[Tradjazz] good stuff on Radio OKOM

[muskrat at bestweb.net]

George (and all),

Sorry to say, "The unpaid staff NEVER gets the time."  That said we have
several changes which we hope to implement (but again, things being what
they are, it may be quite a while before anything happens).

**  About a year ago, we began making all programs 57 minutes long (instead
of one hour).  Our plan is to have programs start on the hour.  The three
minutes at the end of each hour will be filled with timely announcements
(band gigs etc.).  These will be changed regularly.

**  We have purchased a "programming computer" which will allow us to
schedule certain shows at certain times and days.  It will take a day or
two to "install" this computer.  It may not sound like much but our
schedules are so intense that it ain't easy.

**  We attempt to "fill" each hour completely but I think that the computer
may take a bit of time between programs.  We'll try to tighten that up, but
I don't know if we can.

             [ Bill Taggart's favorite song is "Happy Feet" ]

**  As for publishing descriptions of each program, I fear that that's not
going to happen.  We have already prepared a schedule of the times/days for
each program.  We will post the general schedule.
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Thanks for your suggestions.  We welcome any comments and will attempt to
accomodate everyone.  It's heartening to hear from our listeners.

McN

----- Original Message ----- 
From: geohunt1 at aol.com 
To: muskrat at bestweb.net ; tradjazz at list.okom.com 
Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Tradjazz] good stuff on Radio OKOM


Hi Bruce:

You are doing great!  I am not complaining, BUT - - -

When the unpaid staff gets the time, here are a couple suggestions:

1) Make all segments just a little less than 30 minutes or 60 minutes long

2) Program the segments so they always start on the hour or half hour

3) So there is no "dead time" between segments, always fill in with Bill
Taggart's favorite song, which I forget right now

4) Schedule the programs (segments) ahead of time, and on a monthly basis
issue an e-mail newsletter listing the start time of each program for the
coming month 

5) This means you have to put a descriptive name on each segment

6) In your spare time put on another pot of coffee.

George


-----Original Message-----
From: muskrat at bestweb.net
To: tradjazz at list.okom.com <tradjazz at list.okom.com>
Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:07 am
Subject: [Tradjazz] good stuff on Radio OKOM

As many of you know, the OKOM operation was founded as a Labor of Love by
Bill Taggart.  All of us at OKOM (record library coordination, engineering,
program producers etc.) are unpaid volunteers.  The situation is further
complicated by the geographical location of the OKOM facilities (i.e.
almost two hours, EACH WAY, for me).

Since many of us listen "all the time," there have been complaints about
the "repeating" shows on Radio OKOM.  The fact is that it's nothing short
of amazing that we have accululated almost two months of 24 hour
programming (which is run continuously).  We manage to add a few "new"
hours each week.

The whole thing is a work in progress and we are constantly discussing
improvements (some of which are implimented).

Please keep all of this in mind when judging our work.  Thank you.
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I was prompted to send this message because right now (10AM EST) we are
running programs with members of the Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Band as
guests.
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McN

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