Studio infrastructure
Studio design, builds, rebuilds, signal flow, technical rooms, audio paths, and infrastructure upgrades.
Broadcast architect & technology specialist
I build the technical backbone that keeps radio on air.
Studios, playout systems, audio networks, broadcast IT infrastructure, and the operational reliability modern stations depend on.
Radio technology built for live pressure.
I build and modernise the technical backbone of radio stations: the studios, playout systems, audio networks and IT infrastructure that keep a station on air.
Playout and automation
Migration, optimisation, and support for playout platforms with minimal on-air disruption.
IP audio and broadcast IT
Audio over IP, Axia Livewire+, AES67, broadcast networking, servers, and resilient IT operations.
Twenty-four years in South African radio, from the rack room to senior technical leadership.
I started as a sound engineer in 2002 and grew into senior broadcast technology and IT leadership across commercial, community, retail and internet radio.
- Studio design, builds and infrastructure upgrades
- Playout and automation migration with minimal on-air disruption
- IP audio over Axia Livewire+ and AES67, plus broadcast networking
- On-air reliability, redundancy and disaster recovery
- Technical team leadership and broadcast IT operations
Gareth David
Broadcast Architect & Technology Specialist with 24 years in South African radio.
Hands-on, strategic, and built for operational reality.
My background is hands-on rather than certificate-driven, with two decades of solving real broadcast problems under live on-air pressure, backed by formal study in business management and radio station management.
That combination is deliberate: I can engineer the system and run the function.
Modern radio infrastructure should be stable, scalable, and ready for what comes next.
Designed end to end
Studio environments, signal flow, transmission paths, digital platforms, servers and network infrastructure treated as one system.
Reliable under pressure
FM, streaming and outside broadcasts need resilient technical environments that protect output quality and minimise downtime.
Aligned with the business
Technology has to support creative and commercial objectives through budgeting, lifecycle management, compliance and practical execution.
Current focus at Gagasi FM.
As the station’s senior broadcast and technical specialist, I lead broadcast technology and infrastructure across studio environments, playout platforms, audio-over-IP networks, and operational uptime.
Infrastructure
Studio environments
Broadcast spaces built properly, from room design and signal flow through to consoles, routing, processors and technical support systems.
Migration
Playout platforms
Automation and playout environments migrated, integrated and maintained without disrupting live broadcast output.
Operations
Technical leadership
A technical and IT function managed end to end, with direct leadership of a team of up to eight people.
Career work in the field.
A practical record of studio builds, rack rooms, playout environments, technical upgrades, outside broadcast support, and the infrastructure work behind reliable radio.
Working history.
Experience across commercial, community, retail and internet radio, with a career path rooted in hands-on engineering and grown into senior broadcast technology leadership.
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Let’s talk broadcast technology.
I’m open to connecting with anyone working on broadcast technology, station builds or media infrastructure, particularly the modernisation of radio in Africa or around the world.