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rs170a wrote on 4/14/2012, 9:55 PM
I give our local stations a 44.1 KHz WAV file.

Mike
Chienworks wrote on 4/14/2012, 9:57 PM
Well, you certainly couldn't go wrong delivering an AudioCD.

Most folks tend to consider MP3 stereo at 128Kbps to be "sufficient quality". I tend to use 192Kbps for my personal collection. Chances are any semi-modern station has a PC in the booth for playing such things.

Best thing to do ... ask the station.

Larry Clifford wrote on 4/23/2012, 11:13 AM
Download a sample from a radio station, eg, here -
http://www.box.com/s/396272180ae8a955b44d

The run this free program - http://mediainfo.sourceforge.net/en

This will give you much info about an audio file.
rraud wrote on 4/23/2012, 11:37 AM
FWIW, MP3 bitrate/quality varies depending on the number of channels. All things being equal, spoken word or non-stereo program content, a 64kbps MP3 'mono' (single-channel) file would have the same quality as a 128kbps 2-channel MP3.
The point is, for higher quality MP3s, use mono encoding for spoken word and other material that has no spatial content.
In my simple 'sum and difference' experiments, a spoken word mono 320kbps MP3 is identical, ie: totally cancels out when 180 degrees out of phase with the 44.1/16 bit PCM original.

PS- I would suggest using the Vegas Audio Forum for audio related issues to keep the VP video forum less cluttered than it already is.
Steve Mann wrote on 4/23/2012, 12:19 PM
Ask the station.