Re: Good Idea, Bad Execution

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 04:09 PM 3/22/2003 -0500, Roger Kirk wrote:
>Now, while this is better (??) than an automation system just dumping
>program for a spot set, wouldn't it be better if there were an
>electronic
>component in the audio chain that could start recording audio when
>something begins and then the air/board person could start playing it
>back from the beginning while it continues to record.  The net result
>would be no lost/cut spots, no upcut press conference and a proper
>intro by the air person.  Sounds like a win-win situation to me.


Despite you obvious tongue-in-cheek post, many public radio stations do 
what you're referring to with AudioVault (and probably other automation 
systems as well).  I know AV probably isn't the best system for on-the-spot 
delayed playback as it takes some work to set it up, but it can be 
done.   WBUR used to delay the BBC top-of-the-hour news by 60 seconds for 
the network feed of the Connection when it was still on PRI, because NPR 
didn't want them using the NPR news (a few stations airing the Connection 
via PRI weren't also paying for/airing the NPR news, so they would've 
gotten the NPR news for free).

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