Meet Jim Foley
Owner
Jim began his career as a Chief Engineer for, at one time or another, most of the radio stations in San Luis Obispo County. He designed and built multiple radio station studios and transmitter sites. He then transitioned into the CableTV Ad insertion field. Jim worked in production studios and field playback systems and watched as the Ad industry moved from analog VCRs, then to digital playback, and finally onto the digital program insertion we use today. Years ago, he also was fortunate enough to work as a monitor engineer on stage with some of late, great, country and rock entertainers, and he has yet to get over Jimmy Buffet's passing, R.I.P. Jimmy.
Expertise
• Simulsat and standard satellite dish maintenance and tuning
• IRD installation, configuration and programming
• Headend design and construction
• Remote management of headend infrastructure
• PRTG SNMP monitoring
• Cloud and local encoding automation
• Custom solutions for ad Insertion statistics
Project History
○ Designed and built studios for KBOX, KZOZ,
KKAL, and KJDJ.
○ Designed and built transmitter sites for KBOX
and KTAP.
○ Designed and built encoding studios for
Falcon CableTV and Charter
Communications.
○ Provided the following services for MCV/
Guam Cable Vision/Docomo Pacific:
• Maintained Simulsat, IRDs, and networking
equipment as they transitioned from VCR
playback to satellite delivery.
• Shut down original TVRO site. Designed
and built a new headend at the current
location.
• Managed 5G satellite conversion.
○ Expanded Channelmatic analog ad insertion
systems for various MSO's around the
country.
○ Provided the following services for Adlink
within the Los Angeles area:
• Expanded the analog channels and the
number of systems across the LA Area.
• Trained wiring crews to speed up the
analog expansion and developed VCR
maintenance routines.
• Helped test and deploy the first DEC/
SkyConnect digital ad insertion systems.
• Trained Adlink technicians on ad insertion
troubleshooting and maintenance.