Re: Today's LTAR

["Shel Swartz" <shel@lotsofun.com>]

>lawyer@world.std.com writes:
>
><< On today's LTAR, Bob discussed why it would be difficult for WJIB to
have
> a network news affiliation.  One of the obstacles, he said, was that it
> would be difficult to do with WJIB's automation equipment.
>
> So how was it managed when WJIB had USA Network news? >>


I recall that some years ago, when Schulke's beautiful music format was
highly-popular on many FM stations, even though they didn't carry newscasts,
right on the nose at the top of each hour, the music would fade out, and a
canned ID would be aired.

I asked, and discovered that near the top of each hour, the automation would
be sure to play from one of its  non-vocal reels only, and that
electronically, it would begin to do a fade-out abot 5 secs before each
hour. But I also recall the days of WHDH-FM, which woud fade out vocals as
well.

It's a simple process, requiring a bit of engineering.

:) shel

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