[rfu-automation] Re: Underwriting plus station ID?

[Raymond Morales]

29 seconds would be the maximum for an underwriting 
announcement (UA) purchased by 2 underwriters jointly. 15-20 
seconds would be the max for a UA purchased a single 
underwriter. The timing fits perfectly.

-Ray

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 3 May 2006 10:12:45 -0500
>From: "Gary Cziko" <g-cziko at uiuc.edu>  
>Subject: Re: Underwriting plus station ID?  
>To: "Raymond Morales" <morales4 at uiuc.edu>
>Cc: "Mike Lehman" <rebelmike at earthlink.net>, rfu-
automation at lists.chambana.net
>
>   Ray:
>
>   Now that I think about it more, there shouldn't be a
>   problem as long as there is no regulation against
>   having an underwriting announcement within five
>   minutes of the top of the hour.
>
>   Having the station ID incoporated at the beginning
>   of the same audio file used for the underwriting
>   announcement would make things easier and give more
>   control over the total length of the station ID plus
>   underwriting announcement.  Right now, legal station
>   IDs are given 20 seconds to play, beginning 5
>   seconds before the hour to 15 seconds after.  I
>   don't see a problem, however, with opening this
>   window to 25 or 30 seconds for combined minimal
>   station ID (I can say "WRFU-LP, Urbana" in under 3
>   seconds) plus underwriting announcement. Do you
>   think this will be enough time.
>
>   Also, for automated IDs-plus-announcement, I think
>   these would best be scheduled when there is no live
>   show either immediately before or after as show
>   hosts will often start their show earlier and cut
>   out the automation before the hour or go over a bit
>   into the next hour (as often happens as 2 pm for
>   Radio Bilngue.  So 3 pm weekdays would be a good
>   time for an automated station ID plus underwriting
>   announcement, but probably not 2 pm (beginning) or 4
>   pm (end).
>
>   --Gary