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Post by tarobe on Nov 23, 2011 10:13:44 GMT -5
I use Audacity to edit Blackswan's tracks back together, then Roxio Sound Editor to convert the WAVs back into MP3. Remember his files are poor quality to start with, so it really doesn't change all that much.
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Post by snarfdude on Nov 24, 2011 20:13:09 GMT -5
After just checking Shannon Lynn's AT40 descriptions from late 1983, it turns out that there was a delay even before the ice storm hit my Newfoundland hometown. It turns out that the 4/7/1984 episode did not air on OZ-FM whatsoever on 4/14/1984, and the 4/14/1984 broadcast aired as usual the following Saturday. I now know the one-week delay on OZ-FM occurred even before 1984 and I can confirm that I listened to the 12/3/1983 broadcast on 12/10/1983. I know this because I definitely remember hearing Kim Carnes' Invisible Hands on AT40 on 12/10/1983 on OZ-FM, and it certainly fell off the top 40 on the official 12/10/1983 broadcast which aired on OZ-FM on 12/17/1983. Not surprising. Common practice for programs directors having syndicated shows being mailed in via vinyl/CD etc is to delay the show a week in the event of mail strike issues and possible general problems in mail delivery. When you are counting on the mail to deliver your programming, better to play it safe. CKBW in Bridgewater NS used to do it all the time. I believe CKEC in New Glasgow, the only other AT 40 affiliate in NS (canada) also did it. I have actual program discs from both stations, and while CKEC didn't write anything on the cover, CKBW did, often crossing out the Airdate and writing in their own a week later. This would come in handy when I remember in mail strike in the 80s ended up having CKBW replaying the previous weeks countdown assumingly because it never came in the mail. These days, technology and mp3 delivery have eliminated the need to rely on the mail. At the same point, it's hard to get the mp3's as stations usually delete them and there's no inventory ending up in collectors hands.
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Post by OldSchoolAT40Fan on Nov 24, 2011 20:37:51 GMT -5
Not surprising. Common practice for programs directors having syndicated shows being mailed in via vinyl/CD etc is to delay the show a week in the event of mail strike issues and possible general problems in mail delivery. When you are counting on the mail to deliver your programming, better to play it safe. Yes, but what if Canada Post went on strike for more than 2 weeks? Thankfully, in this day of age, mail is used a lot less than it was when they last went on strike back in 1997. OZ-FM could have relied on CD broadcasts of CT40 (there was no such thing as AT40 during the last Canada Post strike back in 1997, until this past summer, the first strike in 14 years, which became a lockout. In this day of age, episodes can be sent by way of file delivery service. Who needs Canada Post nowadays?
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Post by snarfdude on Nov 25, 2011 14:39:33 GMT -5
Not surprising. Common practice for programs directors having syndicated shows being mailed in via vinyl/CD etc is to delay the show a week in the event of mail strike issues and possible general problems in mail delivery. When you are counting on the mail to deliver your programming, better to play it safe. Yes, but what if Canada Post went on strike for more than 2 weeks? I guess you keep rerunning the show.......or get creative with programming. Like you say, with FTP and downloads today, anything you here on the air that isn't local is likely a mp3 download with spots through fast channel, sling spot, or another service. physical media is going the way of the dinosaur, which is sad, as I like getting a actual AT40 show on CD or vinyl with cue sheets, instead of off air stuff. OK, the premiere stuff is mp3's with PDF cues, but still not the same...even the quality on them is so-so. Of course, I live in the world where 320kbps is the standard from a high quality source.
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