Anderton Tiger Broadcaster

An Innovative Radio Broadcasting System for educators looking to engage learners with C21st ICT skills.  A complete turnkey solution - everything in one portable system, easily moved from classroom to classroom or installed into a Studio Space.

This is a LIVE School Radio Broadcasting System - created by Russell Prue around the specific needs of young broadcasters.  It is portable and designed to be easily moved around an education establishment on a flat surface. The system is digital and is packed with ground-breaking technology that other suppliers haven't thought of; the equipment breaks down and packs away into three easily moved pieces, so off-site Outside Broadcasts are simple and easy to manage and no one piece is too heavy to move.  After working with young people from all over the country for two years on Live Radio Shows with lots of other manufacturers' equipment, Russell felt compelled to design his own that was better and cheaper than comparable solutions. 
 

At BETT 2010, Russell launched The Anderton Tiger Broadcaster with a LIVE four day Radio Show featuring young reporters from the National Education Network competition.  You can hear some of the best bits of this marathon broadcast in our Podcasts area.  The Broadcaster has been specifically designed to improve speaking & listening skills, motivate reluctant writers and offer broadcasting opportunities to less confident pupils & students.  Everything is included to get started straight away, there are over 150 Jingles already on the system and streaming software has been installed and configured ready to go.  When we call The Broadcaster a Turnkey system, that's exactly what we mean.  Nothing except children's imagination needs to be added.  You don't have to do everything live, the system can of course make fabulous podcasts too, but there is something magical about doing a live show.  When everything has to be right first time, learners appear to put more effort in, achieve higher standards and this leads to a rise in self esteem and every educator knows how important this can be for learners.  From the moment you first power-up the system you will see how much careful thought has gone into the design.  Jingles can be looped during mid-playback at the touch of a button, music tracks paused at anytime, the library searched instantly and content dragged and dropped onto the screen ready for playing.  The Broadcaster works with the commonest audio file formats, MP3 and WAV and doesn't insist on exceptionally large loss-less file formats that some of our competitors do.  Ripping audio from a CD is quick and easy, music can be loaded from any MP3 source without any fuss.  We have done everything possible to engage the highest number of learners and not just those interested in a career in Radio Broadcasting.  The system is professional enough to give a commercial radio station a run for their money, while at the same time not being too complicated.

Wheelchair users are easily accommodated  as the twin 19” touch-screen monitors swing out to the sides allowing access to the control software and remote fader control. The system is height adjustable and with On-Screen One-Touch-Auto-fade, running a live show has never been easier. With just one touch each fader can be automatically controlled and what’s more, you can see the Flying-Faders actually move on the traditional fader control desk. The Broadcaster comes with two guest microphones and four guest headphones.  There are colour co-ordinated microphone windshields that match the fader labels making it easy to see who is on each microphone.  The presenter's microphone is a high quality BeyerDynamic M99 product that gives an excellent professional sound to any broadcaster.

For a complete under the Bonnet inspection please visit the Specifications area

 

Live Radio has NEVER been this much FUN

As featured on the new comparison website Innovate my school




"I would highly recommend that if you want to introduce radio into your school
Broadcaster is the best on the market."

 "I can honestly say that I think the Radio Station might well be the most innovative way of engaging
young people that I have come across in 34 years of teaching!"

 

For customers looking to finance their Broadcaster purchase we recommend Syscap - an Education Leasing Company with a unique history of supporting schools



Educational benefits of owning your own Radio Station
Develop speaking & listening skills
Enhance collaboration
Improve problem solving skills
Expand literacy
Extend out of hours support with programmes before & after school
Enhance your cross-curricular use of ICT
Celebrate success by extending your broadcasts into the community so parents can listen too
Develop MFL & Community Language support



The Accessory Tray, it is easy to see if you have everything when you pack it up

Interested ?  What to do next:

Download our A5 flyer in PDF here

To broadcast copyright music legally you will need the following two licences, links are provided for further information and to apply for your own, as too are details of our radio station music licence.

Anderton Tiger Radio Licence Number for 2010 LE-0001887
If you play music on your Internet radio station you will need a Licence
LOML (Limited Online Music Licence) User Guide
Lyrics and Music Copyright Holders

Anderton Tiger Radio Licence Number for 2010 SWL-0389
You'll also need one of these licences to cover copyright
Small Webcaster Licence User Guide
Record Companies & Performers' Rights

Some of the rules for a Small Webcaster Licence

In any given 3 hour period of Webcasting there shall be:
(i) No more than 3 songs from a particular album
(ii) No more than 2 songs from a particular album consecutively
(iii) No more than 4 songs by one particular artist
(iv) No more than 3 songs by one particular artist consecutively