Just a reminder that all playlists for your shows, recorded, live AND evergreen, need to be entered each week BEFORE or as the show is airing, not after it has aired. The playlists have multiple applications but the most important is so listeners can get more information about what they are hearing at that moment, either by the metadata readout on their device, in their car or home or by actually going to the playlists on the webpage and looking. That is why it HAS to be available while the show is airing because that is when the listener is most likely to need it. Besides entering it on time, the info needs to be correct, including the times the songs air, how long the breaks are and etc. The info YOU enter is what the listeners are using, so entering incorrect times and song lengths and song info is not helping the playlist be of value to the listener. Also, please do not enter ANYTHING but the song info. Don't type in your name or that there is a break or anything like that on the song entry lines. JUST the song info, please. Anything else mucks up the system. I also need playlists that are correct for tracking. I need to know what you played. But, I also need to have the info correct for when I need to send reports to BMI ASCAP SoundExchange and so on. There were at least 5 shows that didn't do playlists last week. I'm not going to call anyone out here but you know if you did a playlist or not. Please do them. I need them for us to stay legal but, more importantly, our listeners find them useful. Thank you! Neal

Hi Neal,      In the event of an evergreen being played, can you let us know if and when they might play so we can post the playlist?  I didn't know one of my Night Train evergreens played over a week ago, so there's no playlist. thanks,Jim On Monday, August 21, 2023, 12:40:19 PM PDT, Neal Losey via Onair <onair@list.kcbx.net> wrote: Just a reminder that all playlists for your shows, recorded, live AND evergreen, need to be entered each week BEFORE or as the show is airing, not after it has aired. The playlists have multiple applications but the most important is so listeners can get more information about what they are hearing at that moment, either by the metadata readout on their device, in their car or home or by actually going to the playlists on the webpage and looking. That is why it HAS to be available while the show is airing because that is when the listener is most likely to need it. Besides entering it on time, the info needs to be correct, including the times the songs air, how long the breaks are and etc. The info YOU enter is what the listeners are using, so entering incorrect times and song lengths and song info is not helping the playlist be of value to the listener. Also, please do not enter ANYTHING but the song info. Don't type in your name or that there is a break or anything like that on the song entry lines. JUST the song info, please. Anything else mucks up the system.I also need playlists that are correct for tracking. I need to know what you played. But, I also need to have the info correct for when I need to send reports to BMI ASCAP SoundExchange and so on.There were at least 5 shows that didn't do playlists last week. I'm not going to call anyone out here but you know if you did a playlist or not. Please do them. I need them for us to stay legal but, more importantly, our listeners find them useful. Thank you!Neal_______________________________________________ Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net

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I've had a similar experience or two similar to what Jim described. And I'd like to relate a Composer experience that happened to me today. Several times through the day I tried accessing Composer but it appeared to be offline. Finally, an hour or so before my show started I was able to access it and input my playlist. As you all know there are a few ways to get to the individual show in Composer, including the Calendar and Episodes options. I input all of the music and could see it in the Episode Details page (where all the songs are input). All good right? Well, upon checking, Episodes did not show any songs input for Trotamundos while Calendar did?! When the show began, a few minutes ago, I checked kcbx.org and could see that no song details were being displayed despite the entire playlist being shown in Composer - Episode Details. I went deep and exported the playlist as a CSV file, opened another browser window for Composer, selected the Episodes option and imported the CSV file. After this I checked kcbx.org and the playlist is now being shown. Most times Composer works fine, but every now and then it's not overly reliable. - David On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 12:50 PM Jim Dee via Onair <onair@list.kcbx.net> wrote: > Hi Neal, > > In the event of an evergreen being played, can you let us know if and > when they might play so we can post the playlist? I didn't know one of my > Night Train evergreens played over a week ago, so there's no playlist. > > thanks, > Jim > > On Monday, August 21, 2023, 12:40:19 PM PDT, Neal Losey via Onair < > onair@list.kcbx.net> wrote: > > > Just a reminder that all playlists for your shows, recorded, live AND > evergreen, need to be entered each week BEFORE or as the show is airing, > not after it has aired. The playlists have multiple applications but the > most important is so listeners can get more information about what they are > hearing at that moment, either by the metadata readout on their device, in > their car or home or by actually going to the playlists on the webpage and > looking. That is why it HAS to be available while the show is airing > because that is when the listener is most likely to need it. Besides > entering it on time, the info needs to be correct, including the times the > songs air, how long the breaks are and etc. The info YOU enter is what the > listeners are using, so entering incorrect times and song lengths and song > info is not helping the playlist be of value to the listener. Also, please > do not enter ANYTHING but the song info. Don't type in your name or that > there is a break or anything like that on the song entry lines. JUST the > song info, please. Anything else mucks up the system. > I also need playlists that are correct for tracking. I need to know what > you played. But, I also need to have the info correct for when I need to > send reports to BMI ASCAP SoundExchange and so on. > There were at least 5 shows that didn't do playlists last week. I'm not > going to call anyone out here but you know if you did a playlist or not. > Please do them. I need them for us to stay legal but, more importantly, our > listeners find them useful. > > Thank you! > Neal > _______________________________________________ > Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net > To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net > _______________________________________________ > Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net > To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net >

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Hi David, Thanks for bringing this to everyone's attention. I've opened a support ticket with NPR. It seems to have to do with random duplicate programs showing in the Composer Calendar. Until they figure this out, you should create and edit your playlists by accessing them through the episodes page in Composer. Do not use the Calendar. [image: image.png] Hopefully this will be fixed soon. Thanks, Greg On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 10:30 PM David Figueroa via Onair < onair@list.kcbx.net> wrote: > I've had a similar experience or two similar to what Jim described. > > And I'd like to relate a Composer experience that happened to me today. > Several times through the day I tried accessing Composer but it appeared to > be offline. Finally, an hour or so before my show started I was able to > access it and input my playlist. As you all know there are a few ways to > get to the individual show in Composer, including the Calendar and Episodes > options. I input all of the music and could see it in the Episode Details > page (where all the songs are input). All good right? Well, upon checking, > Episodes did not show any songs input for Trotamundos while Calendar did?! > When the show began, a few minutes ago, I checked kcbx.org and could see > that no song details were being displayed despite the entire playlist being > shown in Composer - Episode Details. I went deep and exported the playlist > as a CSV file, opened another browser window for Composer, selected the > Episodes option and imported the CSV file. After this I checked kcbx.org > and the playlist is now being shown. > > Most times Composer works fine, but every now and then it's not overly > reliable. > > - David > > On Mon, Aug 21, 2023 at 12:50 PM Jim Dee via Onair <onair@list.kcbx.net> > wrote: > >> Hi Neal, >> >> In the event of an evergreen being played, can you let us know if >> and when they might play so we can post the playlist? I didn't know one of >> my Night Train evergreens played over a week ago, so there's no playlist. >> >> thanks, >> Jim >> >> On Monday, August 21, 2023, 12:40:19 PM PDT, Neal Losey via Onair < >> onair@list.kcbx.net> wrote: >> >> >> Just a reminder that all playlists for your shows, recorded, live AND >> evergreen, need to be entered each week BEFORE or as the show is airing, >> not after it has aired. The playlists have multiple applications but the >> most important is so listeners can get more information about what they are >> hearing at that moment, either by the metadata readout on their device, in >> their car or home or by actually going to the playlists on the webpage and >> looking. That is why it HAS to be available while the show is airing >> because that is when the listener is most likely to need it. Besides >> entering it on time, the info needs to be correct, including the times the >> songs air, how long the breaks are and etc. The info YOU enter is what the >> listeners are using, so entering incorrect times and song lengths and song >> info is not helping the playlist be of value to the listener. Also, please >> do not enter ANYTHING but the song info. Don't type in your name or that >> there is a break or anything like that on the song entry lines. JUST the >> song info, please. Anything else mucks up the system. >> I also need playlists that are correct for tracking. I need to know what >> you played. But, I also need to have the info correct for when I need to >> send reports to BMI ASCAP SoundExchange and so on. >> There were at least 5 shows that didn't do playlists last week. I'm not >> going to call anyone out here but you know if you did a playlist or not. >> Please do them. I need them for us to stay legal but, more importantly, our >> listeners find them useful. >> >> Thank you! >> Neal >> _______________________________________________ >> Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net >> _______________________________________________ >> Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net >> To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net >> > _______________________________________________ > Onair mailing list -- onair@list.kcbx.net > To unsubscribe send an email to onair-leave@list.kcbx.net >