Blue Lake Public Radio (BLPR) relies on Elenos Group solutions for fast transmitter repair

out to us very quickly”

Woodworth explained.

“We were only operating at reduced power for a few days. Once we got the new transmitter on the air, BE was also efficient in getting our old unit overhauled and back to us promptly to provide a much needed back up.”

Broadcast Electronics is part of Elenos Group. The company has announced that its customer Blue Lake Public Radio (BLPR) noticed that their radio station WBLU encountered server damage to their transmitter due to powerful storms.

“One of the 1kW transmitters that we use for our station in downtown Grand Rapids went down,” said Klay Woodworth, Director of Broadcasting for BLPR. “Our choices were to bundle up the old unit and send it in for repair or purchase a new unit, we chose to purchase a new unit and then get the older one overhauled so that we would have a back-up.”

Broadcast Electronics Sales Manager Ben Marth had his team build, test and deliver a new STX-1kW transmitter within 48 hours of learning of the problem.

The STX series of transmitters provides energy efficiency, integrated RDS, HTML web interface and is able to be upgraded to HD Radio when BLPR decides the time is right.

“From the first call we made to BE, customer service was excellent. Our staff was able to secure the equipment we needed and BE had it prepared and shipped

“We are extremely pleased we were able to promptly return WBLU to full power, and thank Blue Lake Public Radio for trusting Broadcast Electronics to help them deliver their message to the Grand Rapids area.” said Rich Redmond, President and COO of Broadcast Electronics – Elenos Group, “We are thankful to have a very dedicated team of broadcast professionals at the Elenos Group who understand the challenges of operating radio and TV stations in a 24/7/365 environment, and stand ready to jump in and support our customers in need.” 