[rfu-automation] Simulcast opportunities on WRFU - live and recorded content

[Andrew Ó Baoill]

Hey,

I wanted to remind the Shows group that WRFU has set aside time for  
Simulcasts of events in the main IMC space. We have set aside Saturday  
evenings from 8pm to midnight for this purpose. I would encourage you  
to make sure to simulcast events where you have performer permission,  
and content is suitable for airing (i.e. no swearing, generally  
continuous audio through the board).

Obviously, there isn't a live event every Saturday, and in these cases  
it would be great if we were able to broadcast content from previous  
IMC (or other local) events in the slot. This is something where I  
think the RFU Automation, Shows, and Production groups could usefully  
collaborate. We have an automation system where we can schedule  
broadcast of such content, but we need to know what's available (and  
which Saturdays won't have live content), and have volunteers to edit  
it into a suitable form (59 minute, or shorter, segments) and upload  
it to our computer.

I'd like to hear from those who would be interested in working on this  
project - we have a small number of people interested, but need some  
more to get this off the ground. We can then organize an informal  
meeting to figure out how we can best make this work. I'd also like to  
talk about ensuring that the processes used for live simulcasts comply  
with our license requirements (esp. station IDs and having the  
operator sign our station log).

In a related note: at our last WRFU meeting we discussed the  
possibility of having a feed *from* WRFU into the mixer in the main  
space, so WRFU could be piped through those speakers when there is no  
live audio in the space. This could be as simple as attaching a radio  
receiver to the mixer. Is this something Shows could consider at its  
next meeting? I'm happy to talk with Shows members about the  
possibilities, if needs be.

Thanks,

Andrew