• Get involved.
    We want your input!
    Apply for Membership and join the conversations about everything related to broadcasting.

    After we receive your registration, a moderator will review it. After your registration is approved, you will be permitted to post.
    If you use a disposable or false email address, your registration will be rejected.

    After your membership is approved, please take a minute to tell us a little bit about yourself.
    https://www.radiodiscussions.com/forums/introduce-yourself.1088/

    Thanks in advance and have fun!
    RadioDiscussions Administrators

A Couple Awkward Radio Station Music Notations

R

Retro

I heard "What It Takes" on the radio last night; on WROR. While they do play other Aerosmith songs, that one was quite out of place for the station.

Kiss 108 played "Wishing On A Star" today like they always do, except for today, they played it 10 minutes after Noon as opposed to top of the hour.

Mike-FM's pitching is much more noticeable now, and annoying.
 
> Kiss 108 played "Wishing On A Star" today like they always
> do, except for today, they played it 10 minutes after Noon
> as opposed to top of the hour.

They've done that the last few weeks. They probably voicetrack that 3 AM - 9 AM shift, and Costa's countdown is probably in the can as well. Since there's no one there to drop songs if they run late, it pushes the whole day back.

But why worry about heritage when you can throw together a tracked shift? It's only Boston. Nobody's listening.<P ID="signature">______________
"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?"</P>
 
Whether or not the countdown is in the can or not, it's a countdown... you can't just drop songs out of a countdown...

> > Kiss 108 played "Wishing On A Star" today like they always
>
> > do, except for today, they played it 10 minutes after Noon
>
> > as opposed to top of the hour.
>
> They've done that the last few weeks. They probably
> voicetrack that 3 AM - 9 AM shift, and Costa's countdown is
> probably in the can as well. Since there's no one there to
> drop songs if they run late, it pushes the whole day back.
>
>
> But why worry about heritage when you can throw together a
> tracked shift? It's only Boston. Nobody's listening.
>
 
But they through in a couple of extra "non charted" tracks too though.


> Whether or not the countdown is in the can or not, it's a
> countdown... you can't just drop songs out of a countdown...
>
>
> > > Kiss 108 played "Wishing On A Star" today like they
> always
> >
> > > do, except for today, they played it 10 minutes after
> Noon
> >
> > > as opposed to top of the hour.
> >
> > They've done that the last few weeks. They probably
> > voicetrack that 3 AM - 9 AM shift, and Costa's countdown
> is
> > probably in the can as well. Since there's no one there
> to
> > drop songs if they run late, it pushes the whole day back.
>
> >
> >
> > But why worry about heritage when you can throw together a
>
> > tracked shift? It's only Boston. Nobody's listening.
> >
>
 
> Whether or not the countdown is in the can or not, it's a
> countdown... you can't just drop songs out of a countdown...

No, but you can drop songs from that preceding airshift. Seriously, how hard is it to check the runtime on a block of automated programming? I'm sure their software displays it. Maybe a lot of people at Kiss don't care about their jobs anymore because they've been so successful for so long.<P ID="signature">______________
"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?"</P>
 
Maybe Rose Royce was having a late brunch today...


> But they through in a couple of extra "non charted" tracks
> too though.
>
>
> > Whether or not the countdown is in the can or not, it's a
> > countdown... you can't just drop songs out of a
> countdown...
> >
> >
> > > > Kiss 108 played "Wishing On A Star" today like they
> > always
> > >
> > > > do, except for today, they played it 10 minutes after
> > Noon
> > >
> > > > as opposed to top of the hour.
> > >
> > > They've done that the last few weeks. They probably
> > > voicetrack that 3 AM - 9 AM shift, and Costa's countdown
>
> > is
> > > probably in the can as well. Since there's no one there
>
> > to
> > > drop songs if they run late, it pushes the whole day
> back.
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > But why worry about heritage when you can throw together
> a
> >
> > > tracked shift? It's only Boston. Nobody's listening.
> > >
> >
>
 
> > Kiss 108 played "Wishing On A Star" today like they always
>
> > do, except for today, they played it 10 minutes after Noon
>
> > as opposed to top of the hour.
>
> They've done that the last few weeks. They probably
> voicetrack that 3 AM - 9 AM shift, and Costa's countdown is
> probably in the can as well. Since there's no one there to
> drop songs if they run late, it pushes the whole day back.
>
>
> But why worry about heritage when you can throw together a
> tracked shift? It's only Boston. Nobody's listening.
>


I've never used Prophet, but most automation systems have some sort of time-sync function that will dump unplayed events at a certain time. Is Kiss voicetracked (outside of the countdown show)?
 
> I've never used Prophet, but most automation systems have
> some sort of time-sync function that will dump unplayed
> events at a certain time. Is Kiss voicetracked (outside of
> the countdown show)?

Yes they are. They use regular daypart jocks to voicetrack weekend overnight shifts. During the week, Chris Shine and Ed McMann track as well.<P ID="signature">______________
"Is Wayne Brady gonna have to choke a bitch?"</P>
 
Status
This thread has been closed due to inactivity. You can create a new thread to discuss this topic.


Back
Top Bottom