[BC] WideOrbit Automation

[Tom Spencer]

Kevin...

Cowboy will recommend Rivendell, which runs on Linux boxes....

Me, for the money, your situation sounds tailor-made for

Station Playlist

http://stationplaylist.com

And the support is usually BETTER than 24/7, because there's a USER 
FORUM as well as "official" support.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/StationPlaylist/

And since the developers are in New Zealand, those 3AM crashes you're 
worried about occur during office hours over there... <grin>

About the only thing it won't do (yet) is record off-line feeds for 
later playback... I think.

I think at current exchange rates, it's under $400 for the complete Pro 
suite...

And that includes 12 months' support and upgrades / updates; which runs 
about $50/yr to stay on top of the latest version...

There's even a subaudible cue detector included!

Oh, that's for ONE station, I should add... although additional licenses 
can be purchased at a (huge) discount; just ask Ross.

HTH!

Kevin Raper wrote:
> Glen Kippel wrote:
>   
>> Your choice of automation will depend on your needs.
>>     
>
> My needs are pretty simple: I have One Network, EWTN, that uses Subsonic 
> Cue Tones. I Record the program that runs from 7PM to 8PM to replay in 
> the Noon Hour. I also insert 30 Minutes of Locally produced programming 
> 7 Days a Week, and 2 Hours of Local Programming on Friday Afternoon. I 
> am running 2 AMs and I am going to add another AM and 2 FMs in the near 
> future. About half of my production is done in the Prod Room, and the 
> other half is done in my Home Studio or in the main studio. We currently 
> move Audio from Production to on-air with USB Thumb Drives. ALL of our 
> audio is .wav files.

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Tom Spencer
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