[BC] RE: Air America

[Douglas Schleutker]

Tom,

Is Dale Graham still doing AAR's engineering?

Douglas E. Schleutker 
Vista, CA
doug at schleutker.net

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On 10/10/2005 at 10:38 PM Tom Hughes wrote:

>We use a Scott Studios SS32 to automate Air America and have no more or
>less problems than on any other network.  Typically on weekdays we carry
>17 hours of Air America programming and 7 hours from other networks with
>no more problems from any particular network, in fact we have very few
>network problems during the week.  On weekends we carry more from other
>networks than from Air America and problems are still rare, in fact I
>usually have more problems from the other networks.  Just last week on a 2
>hour network show, called the Garden Compass which originates from a
>studio in San Diego, we received no local break closures.  I was told they
>switched ISDN lines and for some reason no closures were sent.  No notice
>was ever received from the show or network.  This problem was probably as
>severe as any problem I have ever had from the Air America network.  The
>most recent problem I can recall from Air America was when they switched
>to their new studios but things were cleared up in a few hours.  It took
>the Los Angeles Dodgers network 3 weeks to clear up their problems after
>moving to new studios, go figure.  We do have more problems on the weekend
>but I chalk that up part-timers which is a problem all companies can have
>no matter there size or orientation.  I do wish the Air America
>engineering department was a little easier to get in touch with, but this
>can be a problem with many networks.
>
>
>
>Tom Hughes
>KYNS-AM
>San Luis Obispo, CA
>
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