This technology is claimed to be invented in Buenos Aires by Oscar Bonello in 1989. Standard PCs are connected in a LAN network to be used on the master control, production, news, administration, etc. Then, 24 hours radio stations are possible, also in small towns that can not afford to have operators and speakers all around the clock. It is possible to create a “playlist” that can reproduce automatically, without a board operator, a complete radio program, including meteorological announces, advertising campaigns, music tunes, satellite network connection, etc. Radio software not only reproduces audio. Now the PC is part of every AM and FM broadcasting, webcasting or podcasting system around the world. Then, instant replay of all the recorded material is done from a keyboard or with a click of the mouse. Usually the radio stations stores all advertising campaigns and most of the music in hard disk. Radio software allows AM and FM broadcasting to reproduce music and voices from the computer’s hard disk instead of using CD, MD, tape recorders or the old cartridge tape (see Fidelipac). There are many commercial and free radio automation packages available. Although some only use small scripts in audio players, a more robust solution is using a full radio automation suite. Almost all radio stations today use some form of broadcast automation.

Visual radio software automation