATION BUILD & LAUNCH specialists. We don't want to operate radio stations and we've never been involved in a station close down!