Quincy Illinois, October 14, 2026 — Broadcast Electronics, a global leader in designing and manufacturing broadcast products, including transmitters for AM, FM, HD Radio®, TV and media software has a long history of providing rapid, high-quality service to their customers. Today, the company announces the new AMX 1 a 1kW version of ultra compact highly efficient breakthrough AM Transmitter platform debuting at the 2026 NAB NY Show (October 21-22, Javits Center, New York City). Broadcast Electronics will be exhibiting at Booth 456.
The Broadcast Electronics AMX is a next generation AM transmitter platform that is based around ultra-high efficiency, scalability, modularity, simplified maintenance, and significantly reduced footprint featuring BE’s exclusive SiCore™ technology which won a NAB 2026 Best in Show award in April. AMX 1 joins the AMX 3 and AMX 5 to provide a total family solution for stations needing 500 watts to 5kW with a remarkable 5kW in a single 5 RU chassis for Analog, HD Radio or DRM broadcasts. AMX is compact, lightweight and easily shippable via UPS or FedEx – an industry first, drastically reducing shipping and logistics costs and simplifying installation and shrinking transmitter site space and costs. All AMX models are designed and manufactured in Quincy, Illinois.
The world’s first AM transmitter built on Silicon Carbide. Not an update. Not an evolution. A completely new technology platform for AM broadcasting. SiCore™ by Broadcast Electronics changes everything about how AM transmitters are designed, built, and protected. Higher efficiency. Superior transient resistance. A Safe Mode that protects the amplifier within approximately one microsecond of a lightning or arc event.
Integrated standard MDCL – Modulation Dependent Carrier Level to take the energy savings to the next level. Continually adjustable up to 6 dB of carrier reduction can lower energy consumption significantly with over 60% reduction in energy costs.
Your transmitteres biggest cost is not the purchase price. It is the power bill. The BE AMX Series pays you back and the numbers prove it. A typical 5kW station can save $12,750 per year in typical combined energy, HVAC, and maintenance savings. AMX delivers nearly $159,500 in cumulative savings over 15 years vs. keeping an older unit. Cash-flow positive from day one on a lease. Full payback in approximately 3 years.
Wideband Power Amplifier, Exciter and Control System: AMX’s exclusive modular harmonic filter makes field frequency changes a simple matter by replacing the harmonic filter and doing a quick calibration all in less than 30 minutes – ideal for multi-station emergency backup scenarios.
BE and Orban collaborated to introduce the market’s first AM Orban Inside to provide a simple low-cost way to add world-class Orban AM audio processing to any AMX transmitter. Orban Inside delivers a full suite of powerful audio processing tools to optimize your station sound and consistency: AGC, equalizer, five-band compressor/limiter, and peak limiter featuring Orban’s exclusive multiband distortion-canceled clipper and overshoot compensator optimized for maximum modulation and enhanced coverage. All this power comes with extensive factory presets for any format all of which can be customized to match your station’s sound. Full control and scheduling via an HTML GUI including Orban’s easy one-knob LESS-MORE control to simplify set up.
“After launching AMX and winning the Best of Show at NAB, customers who ordered the 3 and 5kW versions naturally asked if they could get the same great capabilities and unique AMX value at the 1kW level. We believe all customers deserve lower cost of ownership, simplified operation and software-enabled flexibility, AMX 1 delivers exactly what they have asked for.” said Rich Redmond, President, and CEO of Broadcast Electronics. “AMX builds on the legacy of Radio First innovation BE delivers to broadcasters as the only partner providing workflow solutions that enable the creation, monetization, distribution and delivery of content for radio stations.”
AMX – breakthrough technology AM broadcasters need: reliable, modular, compact, energy efficient, scalable, cost effective and more. AMX with SiCore – the transmitter that pays you back.
About Broadcast Electronics
For the past 67 years, Broadcast Electronics has been providing high-tech solutions for broadcasters in over 170 countries. Located in Quincy, Illinois, Broadcast Electronics is a proud US-based designer and manufacturer of media and broadcast infrastructure solutions for the global marketplace. Customers spanning the globe, from New York City to Johannesburg to New Delhi and everywhere in between and ranging from large media conglomerates to individual radio stations, all rely on BE’s innovative transmitter systems and enterprise class media management software solutions to reliably create, distribute and transmit high-quality content to their listeners. All of their products and services come from a heritage of creativity and innovation unmatched in the industry. Visit www.bdcast.com for more information.
