Automation Question

[brian5]

That was it...The Phantom.

> >>>I think it was called the ?Shadow? mentioned.  I remember
> the original Prophet system which I
> > think is the makers of the Nexgen2.  Can't recall what
> > station was using it though when I saw it.  
> >
> > I thought of another system today that I saw once (never
> > used myself), I think it was called the ?Shadow?.  Reality
>
> > 101 had the system when it came on the air up in
> Birmingham.
> >  It was good on live assist, or when left alone to be a
> > jukebox, but it took forever to get to work with voice
> > tracking like they wanted it to.  I think they ended up
> > switching systems when Blackbird, crow, whatever it was
> from
> > Huntsville bought the station and flipped it to the 101.1
> > The Spot.  It might not have been till they moved the
> > studios to the Pepper building though.  Crawford bought
> the
> > station and changed the automation system again...can't
> > remember what to though.
> >
>

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Brian

[Hart]

Phantom is great for a satellite fed "radio station in a box."  I really can't stand it for live assist stuff.

> That was it...The Phantom.
>
> > >>>I think it was called the ?Shadow? mentioned.  I
> remember
> > the original Prophet system which I
> > > think is the makers of the Nexgen2.  Can't recall what
> > > station was using it though when I saw it.  
> > >
> > > I thought of another system today that I saw once (never
>
> > > used myself), I think it was called the ?Shadow?.
> Reality
> >
> > > 101 had the system when it came on the air up in
> > Birmingham.
> > >  It was good on live assist, or when left alone to be a
> > > jukebox, but it took forever to get to work with voice
> > > tracking like they wanted it to.  I think they ended up
> > > switching systems when Blackbird, crow, whatever it was
> > from
> > > Huntsville bought the station and flipped it to the
> 101.1
> > > The Spot.  It might not have been till they moved the
> > > studios to the Pepper building though.  Crawford bought
> > the
> > > station and changed the automation system again...can't
> > > remember what to though.
> > >
> >
>

[Sir1350]

Heres one for ya,

We were using a two studio setup up till 2003, the newer studio was using Cartworks running a music log part of the day with commercials, during this daypart the Cartworks would trigger a tone that would kick off a Schaffer 903 some 30 miles away at the main studio, this would play the main studio spots. It would also work in reverse when the programming was originating from the main studio. Since late 2003 we have just used the Cartworks for everything. How many of you know of the Schaffer 903? FYI: it was all the rage in the mid 60's, utilizing instacarts and carousel systems for spots and reel to reels for music, this system was really ahead of it's time back then. If I am not mistaken I believe the original asking price for these was well over $40,000 dollars. Today if you can find a 903 most stations will let you have them for free.

[romer979fm]

How many of you know of the Schaffer 903? FYI: it was all the
 rage in the mid 60's, utilizing instacarts and carousel
 systems for spots and reel to reels for music, this system
 was really ahead of it's time back then.

 We ran 92Q Nashville off a 903 in the mid 70's...6 reel to reels...
 2 "audiofile" cart machines for spots/jingles (stepchild of the instacart...  
 45 carts...three heads/capstans...one for carts 1-15, 1 for 16-31,
 1 for 32-45.  not even close to random-access.  It also had three "carousels"
 that each held 36 carts...playing them in sequential order (skip a cart?
 pull it halfway out to daypart).  And of course, two huge cart machines for
 time announce...one with odd...one with even times...locally recorded.)
 The 903 gave you 19 possible audio sources...we used all but 17 and 18.
 When 92Q went live in 1978, I kept ALL the manuals/schematics, and took
 LOTS of photos.  Anyone remember the huge PAPER TAPE printer/encoder they
 used?   Noisy!
 

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[brian5]

This wasn't at Thunder 92.7 was it?  I knew they had two studios at one time, if not still today.

> Heres one for ya,
>
> We were using a two studio setup up till 2003, the newer
> studio was using Cartworks running a music log part of the
> day with commercials, during this daypart the Cartworks
> would trigger a tone that would kick off a Schaffer 903 some
> 30 miles away at the main studio, this would play the main
> studio spots. It would also work in reverse when the
> programming was originating from the main studio. Since late
> 2003 we have just used the Cartworks for everything. How
> many of you know of the Schaffer 903? FYI: it was all the
> rage in the mid 60's, utilizing instacarts and carousel
> systems for spots and reel to reels for music, this system
> was really ahead of it's time back then. If I am not
> mistaken I believe the original asking price for these was
> well over $40,000 dollars. Today if you can find a 903 most
> stations will let you have them for free.
>

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Brian

[Kent]

Gotta agree with you on Maestro.  Don't like it at all.  DCS for Windows built on a Scott Studios platform.  The worst of all worlds!  I love Scott Studios and currently use DCS and like it, but Maestro irritates me.  AV Air is easy to run, but it's not very complex, and I wouldn't walk away from it for long because of its tendency to crash.  One of the station's I'm at now uses Cartready.  I wish it had DCS like our oldies station!

[Nesta]

> Phantom is great for a satellite fed "radio station in a
> box."  I really can't stand it for live assist stuff.
>
> > That was it...The Phantom.
> >
> > > >>>I think it was called the ?Shadow? mentioned.  I
> > remember
> > > the original Prophet system which I
> > > > think is the makers of the Nexgen2.  Can't recall what
>
> > > > station was using it though when I saw it.  
> > > >
> > > > I thought of another system today that I saw once
> (never
> >
> > > > used myself), I think it was called the ?Shadow?.
> > Reality
> > >
> > > > 101 had the system when it came on the air up in
> > > Birmingham.
> > > >  It was good on live assist, or when left alone to be
> a
> > > > jukebox, but it took forever to get to work with voice
>
> > > > tracking like they wanted it to.  I think they ended
> up
> > > > switching systems when Blackbird, crow, whatever it
> was
> > > from
> > > > Huntsville bought the station and flipped it to the
> > 101.1
> > > > The Spot.  It might not have been till they moved the
> > > > studios to the Pepper building though.  Crawford
> bought
> > > the
> > > > station and changed the automation system
> again...can't
> > > > remember what to though.
> > > >
> > >
> >
>

I would rather play from cassette tapes than deal with the Phantom like I have to everyday. Somebody shoot me!