[BC] Oh No another automation comparison question

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stan Holden" <stanholden at verizon.net>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 1:54 PM
Subject: [BC] Oh No another automation comparison question


> Hi all,
>
> I have a request from some longtime friends and clients asking about a 
> comparison of automation systems.
>
> They operate BSI's Simian at one of their stations now, but are looking to 
> replace their old AXS system and are needing some recommendations on 
> whether they would want to expand it into multiple stations or they are 
> thinking of going the NexGen route.
>
> I'm afraid I am totally out of touch as to the capabilities of todays 
> systems and would like some opinions and recommendations on what is 
> available.  These stations are not absolute cheapskates, but they don't 
> have an unlimited budget to throw dollars away.    If I had to describe a 
> criteria I would ask...if you had a reasonable budget what system would 
> you install.  And what kind of learning curve would there be for this 
> system.  The management has been very stable at this station, but I'm sure 
> they have had their share of staff turnover, so how hard is it to teach 
> new operators.
>
> Is that enough to chew on and spit out some thoughts?
>
> Stan Holden
>
> We are in the market to purchase an automation system so that both our 
> stations will be uniform.  We have looked at 2 automation systems - Simian 
> (BSI) which we have now on WDLW and NexGen (Prophet) which we haven't used 
> in the past, but a couple of our employees have used at other stations. 
> The Simian system has 5 separate computers 2 On-Air computers, 2 
> production computers and a news computer.  The NexGen system uses a 
> central server.  Can you give me your thoughts on these two systems, or 
> you may even know of a system that is not expensive, but would work and is 
> reliable.
>
> Stan Holden
> stan at broadcast.net
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