Not from what I've seen with Delilah or Tesh. The voice tracked files are FTP'ed to a folder, but the individual station is responsible for dropping them into the place in the clock/playlist prior to the show airing. Breaks at different stations fall at different times.
No doubt. They could just shut it down at midnight and fire it up at 5A. Not worth running all that electricity. Imagine how many millions could be saved if all the big corps did that. That might solve all the financial issues. (Somewhat said in jest, but... look at all the businesses that have changed their hours since Covid.)
We just did an episode on Delilah. I respect what she does, but it certainly ISN'T my cup of tea. I was never a fan of John Tesh either, or anything else that plays SAFE, warm fuzzy music. I likened it to 'a bowl of soup for your ears.'
It's been a while, but when MY mid day used to go into Delilah, it was a satellite feed, with everything but our local commercials and liners fired remotely from their feed. I am not sure if that's how they still do it, but as long as out automation system was not paused or stopped, at the top of the hour, the satellite would do all the work from there!
They stopped delivering Delilah via satellite years ago. They deliver the raw voicetracks via FTP over the Internet.
She has nothing to do with the music on an individual station that carries her. Her voice tracks are generic. Same goes with Jon Tesh.
Wow, that's crazy. So you can play whatever music you want in between her warm fuzzy banter, as long as the timing works out on the clock? Fascinating, and another reason terrestrial radio needs help. I know Delilah never really PICKED her music on that program, but knowing she isn't even AWARE of the music, or if music is even playing, is disheartening... One of the reasons I left the industry was how detached everything was becoming. This just solidifies my point! Thanks for the info! I knew I'd be learning a lot from this forum, having been away for many years!
Yeah, but it had you fooled didn't it? In spite of probably being less relatable for AC formats, she's very adept at creating voicetracks that if the station places them right, don't sound like voicetracks.
I thought there was a "with music" full version as well as a workparts version.
I believe there may be a version with automation ready playlist if stations prefer, but that was about five years ago. Not sure if that's still an option. The station still needed to provide the music.
I hated voicetracking. Even though I took it seriously and was pretty good at 'fooling people,' I was still annoyed that it was becoming the norm. So I guess for Delilah, it goes back to the local PDs to stop sucking during her daypart... LOL
Other than some AM and PM drive shows, just about everything else is voicetracked. Some folks making tracks do it for several stations in different markets.
That's true also of WLTW in NYC, #1 overall and #1 18-34. And it has no plans to discontinue Delilah. Of course, Delilah is syndicated by the same company that owns Lite-FM, iHeartMedia, through co-owned Premiere Networks.
And we know that B101 isn't beating the sidewalks begging advertisers to buy time. There's no doubt they can fill 10 minutes an hour on their own, without making their audience listen to strangers crying between songs.
I remember some folks on this forum mentioning Delilah would be a poor fit for B101 when her show was brought back.
