On 28 Aug 2021 at 07:55p, N1uro pondered and said...

Avon wrote to N1uro <=-

You mean my commercial radio exp?

Yes sir. Were you on New Zealand radio? I'd love to hear an aircheck of you on any commercial radio outside the states.

Yep I worked on stations that were mostly Hot AC and CHR formats. I also did some student radio (University) which is where I really found a passion for
the industry and was lucky enough to get some mid-dawn work when I would go back home for semester and Christmas/New Year breaks. There was a start up FM station running short term broadcasts for 6-8 weeks in my home town. It was made up of ex Student Radio guys from the Uni I was attending. They were chasing a full time commercial warrant to broadcast in what was (at the time)
a highly regulated industry and one largely dominated by government run
public broadcasting stations.

Long story short they got the warrant, I kept doing holiday work for them on-air while finishing my studies. After another two years I finished uni and sent out tapes and CV to all the stations in the country.

Got a few offers but turned a few down as they were more sales vs on-air or
(in one case) a station run in a way where it was clear the staff were
unhappy with management.

I ended up getting called up by a PD and asked to come to an interview for a
a station shifting from AM to FM and changing format from night talk to (what was the first of it's kind at the time in NZ) a love song dedications format.

I got the job, moved to a new city and did that shift for around 2 years,
then moved to afternoons and did that for another 4 years.

I could go on :)

One station I would have loved to have worked for would have been the old KWST - KWEST 106 around 1983. They had a fantastic line up, excellent production, and played good pop music. I think they gave up to KIIS too soon. Their morning team of London and Engleman were hysterical!
Followed by Bobby Ocean and then Pat Garret. Great daytime line-up.

I run a LPFM now called Total FM, you can catch it at totalfm.nz ... mostly 80's and 90s music. I'm just getting back into doing some announcing in
recent weeks again, started recording hourly weathers that play TOH too.

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Hello Avon!

** On Sunday 29.08.21 - 12:21, Avon wrote to N1uro:

I run a LPFM now called Total FM, you can catch it at
totalfm.nz ... mostly 80's and 90s music. I'm just getting
back into doing some announcing inrecent weeks again,
started recording hourly weathers that play TOH too.

How do you source your music material? Are there any
licensing hassles?


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I run a LPFM now called Total FM, you can catch it at
totalfm.nz ... mostly 80's and 90s music. I'm just getting
back into doing some announcing inrecent weeks again,
started recording hourly weathers that play TOH too.

WAUW.... great music while i wait for the start of the F1 in BelgianGP.
Henk

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On 29 Aug 2021 at 09:31a, Ogg pondered and said...

How do you source your music material? Are there any
licensing hassles?

It's content I have bought and own.

With licensing we use a crowd called 'One Music' here in NZ

[snip]

OneMusic is a joint licensing initiative between APRA AMCOS and Recorded
Music NZ. Many music creators around the world earn an income by granting organisations, like ours, the right to collect and pay their royalties.

OneMusic simplifies the licensing process and allows music users to meet
their copyright obligations to play our music in their business.

[snip]


www.onemusicnz.com

Best, Paul

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On 29 Aug 2021 at 03:38p, henk pondered and said...

WAUW.... great music while i wait for the start of the F1 in BelgianGP. Henk

Thanks Henk. I'll likely work on starting to post song data again into fsxNet down the track. There was a period when I was doing this into a BOT echo for the fun of it. Having moved to different systems and OS that's been on the
back burner at present. But at one stage folks in fsxNet could netmail a BOT and get music auto added to the playlist :)

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Hey Paul;

Avon wrote to N1uro <=-

Yep I worked on stations that were mostly Hot AC and CHR formats.

That's primarily what I did as well, with some AOR and oldies mixed in. Its really helped my likes in music pretty eclectric. The first commercial station I was at was an ultra high energy CHR called hot hits! A couple guys really flaked out as it was an intense format to do. No talk-ups unless it was a ballad, only over outros. Jingle after every song too! I mean after EVERY song! Only the actual top 40 were on the playlist, with the top 15 in heavier rotation. Imagine in 1977 having to hear "You Light Up My Life" 4-5 times a DAY! lol

Got a few offers but turned a few down as they were more sales vs
on-air or (in one case) a station run in a way where it was clear the staff were unhappy with management.

We called the sales area "the snake pit" <G> I never had any interest in
sales. I hated doing news. I did on-air and commercial production. I'd save other talent's outtakes and splice together an annual montage for our office holiday party... tons of laughs!

I ended up getting called up by a PD and asked to come to an interview
for a a station shifting from AM to FM and changing format from night
talk to (what was the first of it's kind at the time in NZ) a love song dedications format.

I applied at this one small town CHR once, and the PD did all but laugh
at me. When I was doing CHR in our 40th largest market he did part time
and when he was listening to me he told me that one of his biggest mistakes
was not hiring me.

I got the job, moved to a new city and did that shift for around 2
years, then moved to afternoons and did that for another 4 years.

Cool, must have been a little different for you.

I run a LPFM now called Total FM, you can catch it at totalfm.nz ... mostly 80's and 90s music. I'm just getting back into doing some announcing in recent weeks again, started recording hourly weathers
that play TOH too.

Is it automated? I'll have to check it out. You can catch one of my old
podcast shows at https://5150fm.net

5150 is police code for "crazy person on the loose" <BG>

... He's dead, Jim! Uhh.you can stop firing now, Jim... Jim?
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