WHEAT NEWS JULY 2026

There’s a sports term for how small decisions can add up to big wins. It’s known as the “game of inches,” a term that originated in football with this idea that moving the ball just a few inches can result in more touchdowns. A lot of what goes into broadcasting today is a game of inches, and there’s no better example of this than the multimedia transformation of ESPN Chicago.

The AoIP network is the load-bearing wall of the studio. Whether you go with one or two switches, a core switch with edge switches or a high-speed Cisco StackWise backplane will depend on the network load and the number of studios and endpoints it needs to support. 

Technology at its best brings people together. Recently, Broadcast Depot became a Wheatstone, VoxPro and Audioarts Engineering distributor in the U.S. Our Dee McVicker talks with Broadcast Depot’s Tim Jobe and Mary Schnelle about studio virtualization, the engineering shortage, and how this new partnership brings together people and technology.

Log on to our Scripters Forum to share scripts, screenshots, and ideas with others also developing virtual news desks, control panels, and signal monitors. You’ll find documents, starter scripts, and a whole knowledge base available to you for developing new screens and workflows for your WheatNet IP audio network.

We’re on our way to IBC2026 with the VMX total virtual mixing experience. Centralize mixing from one server or appliance and mix anywhere, anytime via a web browser! VMX comes with tiles ranging from a simple mixing interface for your laptop or tablet to full virtual consoles on a recessed touchscreen for a television newsroom or a radio on-air studio.

OLED displays are great, that is, until they begin to fade. Whether it's on your mobile phone, television, or audio console, all OLED displays will fade out over time.

Sound experiment || Israel’s first AI radio host || FM in middle of nowhere