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

[Mike Lehman]

I think that having the underwriting right after the legal ID should not 
be a problem. There is no regulation on this that I am aware of. Many 
public stations note that "this hour of programming is brought to you 
by..." at the top of the hour.

It would be best if it was clear there is a period between the two 
parts, rather than just a comma, as was the case in the example given 
earlier. However, keeping it all in one file makes sense.Just make the 
legal ID, have a brief pause, then do the underwriting.
Mike Lehman

Raymond Morales wrote:
> 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
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>>   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
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