Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site stat-l Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!CS-Mordred!Pucc-H:Pucc-I:Stat-L:ab3 From: ab3@stat-l (Rsk the Wombat) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: How radio stations work: playlists, rotation, life, the universe, etc. Message-ID: <86@stat-l> Date: Tue, 5-Jun-84 10:03:15 EDT Article-I.D.: stat-l.86 Posted: Tue Jun 5 10:03:15 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 7-Jun-84 07:06:11 EDT References: <1414@unc-c.UUCP> Organization: Pucc Unix Systems Group Lines: 23 Y'know, there are an awful lot of stations (let's call them progressive FM rock for lack of a better term) that don't use this stuff; but still use somewhat of a formula... I spent 4 years or so around an NPR affiliate that did rock and jazz late at night; we tried different formats, too...the one that seemed to be the least obtrusive was the "Play about 4 cuts or so, run a promo, read the weather, say something interesting about the next tune, back into music" one. We did a lot of special things, too...import album shows, and new releases shows and that sort of thing; sort of broke the monotony. One thing that the original article had dead on: the logs. There's a lot to remember and write down, and when you're running the whole show yourself, you stay pretty busy...*without* answering the phone. Just for comparison, we kept about 100 new (0-3 months) albums, and about 300 old albums in the on-air studio. -- Rsk the Wombat UUCP: { allegra, decvax, ihnp4, harpo, teklabs, ucbvax } !pur-ee!rsk { cornell, eagle, hplabs, ittvax, lanl-a, ncrday } !purdue!rsk