Re: stations still using carts

["Peter Q. George" <radiojunkie3@yahoo.com>]

     Believe it or not, WSHL-FM (Stonehill College) in
Easton, MA is currently using carts and burned CD's. 
However, carts are heading for extinction at 'SHL
within the next few weeks.  We will be going to a
Digilink Free system for (PSA's, promos and current
playlist music material only).  The rest of the stuff
will be on CD's and some vinyl material as well.  We
already have a very basic Gateway PC automation system
during the school breaks courtesy of Winamp.  Our
legal ID's are automatically inserted using an old
cart machine fired by a Radio Shack "vox-clock". 
After three years, it has never lost a second of time.
 It's so low-tech it's beautiful.  73.

-Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
 Whitman, Massachusetts


--- Shawn Mamros <mamros@MIT.EDU> wrote:
> WMBR still has cart machines and some carts, but
> they're definitely
> headed towards extinction.  PSAs now come in on CDs,
> and we've been
> putting those CDs right in the studios for quite a
> few years now (better
> sound quality and less space).  Most local band
> music we receive is
> already burned on to CD as well.  For everything
> else (promos, sound
> effects, other spot-type stuff), we now have
> DigiCart machines in the
> new air studio - such a vast improvement over the
> old carts that it isn't
> even funny.
> 
> I won't be shedding any tears when we finally pull
> the old cart machines
> out.
> 
> -Shawn Mamros
> E-mail to: mamros@mit.edu


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Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
                           "Scanning the bands since 1967"
radiojunkie1@yahoo.com
radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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