Hear, hear!! -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 8/10/17, Peter Kostakis <pkostakis@sbcglobal.net> wrote: Subject: Re: WNUR Maintenance & Station Automation To: "WNUR" <wnur-staff@lists.wnur.org> Date: Thursday, August 10, 2017, 9:54 PM Thanks, Steve, for airing several concerns which have weighed on my mind. I’m also concerned about the alienation of regular listeners who, as you point out, are from overseas and around the country as well as our own backyard. During our Great Leap Forward, Zetta will serve prerecorded (often numbingly repetitive) music programs when they attempt access to their programming of choice. I expect that listeners will be more understanding and willing to return to the WNUR fold if clued in on the changes. Explanatory notes on the Web site can be supplemented by a battery of special PSAs in frequent rotation about the alteration in schedule. These measures wouldn’t completely solve the problem of disorienting faithful listeners but would help reassure them of the return to live shows after the implementation of changes which should benefit us all. No doubt I’m not the first person who thought of these simple things but…just sayin.’ Here’s to mo’ better WNUR down the road. Peter KostakisCo-HostWriters’ BlocThe Jazz Show On Aug 10, 2017, at 7:01 PM, Steve Temkin <stevetemkin@gmail.com> wrote: Nick: Thanks for the note on the upcoming changes. While it clarifies some things, it leaves others unclear. I apologize if I have somehow missed prior communication elsewise, but I am surprised to have gotten the unexpected news from Gabe rather than from you or any other Exec Board member and equally bewildered that more advance notice was not possible. Trying to schedule our DJs to keep our slot fully manned for the quarter has been impacted by this development; advance notice would made it unnecessary to rearrange travel and other activities around our commitments to the station. And I don't understand at all why, when the entire facility was moved to Louis a decade or more ago with an interruption of less than a day, that live broadcasting needs to be cut for a month or more. I've seen no mention as to whether or how these changes will affect streaming. While we are clearly a regional over the air broadcaster responsible to our local community, we have listeners across the country and all over the world. Will they be hearing the limited, repeated programming when they tune in? Can't any of the other studios spaces be used to keep current content streaming from our URL? And I've seen no mention of this on the WNUR website, where I assume we expect listeners to follow news and programming information. I also, at this late date and after many requests, have no clue as to whether the prerecorded Blues Show programming I have provided to run in our time slot has been loaded onto Zetta — either the one in the OACR, or the "inaccessible" implementation that will be running over several weeks from the transmitter. I feel that I was assured that the effort was worthwhile and action would be taken. I've also been more frustrated than usual with the state of disrepair and mess in the OACR, and some technical glitches I've encountered that I'm guessing result from the way that board settings were changed. I am fairly familiar with the available documentation in the wiki, but over the years have found it inadequate or outdated, an especially difficult situation since for my part I am alone on Sunday afternoons when technical help is unavailable. You've said that you are encouraging an exchange of comments and concerns; I hope that includes these. I am a supporter of the station, and while I'm unsure of the benefits HD transmitters will bring, I'm hoping there are some other changes forthcoming that will help us continue to have pride in WNUR and show up to do shows with enthusiasm. Please let me know what has happened with the Blues Show programming I have provided in the past and if any further material can still be loaded onto the transmitter Zetta. Steve TemkinProducer WNUR Sunday Blues Show (847) 337-2162Reply to: steve@temkin.com On Aug 10, 2017, at 3:45 PM, nicholasanderson2019@u.northwestern.edu wrote: Also, I left my glasses in the OACR last night. If you see a loose pair, they are mine. Thank you. Best,Nick Nicholas Anderson <nicholasanderson2019@u.northwestern.edu> şunları yazdı (10 Ağu 2017 15:24): Hey folks, I wanted to reach out to clear up some potential confusion around the station's maintenance and express some of the goals of our executive board for this quickly approaching Fall. First, I want to clarify that the station will not be off-air. The physical space of the OACR will be closed while Gabe and Nick do maintenance for the station and our transmitters are replaced with brand new ones. Listeners will still be able to tune into WNUR as the station will be running from automation. Because the Zetta stock installed at the transmitter site is not accessible like the production one in the OACR, whatever is uploaded into Zetta now will be playing on the air until the maintenance is completed. I understand that this does not provide the station with much variety of content over these next few weeks beyond what our great GM, Brock, has uploaded, but the station will remain on-air. So please inform your listeners that the station will be on-air and on automation. This brings up my second topic. I understand the inflow of frustration and concern about this brief closing down of the OACR and I appreciated the number of you who have reached out to express these frustrations and concerns. I think it's important that these channels remain open so that you can express these opinions and suggestions for improvement. It is frustrating that this closing of the OACR does not allow ample time to adjust for your listeners and does not allow a great variety of content in the automation system, however this will pass quickly and the station will be better from this period. As a direct result of these next few weeks, WNUR will have state-of-the-art Nautel transmitters. As Gabe said, this is a very significant upgrade. These new transmitters will set the foundation for allowing WNUR to offer HD radio. This is wonderful news and will benefit all of us at the station. Apart from the physical maintenance of these next few weeks, our new executive board will focus on completing a fully stocked Zetta implementation. If something like this were to happen again, we will have a varied body of programming for our listeners that is representative of WNUR. Many have reached out to me expressing concern about promoting shows in these upcoming weeks, in a more immediate action I am working with our Publicity/Outreach Chair, Lois Biggs, in order to send out a newsletter addressing this brief switch to automation and to provide a method of promotion for you. Lois will reach out to you soon asking for information. The turn around for this newsletter ought to be quick. In conclusion, thank you for your patience and understanding while our station undergoes maintenance. I am looking forward to the great benefits this will bring to WNUR. I appreciate the continued feedback and ask you to please reach out to me by email (nicholasanderson2019@u.northwestern.edu) or phone (6148176065) with any and all questions, comments and concerns. In the meantime, let's look forward and please keep your eyes open for our upcoming Fall Programming Meeting. All the best,Nick -- Nick AndersonNorthwestern University | Class of 2019American Studies & English | Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences(614) 817-6065 | nicholasanderson2019@u.northwestern.edu To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://archives.simplelists.comTo unsubscribe from this list please go to http://archives.simplelists.com To unsubscribe from this list please go to http://www.simplelists.com/confirm.php?u=eldeIB8GICaT0CGJSrJ686Uw8FlN47eY
