Re: WPRI master

[Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>]

<<On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:40:31 -0800 (PST), Matthew Osborne <mattosborne1976@yahoo.com> said:

> Ok so that leaves me with a question. For these types
> of remote setups, how do these broadcasting companies
> get the air signals from these remote master control
> locations to the actual transmitters, which can be
> located hundreds of miles away?

They use optical fiber.  Long-haul fiber is cheap, thanks to the big
telecom bust.  For legal reasons, they have to backhaul through the
studios anyway, so the ``last mile'' to the transmitter is probably
the same as it was when master was located at the studios.

-GAWollman