[BC] Automation Mishaps....or lazyness on the stations part?

[Alan Kline]

When we automated last fall, we found that the automatic purge feature was quirky enough that
we coudn't rely on it. We rely on traffic working with engineering to make sure that dead stuff
is purged when it should be.  It works pretty well, as we haven't had that kind of thing
happening on our air.

We also have a list of promos of various lengths and types--all "evergreens"--posted next to the
MCR op's workstation, so we can quickly fill any hole with appropriate, non-dated material.

ak

------ At 05:44 PM 2/8/2006 -0600, The Most Honourable JYRussell at academicplanet.com wrote: -------
>It's all the "just don't care" thinking that lets it happen.
>Even if you have a system that automatically pulls the spots as they 
>expire... they're only as good as the person inputting the dates.
>
>    and (?) double so if they've been pulled with nothing to replace them 
>because you don't have anything else ready to insert that fits the ROS 
>requirement... so you get :30 of dead air, or, return to net :30 early and 
>hear weird ness.