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i recently discovered www.nprstations.org (completely restricted to NPR stations), www.apmstations.org (most of the site needs no log in but some content is restricted to public radio stations that air programs from American Public Media (powered by Minnesota Public Radio (my public radio service))) and www.prss.org (Public Radio Satellite Services, from NPR distribution(https server completely restricted to public radio stations))and i heard of stuff like DACS(can anyone tell me what it means) and a content distribution service called "ContentDeopt". The DACS messages consist of program rundowns, special info regarding operations, operations schedules, and reports of technical difficulties, schedule changes, and more.

here are a few examples of DACS messages reporting technical difficulties (which they refer to as "Program Impairments"):

Regarding:
"NPR Newscast Saturday 0200" 07-A5H-36228
Saturday 070721 0201ET A66.9 and Stream #2

Stations note that due to talent error there was silence from 020347 thru
020352ET and again from 020359 thru 020406ET. This affected both Legacy
channel A66.9 and IDC Stream #2.



"Legacy" refers to the Legacy satellite receiver used to receive public radio networks and "IDC Stream #2" refers to one of the "ContentDeopt" live streams that public radio stations can use.

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**** ****
**** >>> NOTICE OF PROGRAM IMPAIRMENT <<< ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Please note that the following program has experienced ****
**** an impairment during transmission: ****
**** ****
**** Title: RPT/TOTN/Science Friday 0200 ****
**** ****
**** 02:00:00 ET Frequency: A67.3 ****
**** ****
**** Program ID: 07-AKL-25734 ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Watch your DACS for further information. ****
**** ****

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END/MO {}npr

Talent error resulted in silence from 02:03:47 through 02:03:52ET
and again at 02:03:59 through 02:04:06ET. Only the Newscast was affected.



note the unique use of the title and a unique program ID to help public radio stations find the program on "ContentDepot"



this was from a service outage from the BBC World Service

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**** ****
**** >>> NOTICE OF PROGRAM IMPAIRMENT <<< ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Please note that the following program has experienced ****
**** an impairment during transmission: ****
**** ****
**** Title: BBC World Service Weekday 1100 ****
**** ****
**** 11:00:00 ET Frequency: B73.2 ****
**** ****
**** Program ID: 07-012-19175 ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Watch your DACS for further information. ****
**** ****

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Service died at 1150 ET and as of this moment is still down.

END/CW {}npr


and finally here is an example rundown for NPR's promo feed (some info is cut-out)

The following is the rundown for the NPR PROMO FEED,
Friday, 20 JULY 2007,
at 14:15 ET,
on CHANNEL A67.3
in stereo.

Pgm ID #: 07-F63-07401

The approximate length of this feed is 22 minutes.

LENGTH PGM PGM FEED DATE



DAY TO DAY 7/23/07
:30

DIANE REHM 7/23/07
:30 (hr 1)
:30 (hr 2)
:09 (hr 1, dry)
:08 (hr 2, dry)


FRESH AIR 7/23/07
:18
:30

MORNING EDITION 7/23/07
:30 ("monday")
:30 ("tomorrow")
:30 ("later today")


NEWS & NOTES 7/23/07
:30


ON POINT 7/23/07
:30 (hr1)
:30 (hr2)
:30 (both hrs)
:14 (hr1, dry)
:11 (hr2, dry)
:20 (both hrs, dry)

TALK OF THE NATION 7/23/07
:30 (hr1)
:30 (hr2)

TELL ME MORE 7/23/07
:30

WORLD CAFE 7/21/07 & 7/23/07
:30

WORLD CAFE CONVERSATIONS 7/21/07
:30


BUSINESS 7/20/07
:15
:30

FRESH AIR WEEKEND 7/20/07
:30

FROM THE TOP 7/23/07
:15
:30

LATINO USA
:30 ("this week") 7/20/07
:30 ("today")

:30 ("this week") 7/27/07
:30 ("today")


THIS I BELIEVE (WESUN) 7/22/07
:30 (SUNDAY)
:30 (TOMORROW)
:30 (LATER TODAY)


(weekend) ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
:30 (SAT) 7/21/07
:30 (later today)

:30 (SUN) 7/22/07
:30 (later today)


WEEKEND EDITION (Saturday) 7/21/07
:30
:30 (promo for wesun)



WEEKEND EDITION (Sunday) 7/22/07
:30 ("Sunday")
:30 ("coming up")


*** WILL BE AVAILABLE ON PROMO REPOSITORY BY 3PM EST. ***
:30 (Sunday) News
:30 (Coming Up) News




Questions, comments, requests,...,
contact Margaret Kelley, [email protected] 800-329-5380 x2725.
_____________________

PROMOS, 24/7

All audio promos are available, 24/7, on NPR's Promo Repository (an FTP
service).
These include promos for daily pgms, weekly pgms, specials, generics, themes,
everything.

NPR maintains 2 identical FTP servers providing identical audio and services:
- fessenden.npr.org
- armstrong.npr.org
Fessenden may provide quicker service because, generally, it is less used.

Go to http://fessenden.npr.org (or armstrong.npr.org)
User ID: ********
Password: *******
Or try the following URL which has UserID and passwords embedded.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(or
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_____________________

HOLIDAYS & NPR PROMO FEED CANCELLATIONS

NPR observes several holidays during the year.
On some of these holidays, we will not provide the NPR Promo Feed.
On some of these holidays, we will provide the NPR Promo Feed.

Holidays on which we will not provide the NPR Promo Feed:
New Year's Day
Independence Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day

Holidays on which we will provide the NPR Promo Feed:
Martin Luther King Jr B-day
Presidents' Day
Memorial Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans' Day
the day after Thanksgiving (NPR observes this instead of Veterans' Day).
_____________________

STATION CUSTOM PROMOS BY NPR PROGRAM HOSTS, ET AL

NPR's hosts and reporters are available
to record promos and fundraising pitches for your station.
If you'll send the full script, we'll get the audio to you within 3 wks.

Please, use our web-based, custom promo request system:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
At that site, the "NPR Custom Promo Policy" outlines what we need from you.
The "Custom Promo Form" puts your scripts in-the-works.



does anybody know more about this? ???
 
When I worked at WEKU Richmond as a student employee back in the eighties, DACS was a on teletype. As an operator we were required to check it as often as the AP and weather wire though I don't remember what DACS stood for.
 
radiorob2.0 said:
When I worked at WEKU Richmond as a student employee back in the eighties, DACS was a on teletype. As an operator we were required to check it as often as the AP and weather wire though I don't remember what DACS stood for.
Click to expand...

Direct Access Communications System :)

R
 
The DACS runs off the old legacy system and is basically a OS-2 dedicated computer that just sits there to provide info on shows and do sat switching I believe on the old system. Content Depot is the new system that will be the ONLY system when (LOL and IF) they get everyone on-board with it. The information that can be found on the DACS deal can also (I think) be found on a specific web site when utilizing Content Depot. Content Depot has been riddled with problems, many of them being created at the program producer level do to lack of knowlege and many times slopiness. PRSS which is responsible for getting the stuff out via the sat. and NPR really, really want to kill the old crap and just go Content Depot as soon as possible as it's costing them boatloads to run a paralell system as they are currently doing it. It will allow for more re-use of sat. spectrum for more programming too.
 
Robert Bass said:
radiorob2.0 said:
When I worked at WEKU Richmond as a student employee back in the eighties, DACS was a on teletype. As an operator we were required to check it as often as the AP and weather wire though I don't remember what DACS stood for.
Click to expand...

Direct Access Communications System :)

R
Click to expand...

Thanks!

and by the way i just got this program impairment message:

**** ****
**** >>> NOTICE OF PROGRAM IMPAIRMENT <<< ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Please note that the following program has experienced ****
**** an impairment during transmission: ****
**** ****
**** Title: BBC World Service Sunday 2000 ****
**** ****
**** 20:00:00 ET Frequency: B73.2 ****
**** ****
**** Program ID: 07-165-18248 ****
**** Audio outage from 202900-203000 effecting both the ****
**** legacy feed and Content Depot stream. ****
**** ****
**** Watch your DACS for further information. ****
**** ****
 
Today's Impairment:

Stations taking "Collector's Corner" 07-G47-07141 070723 1800ET Legacy B72.0 &
IDC Stream #12 note:

The remaining CD playback was started late, resulting in an outage from 185144
through 185750ET and the closing material terminated with program audio still
in progress at expiration of allotted time.

This problem was present on both Legacy channel B72.0 & IDC Stream #12.
A Retransmission is being planned for Tuesday 070724, time and channel unknown
at this time.
 
today's impairment:

Please be advised that an impairment occured on the subsequent transfer of
files for "Michael Feldman's Whad'ya Know" which was sent this Saturday, July
21. The Legacy and ContentDepot streams were not affected, however the
impairment occured in the formatting of the segments -- only two files were
delivered instead of the anticipated seven.

A switching problem occurred in the NOC which caused this situation and is in
the process of being corrected. Properly segmented files have been posted to
the ContentDepot and have been delviered to station file receivers.

We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. If you notice this
type of problem in the future you may contact the NOC at
(800)433.1283
 
Today's Impairment's:

#1:

The 1000 hour of the BBC World Service began a few seconds upcut on
ContentDepot channel 14, due to a tuning problem at the NOC. The legacy system
was not affected

#2:

The NPR NEwscast at 1001 ET began a few seconds upcut due to a tuning problem
at the NOC in Washington. The legacy system was not affected.
 
This all begs the question... Why use the system if it's so erratic?

R
 
lot's of stuff to get to, so let's get started:

Next week's The Writer's Almanac was set up with the wrong air window. The start date was 7/25 instead of 7/26. This error resulted in the programs being sent out on the wrong day with the wrong cut IDs.

The window start date has been reset to today, the episode will feed again today, as usual, with the correct cut IDs.

We apologize for any inconvenience.


Please be advised that last weeks "The Song is You" episode titled 'Somi
REVISED' is posted with the wrong air-window and therefore the files are
assigned the wrong CUT ID's.

This problem is in the process of being corrected -- files will be deleted and
the begin air date will be changed so that the Cut-ID's can be corrected as
soon as possible.


IMPAIRMENT IN TODAY'S FEED OF "THE TREATMENT":
Feed is missing first 10 seconds. The complete program can be downloaded at
www.publicradio.com/stations.

For any questions or concerns please call 310-314-5892. We apologize for the
inconvenience.
(NO PROGRAM AUDIO WAS TRANSMITTED FROM 17:30:00 TO 17:30:22. AUDIO THEN
JOINED IN PROGRESS) (THE TREATMENT, 07-H05-08487, 1730-1800, A67.7 STEREO AND IDC STREAM 3. NO
AUDIO WAS TRANSMITTED FROM 17:30:00 TO 17:30:22. PROGRAM AUDIO WAS JOINED IN
PROGRESS AT 17:30:22.
BOTH LEGACY AND CONTENT DEPOT STREAM WAS IMPAIRED.)

**** ****
**** >>> NOTICE OF PROGRAM IMPAIRMENT <<< ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Please note that the following program has experienced ****
**** an impairment during transmission: ****
**** ****
**** Title: All Things Considered Hour 1900-2000 ****
**** ****
**** 19:00:00 ET Frequency: A66.5 ****
**** ****
**** Program ID: 07-D55-21575 ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Watch your DACS for further information. ****
**** ****

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There was extraneous audio from 19:00:00 - 19:00:02. Program was joined in
progress at 10:00:20. Program will git the booked time.


Next weeks The Writers Almanac was set up with the
wrong air window, the start date was 7/25 instead of 7/26. This
error resulted in the programs being sent out on the wrong day
with the wrong cut IDs.

The window start date has been reset to today,
the episode will feed again today, as usual, with the correct
cut IDs.

American Public Media regrets any inconvenience this has
caused.

American Public Media



"The Diane Rehm Show 1000-1100" PID 07-AJT-22048 which fed from
1000-1100 ET on channel A71.9 was impaired when the promo at the
end of the hour was downcut at 10:59:00 ET. This affected both
systems but the correct files are available.

Please watch your DACS for further information.


**** ****
**** >>> NOTICE OF PROGRAM IMPAIRMENT <<< ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Please note that the following program has experienced ****
**** an impairment during transmission: ****
**** ****
**** Title: Celtic Connections ****
**** ****
**** 15:00:00 ET Frequency: B72.0 ****
**** ****
**** Program ID: 07-G38-07323 ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** ****
**** Watch your DACS for further information. ****
**** ****

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Program began 1 minute and 16 seconds late. Affected both systems.
Do not know at this time if it will fit booked time.
 
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