[BC] Can anyone ID this automation system?

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I beleive a station in Eastern Montana has a set of these in their AM & FM
studios. I think they're just a backup, but I'm not sure. Looey would know
more, I htink

Paul




On 6/12/06, Chris Gebhardt <chris at virtbiz.com> wrote:
>
> Steve wrote:
> >
> > Dan:
> >
> > I know it well. It's On-Air Digital (Dallas, Tx) I know the guy who
> > programmed it in Linux, Bob Nelson. Jock turned programmer. It is one of
> > the most reliable systems with which I've worked. It never goes down and
> > seldom (and I MEAN seldom) burps. We use it at the station I'm trying to
> > buy here in Opp, Alabama <grrrrrr>. It's the UDS-II system. It's a
> > division of SMARTS Broadcasting of Dallas (I believe and SMARTS is the
> > music programming side of the company) After the initial library dump,
> > we didn't deal with that division again. (won't go into that story)
> >
> > Hope that helps. If you want any additional info on the system just
> holler.
>
> What a great, reliable system.   One of the stations I worked at used
> UDS-II with 3 Sony jukeboxes & a DigiCart2.   This was before the LAN
> days, so you would record all your spots & production elements in
> Production, dump them down to the Bernouli drive, carry that into Air,
> copy them from the Bernouli to the DigiCart, and you're ready to go.
>
> Just make sure when you program, you don't run into a situation where
> you have back-to-back jukeboxes.  You'll sit through several seconds of
> dead air while the jukebox puts the old CD away, retrieves the new one,
> then spins it up.   Interestingly, we found this even happens if you go
> to a different cut on the same CD.
>
> Part of the remedy was careful scheduling.  We made things a bit more
> flexible by adding a 4th jukebox.
>
> I know it's nowhere near as flexible as modern HD based systems, but
> those jukeboxes look way cool stacked in a shelf.  They even light up to
> a soft glow.
>
> Chris Gebhardt
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