Okay...I don't know how this post went from critiquing crutches of a night jock at K105 to arguing about recording affidavits, but I'll take a stab at this.
At a jockless (or near jockless) radio station or a station that utilizes merging equipment to get the log from the traffic system to the on-air automation system, it is the responsibility of the traffic director to ultimately know whether the spot actually aired on the station. If your station does not have a traffic director, it's the duty of whoever generated the log and entered it into the system. Many automation systems "error" out certain spots when either entering them in by hand or when importing the traffic log. It would be ridiculous for nobody to lookover the log in the on-air automation just to make sure everything went in to the system correctly (BTW--most stations have to enter other elements by hand anyway like weather, jock notes, features, jingles, etc. so someone would have to discover some sort of problem with the log). If whoever is entering the log isn't paying enough subtle attention to discover missing carts or do nothing about it (like find the spot or not enter a discrepancy), they aren't doing their job and should be let go.
As far as paper logs in relation to filling out affidavits, I have never as a programmer, traffic director, and all points in between used the day-to-day logs to fill out affidavits. Maybe in 1985 a TD, PD, APD, etc. could do something like that, but in 2006 when your TD is either generating several logs each day for the 5 stations in the building or is multitasking for a standalone, it's just poor time management. Why go through each hour and look for a client that had a spread of 2 per day from 6a-midnight when you can easily print out a day-by-day breakdown by client, go right to the information needed to fill out the affidavit, and enter it via the supplied website or affidavit forms accordingly. I would love to see a paperless radio station. The traffic director is probably on the verge of opening fire on everyone in the building. If any department needs paper files, whether it's station logs, production orders, broadcast orders, etc., it's the traffic department.
At a jockless (or near jockless) radio station or a station that utilizes merging equipment to get the log from the traffic system to the on-air automation system, it is the responsibility of the traffic director to ultimately know whether the spot actually aired on the station. If your station does not have a traffic director, it's the duty of whoever generated the log and entered it into the system. Many automation systems "error" out certain spots when either entering them in by hand or when importing the traffic log. It would be ridiculous for nobody to lookover the log in the on-air automation just to make sure everything went in to the system correctly (BTW--most stations have to enter other elements by hand anyway like weather, jock notes, features, jingles, etc. so someone would have to discover some sort of problem with the log). If whoever is entering the log isn't paying enough subtle attention to discover missing carts or do nothing about it (like find the spot or not enter a discrepancy), they aren't doing their job and should be let go.
As far as paper logs in relation to filling out affidavits, I have never as a programmer, traffic director, and all points in between used the day-to-day logs to fill out affidavits. Maybe in 1985 a TD, PD, APD, etc. could do something like that, but in 2006 when your TD is either generating several logs each day for the 5 stations in the building or is multitasking for a standalone, it's just poor time management. Why go through each hour and look for a client that had a spread of 2 per day from 6a-midnight when you can easily print out a day-by-day breakdown by client, go right to the information needed to fill out the affidavit, and enter it via the supplied website or affidavit forms accordingly. I would love to see a paperless radio station. The traffic director is probably on the verge of opening fire on everyone in the building. If any department needs paper files, whether it's station logs, production orders, broadcast orders, etc., it's the traffic department.
