Re: Guaranteed Error-free Broadcast -- American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century

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Date Posted: 17:38:34 04/20/02 Sat
Author: Mike Olenick
Subject: Re: Guaranteed Error-free Broadcast
In reply to: scott s. 's message, "Re: Guaranteed Error-free Broadcast" on 18:04:58 04/18/02 Thu

>>>
>>>benefits: bug the PD into taking the CDR's home after
>>>the running....
>>>
>>The only problem with this is that the cd's have
>>America's Top Hits shows on each cd and those are the
>>ones run mon-fri on alot of the stations that run
>>AT40. So if the board op takes the cds home they
>>wouldn't be able to run America's Top Hits.
>
>well...these days, that would be loaded into the
>automation system. I hope you realize that the days of
>jocks and board ops running the show manually are
>numbered, if not gone already.
>
>depending on the control room, you will not
>necessarily see a CD player in MCR. you've got a
>computer screen, maybe keyboard mouse, phone hybrid
>interface, console, and that's it. maybe a CD for
>backups, but everything else will be loaded onto the
>HD. I know a few stations that run shows totally in
>their automation system, the last live jock hits the
>auto button, and walks away, having the PC run
>everything.
>
>while the 4 hour countdown may not necessarily be
>loaded onto the system (again depends on the station!)
>I can see america's biggest hits being that way. it's
>a short form daily, so wouldn't take much to do. so
>obviously, unless someone in the production dept
>didn't load the show for the next week into the
>automation system or if the station is still in the
>analog domain,it's likely already to go. they might
>"cart" the feature to make it easier for play and you
>don't run the wrong show...but if it's a automation
>system, someone in the production dept (which usually
>takes care of all syndicated features as well as local
>commericals and promo production!) would do the shows
>ahead of time. so you could possibly grab the CD's to
>take home.
If Premiere Radio Networks would put up an AT40 website
the show could could be streamed. You could listen when you wanted.

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