[BC] technical difficulties with automation

[KKTY]

Couple of thoughts, top of my head....

Remember sec tones on carts... fired off the next event, while the previous
one played out? We still use the same concept on some digital automation
systems, and I've screwed up the decimal point sometimes... put the tone at
00:10 seconds instead of 01:00 minute, which means the second spot overlaps
the first for :50 seconds.

On my system, when spot files are playing, it's supposed to mute the
satellite, then unmute at the end of the break. Key words are "supposed
to"... if the mutes screw up, then we get two things on the air at once.
doesn't happen often, but happened last night. Maybe whatever you've got is
contageous ;-(

Dennis Switzer
KKTY AM/FM
Douglas, WY

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Halper" <dlh at donnahalper.com>
Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:23 PM
Subject: [BC] technical difficulties with automation


What would cause a station like WBZ, for example, to have a
> commercial playing over the recorded weather, or on WXKS/WKOX, I heard two
> commercials playing on top of each other.  Aren't these systems
> idiot-proof?