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See You in Chicago?

The NAB Radio Show is coming up on Sep 14-16 in Chicago, and we are looking forward to spending some time with our existing clients and making new friends. If you are planning on going to the show and have some specific questions we can answer for you about MusicMaster, we would be happy to schedule a personal appointment. If you aren’t planning on attending the convention, but would like to meet with us in the exhibit area we have a limited number of VIP Passes. Mark Bolke.

College Radio Days

Several members of the MusicMaster staff got their first hands-on radio experience at a college station. Today we have many college radio stations as clients, which makes us proud to be a supporter of College Radio Day, Oct 11. So far over 150 college and high school stations have registered to participate in the event to increase the awareness about the role these stations play. Complete details can be found at their website www.collegeradio.com

Genius Workshops World Tour

Thursday and Friday November 10-11 Potsdam, Germany Attendees for this workshop will have the opportunity to choose between one of three courses. There will be a beginners track for users relatively new to MusicMaster, a more advanced group for those users who want to take their skill set to a higher level, and and the third track will focus on special techniques for our television/video programmers. More information and registration information is available here. If you have additional questions contact Rainer Eichhorn.

Industry Event Calendar

If you are planning to attend any of these upcoming events let us know. We would love the opportunity to say hello, share a cup of coffee, or help with any questions you may be having.

• IBC 2011 Amsterdam, September 8-13
• NAB Chicago, September 14-16
• RAIN Radio Show Summit, Chicago, September 13
• Broadcast India, Mumbai, October 20-22
• CBI Fall Convention, Orlando, October 27-30
• Radio Ink Forecast 2012, New York, December 6
• Arbitron Client Conference and Jacobs Media Summit, Baltimore, December 6-8

MusicMaster Pro-Team: Jose Santos

Santos Latin Media, Corp. is an independent radio and media consulting firm based in Southern California, that currently programs and consults over 25 radio stations (AM’s and FM’s) in the United States and Mexico. Among them are radio properties in California, Florida, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington (State).

We specialize in all Spanish / Latin formats, as well as the development of innovative Spanish language formats (based on current market conditions).

Current Formats under Santos Latin Media supervision or programming:

Spanish AC
Spanish Pop
Regional Mexican
Spanish Adult Hits
CHR-Rhythmic
Spanish Oldies
Tropical
Spanish News/Talk

Santos Latin Media, Corp. specializes in consulting overall operations of radio and media properties; including programming, marketing, promotions and sales; as well as general operations of radio broadcast facilities, internet and multi-media platforms.

We currently oversee programming, sales and promotional/marketing efforts in Portland, OR; Seattle-Tacoma, WA; Fresno, CA; Bakersfield, CA; Santa Maria-Lompoc, CA; Las Vegas, NV; Albuquerque, NM; Austin, TX; San Antonio, TX; McAllen-Brownsville, TX; Laredo, TX; Waco, TX; West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL; Ft Myers-Naples-Marco Island, FL; Clewiston, FL; as well as stations in Mexico (Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas). The formats are various in different markets, based on the competitive environment and market conditions.

Contact Jose Santos at (661) 993-5701 or santoslatinmedia@gmail.com

The MusicMaster Pro-Team is comprised of experienced broadcast consultants and programmers who are available to assist MusicMaster clients with programming advice. Their services are available under this cost effective program with no long term commitment required, and can be added to your existing software support plan. Information on each MusicMaster Pro-Team member is available below. If you would like to retain the services of one of the MusicMaster Pro-Team members or have questions about the specifics of the program contact Mark Bolke Vice President/COO at (651) 405-9119 or Mark@MusicMaster.com.

See the complete MusicMaster Pro-Team Roster.

Quick Tip: Format Clock Analysis

While you could count up all the different elements and categories you use in a clock, there’s no need to. Use the pie chart icon on the clock screen and you’ll open a view with more tabs including Category Usage and Element Usage. Each of these does all the calculations for you. Category Usage lists your categories in the same order you see in the InfoBar. The Element Usage breaks the counts into Song, Break and the other elements a clock can contain. This tab also breaks the information out into the time allotted for each so you’ll know how much of your hour is music and how much is talk.

You can find many more MusicMaster tips like this one on the MusicMaster Blog.

Recent Feature Article From the MusicMaster Blog

MusicMaster/iTunes Integration
By Aaron Taylor

Want to add your song data from iTunes straight into MusicMaster? How about creating playlists that can then be played out via iTunes? There’s got to be a way, right? In this article, we’ll lay out the steps to do just that… (Read more.)

Music Master of the Month

Nick Shulz
Head of Music
Radio Basel
Switzerland

“I’d been using RCS (DOS) for 20 years (20 years ago it was great!) Since then, MusicMaster has steamed ahead with with new features and a clean Windows look and feel. And of course, the support is just brilliant!

My favorite features in MusicMaster are the Rule Tree and The Special Rule Tree Items, keyboard commands for quick programming, and Library Maintenance (mass changes, rotation analysis).”