Radio has always been a hands-on business. Yet, the days of using a console where fixing a problem felt a lot like unscrewing a spark plug, licking it, putting it back and turning on the engine—in the hope that nothing explodes—are definitely over.

AES67-based Audio-over-IP is here to stay. And so is ST2022-7 seamless protection switching. A new generation of radio hosts simply expects the immediacy and intuitiveness of touchscreen-based systems for fast-paced radio. What’s more: at regional stations, the great divide between radio and TV has all but vanished.

Lawo’s radio consoles have been hybrids for years: remote controls that send instructions to a processing core, they also interact with on-screen software for just enough deep-dive control to keep the hosts’ creative juices flowing.

And they can act as backup or full-time mixers in TV broadcast.