By Bill Steele
Cornell's voice has just became a little clearer on the radio.
Cornell News Service and Media Services have completed the installation of ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) service, which provides a high-fidelity telephone link to radio and television stations and networks worldwide.
"This is another service we are providing to help spread the word about Cornell's remarkable breadth of activities in teaching, research and outreach," said Henrik N. Dullea, vice president for university relations.
ISDN has become the technology of choice for National Public Radio (NPR), the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), the Canadian Broadcasting Co. (CBC) and most commercial radio networks. Frequently, when you hear a radio interview that sounds as if the subject and the interviewer are sitting in the same studio -- they may not be. An ISDN connection, transmitting CD-quality sound over ordinary telephone lines, just makes it sound that way. That makes Ithaca just as good a place to be as New York City, Washington, D.C., or San Francisco.
"We are always looking for new ways to communicate information about Cornell's outstanding programs and faculty to the world," said Linda Grace-Kobas, director of the Cornell News Service. Among other technological advances: The Cornell Chronicle and Cornell news releases are on the World Wide Web.
"By adding this audio service," Grace-Kobas said, "we have another way to provide professional-level service to the campus and to the national media."
The ISDN line serves one of two fully equipped radio studios in the Media Services production center in Martha Van Rensselaer Hall at Cornell. Requests to use the service should go to Glen Palmer, Media Services, 255-8162.