REC Networks has announced today the beta test launch of RECPRO, a text-based "professional" version of the REC broadcast tools. RECPRO will be used mainly inside REC but will make it also available to a limited number of individuals and organizations.
RECPRO "unbundles" many of the elements of the LPFM Channel Search and Broadcast Query tools. Instead of using a web browser, RECPRO will use a secure shell interface (SSH) such as PuTTY for access. RECPRO will offer faster search results than with the web-based tools.
RECPRO will eventually allow users to "build" and "maintain" their stations by being able to save their station or proposed station data for future retrieval.
Current features in RECPRO include advanced broadcast facility inquiry, dialscapes, LPFM channel searching, commercial channel searching, population study, media concentration reports and ownership reports.
Future features projected for RECPRO include wide area channel searching, encroachment monitoring, tower searching, displacement handling and translator placement.
RECPRO is currently in a restricted beta. Those who have supported REC in 2012 should watch their e-mail over the next week for an invitation to try out RECPRO.
For more information on RECPRO, visit http://home.recnet.com/recpro
