Broadcast Tools founder Don Winget is preparing for retirement as the company moves toward its transition to Inovonics, according to an October 22 Radio World interview.
Winget founded Broadcast Tools in 1989 while serving as chief engineer at Seattle’s KXRX. Its products have included audio switchers, routers, remote controls and silence-monitoring devices used in broadcast operations.
Radio World reports that Inovonics intends to continue the Broadcast Tools name and product line. Winget’s plans include traveling by recreational vehicle with his wife.
The retirement profile provides a personal milestone for a familiar broadcast-equipment supplier. For stations using the equipment, the practical follow-up concerns continuing support, warranty procedures, replacement parts and product availability.
RNN is treating the transition and retirement as forthcoming; the interview does not establish a precise final working day.
Source: Radio World’s October 22 interview.
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