John Maizels

1980s radio studio recreated for ABC TV Show Frayed

25 November 2021 John Maizels takes on the challenge to recreate an old radio studio for the ABC. The brief: build a 1980s country...

Implausible isn’t impossible

17 December 2020 John Maizels goes sleuthing. This is one for everyone in the broadcasting industry, and especially for managers and career technologists. Turns...

Telephones: a weak link in remote broadcasting

1 June 2020 Have you been listening to the quality of telephone calls on radio during this time of lockdown? Most of them...

A lot of people have been talking about the technical skills shortage… we’re doing something about it

23 January 2019 Last month Sydney suburban community station 2RRR piloted the community broadcasting sector’s first Studio Blitz practical training course, where technically...

2018 Community Radio Awards: Full Winners List

10 November 2018 The 2018 CBAA Community Radio Awards were presented last night on the Gold Coast at the conclusion of the community...

Two new members for Technorama board

25 June 2018 Board unanimously votes to appoint Emma Couch and Julie Spencer. The recent adoption of a new constitution for the community...

The hardest to fill vacancy in radio. And how you could fill it

19 June 2017 Most HR recruiters will tell you that Broadcast Engineers are as rare as hens’ teeth.If that’s so, then last weekend’s...

Sporadic E causing strange phenomena for Aussie radio stations

25 November 2016 Stations all around Australia have been reporting interference from signals far far away over the past 24 hours (see our...

The training has left the station

15 July 2016 On RadioINSIGHT this week, veteran US Engineer Chris Tarr has a good old lash-out at the state of engineering skill...

SMPTE exhibition hits Sydney in July

15 January 2015 The Society of Motion Picture Engineers is hosting an exhibition in Sydney from July 14-17 and have invited people to submit...

Latest radio equipment at SMPTE 2013

7 August 2013 John Maizels gets excited as he explores the SMPTE exhibition for radioinfo. Split consoles, transmitters, combiners, pickup pre-amps, iphone field kit...

SMPTE video report on radio exhibitors

27 July 2011 In our final report on last week’s conference, radioinfo enlisted SMPTE’s John Maizels to visit a range of radio product...

How to get the most from your Station Tech

9 December 2010 At this year’s CBAA conference John Maizels was one of the ‘geeks’ in a session called Ask The Geeks, and...

Engineering skills initiative a success: MP Gary Hardgrave

8 March 2006 A milestone meeting between broadcast engineers, educators and other industry heavyweights has succeeded in mapping a way forward to redress...

Industry summit today on broadcast engineering training: SMPTE Chair Maizels

7 March 2006 A top level summit meeting is being held today at AFTRS in Sydney to address the declining numbers of broadcast...