We supply the following manufacturers:

Professional Organisations

The Audio Engineering Society
www.aes.org

BBC Academy
www.bbc.co.uk/collegeofproduction

Institute of Professional Sound
www.ips.org.uk

Society of Broadcast Engineers
www.sbe.org

National Association of Broadcasters
www.nab.org

International Broadcasting Convention
www.ibc.org

The Association of Professional Recording Services
www.aprs.co.uk

Community Broadcast Association
www.cba.org.uk

Community Media Association
www.commedia.org.uk

European Broadcasting Union
www.ebu.ch

International Telecommunications Union
www.itu.int

Student Radio Association
www.studentradio.org.uk

Useful Industry Sites

Gearslutz
www.gearslutz.com

Publications

TV Bay
www.tv-bay.com

Resolution Magazine
www.resolutionmag.com

Industry Resources

Studios for Hire
www.studiosforhire.com

Audio International Recording Studios
www.philsbook.com/audio-international.html

We have worked on many projects around the world in the last 20 years. Please see below for more details on our projects.  This is only a small representative sample of our previous clients.

UK

School of Performing Arts, Croydon

Known as the Brit School, this college has produced many major UK artists such as Katy Melua, Amy Winehouse and Adele since we helped establish it over 20 years ago. RPL was responsible for the specification, design and construction of the two recording studios and two radio studios. The recording studios were renamed in 2012 the Sir George Martin Studios in his honour.

MBC Middle East Broadcast Centre, London

Design, installation and technical consultancy for MBC Radio broadcasting on satellite from London across Europe and the Middle East. RPL was also under contract to provide 24 hour maintenance to this station for over 8 years until it relocated to Dubai.

Spectrum Radio, London

Relocation of studios and facilities on two occasions whilst keeping all programmes on air. Supply and installation of three remote studios.

Capital South and West Yorkshire 105.1 FM, Leeds (formerly broadcasting as Galaxy FM)

Design, installation and supply of four radio studios plus rack rooms and custom equipment design for routing programmes across four different transmitter networks.

Heart (formerly Mercury FM and AM)

Project management of station relocation and custom design of studios. Also relocation of transmitter circuits and AM transmitter and installation of structured cable IT network.

Other Projects

We have also built many small scale radio stations around the UK. The scope of works include supply and installation of studios plus engineering and specification of transmitter systems with liaison with Ofcom (the UK regulatory authority). There are too many stations to mention but here are a few:

• Lite FM, Peterborough
• Club Asia, East London
• Link FM, Essex
• Bang FM, North West London
• Amber Radio, Walsall
• Kohinoor FM, Leicester
• Voice FM Radio, Southampton
• Sanjhi Awaz Radio, Birmingham
• Takeover Radio, Leicester
• Oxygen 107.9, Oxford
• Cambridge Red, Cambridge

Satellite Radio Stations

RPL has provided facilities including digital links to the uplink provider for many radio stations on the Astra and Hotbird Satellites, including:

• Asian Gold Radio
• Aston Villa Radio
• Radio Punjab
• Raaj Radio, Leicester
• Yorkshire Radio, Leeds United FC, Leeds
• Southampton FC Radio, Southampton
• Student Broadcast Network, London
• IBC Communications
• Khushkabri Radio, Middlesex

We have also provided studio facilities and transmitters for temporary radio stations including:

• Avenues FM, London
• East London Mosque, London
• Chill Enterprises, Leicester
• Fresh Air FM, University of Edinburgh
• Gurunanak Gurdwara, Birmingham
• Guru Ravi Dass, Southall
• Guru Nanak, Coventry
• Guru Hargobing, Coventry
• Gurunank Gurdawara, Smethick
• Radio Ramadan, West Yorkshire
• Radio Ramadan, Huddersfield
• Radio Ramadan, Oldham
• Radio Ramadan, East London
• Radio Ramadan, Slough
• Radio Ramadan, Croydon
• Radio Ramadan, Luton
• Radio Ramadan, Reading
• Radio Haaj
  
  

CARIBBEAN

Tuff Gong Studios & Bob Marley Museum
Design and installation of CD mastering facility, record cutting facility and technical consultancy, including restoration of Bob Marley analogue master tapes.

MIDDLE EAST

MBC TV and RADIO
Supply of equipment and engineering services.

QATAR Radio and TV
Technical consultancy.

ASIA

FM 101 Pakistan
Design, supply and installation of 6 studios and three high power FM transmission systems for the first national commercial radio station in Pakistan.

Internews, Afghanistan
Supply of radio station equipment

UNFOR, Afghanistan
Supply of radio news reporting equipment

AFRICA

SUDAN

Sudan Radio and TV
Technical consultancy, training and supply of equipment.

Afnan Audio and Visual, Khartoum
Supply of Equipment

Khartoum FM Broadcasting
Technical consultancy, design and supply of equipment for FM Radio station.

Sports FM
Technical consultancy, design and supply of transmission system.

ETHIOPIA

Ethiopian Union Mission
Supply of two complete radio studios, including audio workstations.

Sheger FM, Addis Ababa
Supply of technical equipment

UGANDA

Mbale Central Church, Kampala
Supply of two complete radio studios, including audio workstations, UPS, cabling and infrastructure.

KENYA

Metro East Kenya, Nairobi
Supply of complete radio station including two broadcast radio studios, transmitter, radio links and outside broadcast vehicle.

Iqra FM Nairobi
Supply of complete radio station including two broadcast radio studios, transmitter and radio links

KBC, Nairobi
Supply of videotapes and technical parts

Nation Media Group, Nairobi
Supply of videotapes and technical parts

NIGERIA

Inspiration FM, Victoria Island, Lagos
Complete design, supply and installation of two radio studios, newsroom studio, five kilowatt FM transmission system with local technical support and commissioning.

Arc Resources, Lagos
Supply of video and audio equipment. Supply of video and film lighting equipment.

NNB FM, Port Harcourt
Technical Design and Consultancy

Babcock University
Supply of 2 studios and 1kW transmitter with audio PC, network and installation.

GHANA

Radio Stations

Provided equipment and technical support for over 30 FM stations in Ghana, including:

• Vibe FM
• Radio Univers
• Radio Peace
• Radio ADA
• Space FM
• Radio Gold
• Skyy Power FM
• Northern Star FM
• Radio Gwewaa, Tamale
• Ghana Community Broadcasting Network

TV Stations

Provided equipment and technical support for TV stations including:

• TV Africa
• Metro TV
• GBC
• Net 2 TV and Radio
• Skyy Power TV
• Multiview TV

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Congo Frontline Missions
Supply and installation of two complete radio studios and audio PC workstations.

LIBERIA

Radio Advent, Monrovia
Supply and installation of 1kW FM radio transmitter and antenna system with local commissioning and antenna rigging.

THE GAMBIA

Capital FM
Technical Consultancy

CAMEROON

Christian Radio, Yaounde
Supply of FM transmission system and studio equipment

Roy Parsons Limited trading as RPL has now been established for over 20 years.

RPL have built and maintained TV, Radio and Music studios in the UK, Africa and the Middle East.

Our clients include MBC TV, The World Bank and various UN organisations. We have supplied TV and radio stations to clients across the UK, as well as exporting to Sudan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Ghana, Nigeria and Kenya among many others around the world.

The company started when we were awarded the technical construction and acoustic design of the radio and music facilities for the School of Performing Arts known as the Brit School in London in 1992. Since then the company has gone from strength to strength.

Please visit our projects page to find out more about particular projects we have worked on.

Company Personnel

Roy Parsons

Managing Director and Founder Roy Parsons has collected many years of experience and product knowledge from working on radio and tv stations around the world.

His first mixer design was at the age of 14 when he built his own radio studio.  These designs evolved and were later custom built for the Radio Luxembourg English Service in Hertford St, London in the mid 1970s. For the last 30 years he has worked as a studio designer and engineer.  As the technical manager of many leading recording studios he has worked on albums by artists such as Sheena Easton, Sade, Everything but the Girl, Whitney Houston, Tom Robinson, Robert Wyatt, Sean Lennon and The Lightning Seeds, working at studios such as 145 Wardour St., Audio International, Radio Luxembourg Hertford St. London, The Barge, Little Venice, London, Power Plant Studio, Willesden, Trident Sound Studios and Angell Sound Studios among many others.

Few radio engineers and designers have had the opportunity to work on so many US and UK no.1 singles. Roy has also worked at Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica and on projects for Rita Marley in Ghana. He also managed the restoration of vintage unreleased Bob Marley concert recordings.

All key employees have a good working knowledge of broadcasting, most having come from positions within the industry, while all employees have an engineering background.

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