broadcast am broadcast radio automation founded 1959 headquarters quincy illinois united states products low power high power rf systems radio automation systems website http www.bdcast.com a broadcast electronics transmitter installed at whjy in providence ri broadcast electronics be is a manufacturer of am and fm transmitters marti electronics stl and rpu equipment developer of the audiovault radio automation system and parent company to commotion a social media company for radio . founded in 1959 in silver spring maryland be initially manufactured endless loop cartridge cart machines . through the years be also manufactured turntables audio consoles and program automation equipment which was the precursor to today s automation systems for radio stations . in 1977 be relocated to quincy illinois and it was there that be began designing and manufacturing fm and am transmitters . initially the offering was for tube transmitters but their line also expanded to solid state broadcast transmitters . the audiovault automation system was one of the first digital audio storage and playout solutions for radio . audiovault compensated for the slow pc processing speeds at the time by manufacturing their own sound cards and using off bus technology . today audiovault is in its 4th generation architecture since the time the technology was known as a cart machine replacement product . in 1994 be acquired marti electronics . today marti electronics equipment is also manufactured in quincy illinois . be is the largest radio only equipment manufacturer in the united states . 1 footnotes edit broadcast electronics . about us . retrieved 2015 06 22 . this business related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title broadcast electronics & oldid 685805548 categories manufacturing companies based in illinoisbusiness stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 october 2015 at 02 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view