I think the smaller stuff has more of a chance of being simpler and having people willing to work with visually impaired people if it was a community LP station or something similar to the WQNA channel I've heard online. Station Playlist 4 looks promising in the projected feature enhancements, but in small time things could be done with a couple instances of winamp and organized playlists of commercials or have them in a word file so one can cue them in a third instance in the playlist window. .
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Seed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:33 PM Subject: Re: broadcasting question > That amount of money could easily buy an entire radio station including > the > building that it is housed in. Unfortunately the vast majority of > broadcasters are not willing to pay for the cost of adaptive equipment nor > are they willing to modify their equipment in order to provide for > workplace > accommodation. With the introduction of computers into the broadcast > environment the industry has changed from a hands on user friendly > workplace > to one that in today's world looks more like a television studio with > several monitors that have to be viewed constantly in order to make sure > that all operating functions are carried out flawlessly. This could be > anything from: the regular play list, transmitter functions, news feeds, > station traffic and scheduling, and in many small markets the reading of > news and commercials. If you really want to get a taste as to what radio > is > all about I would suggest visiting a radio station in your area and talk > to > the staff, and from there you will get a feeling if this is the right > business for you to be getting into. Another idea is to find a not for > profit community radio station that is run by volunteers. Volunteers will > often take the time to show you the ropes of the industry. many of these > small stations are hands on operations without a lot of computer > equipment > and software programs. In most cases there is a small eight input control > board with a telephone hybrid and a couple of CD and cassette players. > This > in my opinion is a foot in the door as they say. An online radio station > or > signing up to perform in announcing function or host on ACB radio is yet > another option that should seriously be considered. The downside of the > broadcast industry is that most radio stations are automated and > unfortunately do not require staffing levels that we experienced five to > ten > years ago. The bottom line here is that you are going to have to do your > homework and figure out what exactly your strong points are and work on > them. Do you feel that you would make a good announcer/host? Do you feel > that you have the skills to write a intelligent news story and do all of > the > research behind the story that you are researching? Are you capable of > writing copy for commercials? How about your production skills. Do you > have > the production skills to do electronic editing on the fly? The broadcast > industry is very demanding and expects most of us that have worked in the > industry to be multitaskers. Personally I have worked in the industry for > over thirty years and got out of the business just about the time that > computers and radio automation took over. > > ---- > > > Original Message ----- > From: "Brent Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 7:00 PM > Subject: Re: broadcasting question > > >> Wow! $500,000 would buy an aweful lot of equipment. I know of no studio >> worth that much in equipment alone unless one was talking about buying an >> actual building. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Brandon Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 5:31 PM >> Subject: broadcasting question >> >> >>> hi list, >>> I'm interested in going into radio broadcasting. I know there are people >>> out >>> there who have done it, so i emailed a local school that teaches a >>> course >>> for broadcasting. here is the reply I received when i asked about a >>> blind >>> person attending. >>> >>> Hi Brandon, sorry about the delay in getting back to you. Unfortunately >>> this >>> is not a program that is suitable to the visually impaired. Mainly >>> because >>> the cost of accomodating the expense of required equipment would exceed >>> over >>> $500,000.00. Not only the expense, but radio stations and their >>> corporate >>> ownership will never incur such an expense, nor is it feasible to create >>> a >>> studio suitable for this. I understand your disappointment, however, >>> wanted >>> to be very honest with you regarding the reality of this. I truly wish >>> you >>> well in all of your future endeavors and if there is anything you >>> require >>> further information on, please feel free to email or call me. Once >>> again, >>> thank you for your interest in CSMB. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Jacquie Hammond >>> President/CSMB >>> >>> Now what is this 500 thousand dollar cost all about? I would be able to, >>> as >>> far as I know and I did visit a radio studio to use the mixing boards, >>> and >>> they use windows software for the playlist editing, so it would be a >>> simple >>> matter of creating scripts. I'm quite curious to see, has anyone got any >>> clues? >>> thanks >>> Brandon Hicks >>> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Skype: callto://reyuth >>> msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. 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