We are a Spanish teach-talk-music station (switching to Rivendell) that has both live shows, some in-house pre-recorded interview shows that sometimes are in a series, and downloaded teaching programs that have a sequence to them. We have been using an old version of ENCO on WinXP that does not have a scheduler so each month is set up manually with all the programs that are to play at certain hours, and for music, a rotation within certain groups at certain times. I am relatively new to broadcast automation but as the technical guy, I inherited the support and implementation of the automation and am trying to learn all I can to show the program director how to use Rivendell effectively.
1. Regarding those that need to play out sequentially, what is the best way to load them in the library and play them so that only those that should playout on a given day do? Dayparting doesn't seem to prevent the log generator from selecting what ever is in the group whether it is playable or not. Some only play only once per weekday and others play the exact same one in the series twice each day at different hours and the next in series the following day, etc. Currently we put them in a teaching group, assign a code to identify the author/program series. We created events for each of the specific teaching/pre-recorded programs and put them in the corresponding clocks throughout the day. 2. Managing the library - with so many teaching programs that expire after they air but with the habit of saving them in case downloads fail (some are sporatic), I have been thinking that they import them into the play group desired but when finished, move them to a reserve group. However, eventually we will run out of carts in the original group where they start. The only way I see is to delete the expired programs after a certain number of months. However, we still air series that are no longer produced. I am considering putting these into cuts of one cart so they rotate. Suggestions? Thanks for your input, Tom Van Gorkom Radio Esperanza Engineering, KRIO AM/FM, KOIR FM Office: 956-380-8150 Cell: 865-803-7427 Rio Grande Bible Institute 4300 S US Hwy 281 Edinburg, TX 78539
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