So there's big news on the engineering front here at RIPR: we're partnering with MVYradio (formerly heard on WMVY 92.7FM on the Vineyard) to put MVYradio content on our 102.7HD2 digital signal in South County, and in turn it's being simulcast on the 96.5FM analog signal in Newport.

Providence, RI – This week: POWER. Not such "fight the" but rather "emergency backup"! RIPR and the Wheeler School are installing an emergency backup power generator at WELH 88.1FM on November 20th. This will allow us to stay up and running during a power outage for almost five days!

Providence, RI – Audio purists refer to it as the scourge of music, but "audio processing" is a critical part of any radio station's transmitter system...automatically making content with wildly different volumes all sound consistent, so you don't have to constantly adjust your volume knob.

Providence, RI – A look at FM propagation, and why are FM towers are so tall? It's because the physics of FM operate on a "line of sight" method.

Providence, RI – SOLAR OUTAGES. I know, I know, it sounds like the next (terrible) Michael Bay movie, but it's far more benign and a function of orbital dynamics, satellite program delivery, and the tilt of the earth. Wondering what the heck I'm talking about? Read on to find out!

PROVIDENCE, RI – Audio dropouts on RIPR's stream can have many root causes, but the solution for many of them can be to increase the buffering. How to do that? Read on for some tips!

Providence, RI – This is a test. This is a test of the Emergency Engineer's Corner. It is only a test. Those iconic words (perhaps slightly paraphrased) coupled with the tell-tale "brraaaaap... brraaaaap...brraaaaap" data tones, are widely known as the Emergency Alert System, or EAS.