KCLB-FM, KDGL-FM, and KKUU-HD2 – Palm Springs, CA; WEZY – Racine, WI; MDR1 Radio Sachsen – Dresden, Germany;
A new service release for MusicMaster 5.0 is now available. Use Check for Updates on the MusicMaster Help menu to upgrade your software to SR-10.
New in this release, we’ve added Special History Reports for NPR Digital Services Composer 2 and Composer Pro. NPR Digital Services is the new name for Public Interactive.
If you’re on a version of MusicMaster prior to 5.0, please call us to discuss all the new features available in version 5 and how you can get it.
After making a successful debut in the Hong Kong market over the last two years, in 2014 we will focus on more countries in Asia. This week, Rainer Eichhorn of ON AIR Digital started a long tour of MusicMaster presentations and meetings at radio stations in Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and Macao. This effort will go on through 2014 with more countries like Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and India. The current version of MusicMaster will enable radio as well as TV stations in Asia to improve their rotations and benefit from the easy workflow of MusicMaster.
We are looking forward to 2014 and the meetings with radio talents all over Asia!
ON AIR’s yearly Christmas dinner took place at ‘Kochende Welten’, an artsy loft in the very particular suburb of Wedding in Berlin. The motto: DO YOUR OWN COOKING! All the preparing, cutting, seasoning, and grilling was done by us, the dinner guests.
The team of ‘chefs’ was truly international. Our friends from Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Poland and the Netherlands were joined by MusicMaster’s Joe Knapp and Melanie Ross, who flew over from Dallas. Fortunately and worthy of mention, the eating was done by us as well.
Above: Two chefs, Joe Knapp & Rainer Eichhorn
Above: The busy girls, Gabi Seidel (On Air) & Melanie Ross (MusicMaster)
Above: the gang from MusicMaster, On Air, and Swiss Media Partners working the day after the party in Berlin. They are all so committed! Front row: Matthieu, Joe, Gabi, Rainer, Max, and Michael; back row: Jean Claude, Andi, and Kevin.
There are industry events and conventions every month around the world. We always appreciate meeting our customers and finding out how MusicMaster is working for them. If you’re planning on attending any of these events, let us know. We’d love to meet with you if possible.
Mark Patric is the APD and MD of 93.7 JRfm in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Along with his 16 years of major market broadcast experience he has also worked as a music scheduling consultant and music research adviser for Albright and O’Malley Consulting for the past 10 years.
Contact Mark Patric at 604-575-1226 or magmedia@telus.net.
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 Joe Knapp, President/CEO at +1 (262) 786-6519 or JoeKnapp@A-Ware.com.
See the complete MusicMaster Pro-Team Roster.
Quick Tip: Rule Group AvailabilityIn the Rule Tree, the Rule Group option allows you to really customize when and how rules are applied. You’ll find this option under Special Rule Tree Items. When you drag it to your Rule Tree, you’ll have several set-up options, including Availability. Options here include always tested, tested only by the auto scheduler, tested only by the schedule editor and never tested.
There are reasons you’d pick something other than „always“. You might want the auto scheduler to adhere to your tight rules, but when you’re editing, you’re more lenient. That can work well if you have some leeway and want to mix up any patterns that might result because of your rules. You might want to test only in the editor so you don’t do something silly while you’re replacing songs. For instance, most programmers don’t have many rules on their current category. Putting some „safeguard“ rules in place and using the „test only in editor“ setting will prevent you from violating those safeguards while you edit.
We’ve received our fair share of questions about the „never“ option. Typically this is used when you want to suspend the rules for special programming. Why delete and then have to re-enter all those rules? Using this option makes it a quick job to remove rules from testing but save all the settings for future use.
Consider how you schedule and edit to determine if using one of these Availability options is right for you.
Song Tags 101
By Marianne Burkett
Whether it’s an artist introducing a new song or the station voice introducing an artist, I frequently get calls from clients who’d like to attach song tags to some or all songs or just add tags to songs in specific categories at certain times in their databases. This can be done in a variety of ways in MusicMaster. Which way you will approach this will depend on your individual goals. (Read more.)
Trivia
By Paul Ziino
There are two types of Trivia in MusicMaster: Song Trivia and Keyword Trivia. Song Trivia is specific to one song in the database. Keyword Trivia is specific to a given keyword in the database. (Read more.)
How Automation Systems and Music Schedulers Talk to One Another
By Drew Bennett
Automation systems and music schedulers share the same client in many cases. Both software companies rely on one another, to a degree, to ‘get the station on the air.’ If the automation system doesn’t have a log to play, there’s no music. If the music scheduler can’t export its log to the automation system, there’s no music then either. So, in most cases, the music scheduler and the automation system rely on one another to get the job done for you. (Read more.)
Matt Wilson
General Manager
KWHQ-FM – KSRM Inc.
Soldotna, Alaska
“We added MusicMaster in 2009, and since then, it’s been a crucial tool at our station. I’ve spent some time on other programs and felt at home with MusicMaster. The interface is easy to use and understand and really allows you to customize your product.
“One of my most used functions before I schedule is the schedule order and arrange tool. This allows the rotations to change up each session and provides a great blend to our format
“If you are looking for user-friendly program packed full with the tools to make your station stand out in your market, then add MusicMaster to your station staff.”
By Drew Bennett
Automation systems and music schedulers share the same client in many cases. Both software companies rely on one another, to a degree, to ‘get the station on the air.’ If the automation system doesn’t have a log to play, there’s no music. If the music scheduler can’t export its log to the automation system, there’s no music then either. So, in most cases, the music scheduler and the automation system rely on one another to get the job done for you. (mehr …)
By Paul Ziino
There are two types of Trivia in MusicMaster: Song Trivia and Keyword Trivia. Song Trivia is specific to one song in the database. Keyword Trivia is specific to a given keyword in the database. (mehr …)
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A new service release for MusicMaster 5.0 is now available. Use Check for Updates on the MusicMaster Help menu to upgrade your software to SR-10.
New in this release, we’ve added Special History Reports for NPR Digital Services Composer 2 and Composer Pro. NPR Digital Services is the new name for Public Interactive.
If you’re on a version of MusicMaster prior to 5.0, please call us to discuss all the new features available in version 5 and how you can get it.
By Marianne Burkett
Whether it’s an artist introducing a new song or the station voice introducing an artist, I frequently get calls from clients who’d like to attach song tags to some or all songs or just add tags to songs in specific categories at certain times in their databases. This can be done in a variety of ways in MusicMaster. Which way you will approach this will depend on your individual goals.
WKKG – Columbus, IN; CKGE-FM – Toronto, ON; CKDO-AM, CJKX-FM – Oshawa, ON; CHKX-FM – Hamilton, ON
We are happy to announce that during the past few weeks, five radio stations of Finland’s major media group nelonenmedia (a Sanoma company) all went ‘on air’ with its music scheduled by MusicMaster!
The challenging project was lead by our international distributor ON AIR in Germany, the Finnish broadcast supplier Noretron Broadcast, and the helping hands from the French/German radio solutions provider Zenon Media together with our friends from SMP in Switzerland. Thanks to all of you!
A new service release is available. Use Check for Updates to get 5.0sr9.
Highlights include a new Special History Report called Relative Separation Analysis. This report will allow you to perform an analysis of the separation time of songs with the same value in a given field across two adjacent time periods. For instance, if you picked the field Artist, you would be able to find the plays too close to where that Artist played on the previous day. The analysis will then show the separation between values in the field you picked looking at the day you picked for the report and the previous day.
Other changes include a new button on the Help, About screen that will open your Windows Temp directory and the ability of the Library Synch function with the program to run the default synchronization option when it contains multiple definition files.
If you’re on an older version of MusicMaster, call us to discuss all the new features available with version 5 and how you can get it.
Have a couple seconds? Please fill out our one question survey on where you get your broadcasting news online so we know where spread the word in order to find more Music Masters like you!
The MusicMaster family got together at the beginning of November to celebrate our 30th Anniversary.
Special thanks to our guest speakers, Joe Bonura, Kipper McGee, and Keith Hill for thought-provoking sessions. (Right Image – Top: Joe Bonura, Middle: Kipper McGee, Bottom: Keith Hill) It was also nice to see our friends from across the sea, On-Air Digital, Swiss Media Partners and BVMedia. We did squeeze in some fun, enjoying sunsets on Sanibel Island, sea-shell hunting and relaxing pool side.
The festivities culminated in a 30th Anniversary dinner where we managed to pull off a couple more surprises: presenting Vice President Scott Wirt and President Joe Knapp with plaques commemorating their achievements.
Who was all there? Well, one night we went to an Italian restaurant for dinner. Of course it had white butcher paper and crayons. Mathieu Habegger of Swiss Media Partners made a graphic that showed all the companies, countries, people there and people missing. Here’s the recreation (not an official organogram):
We know, you want to see the group photo. We missed that opportunity, but have it on the agenda to make sure we get one the next time!
Congratulations to Mr. MusicMaster–Joe Knapp–on 30 terrific years.
Laurie Knapp Named Vice President of Media
MusicMaster recently announced the return of award winning video writer and editor, Laurie Knapp.
Laurie joins MusicMaster from Neverending Light Productions, where she began as an intern and within a few short months was promoted to assistant editor. Within a year, Knapp had top billing as editor and writer on a theatrically-released feature documentary film, and was involved in all aspects of production on numerous commercial and small-scale projects. She also specialized in post-production, including editing, animation, and graphic design.
MusicMaster Founder and President, Joe Knapp, says, „Laurie led the Neverending team in social media strategy and website development, and was responsible for creating advertisements, virals, and other online content. This experience will be invaluable to the MusicMaster team as we enter a season of unprecedented growth and innovation.“
Vice President Knapp, who literally grew up in the MusicMaster family, says, „I’ve always been excited about MusicMaster – but really, it wasn’t until I started filming client testimonials that I realized how hard it is to find a user who isn’t excited about MusicMaster! I’m looking forward to collecting more of their stories and finding new ways to sing the praises of the software. My goal is ultimately to enhance our presence by creating new multimedia content and updating existing materials so our message will continue to stand out in this ever-evolving media landscape.“
„MusicMaster Classroom, 10 steps to MusicMaster perfection!“ is a new series of video tutorials which we’d like to offer our international clientele.
The first “season” is the German edition „MusicMaster Classroom, in 10 Schritten zur perfekten MusicMaster Rotation!“ It is provided by ON AIR’s Justus Fischer and was launched just a few days ago.
Justus’ comprehensive training covers the most important steps to take when working with the MusicMaster Library, Clocks, Rules, Analysis, Scheduler and History Reports.
From now on, new German-speaking MusicMaster users will get the tutorials automatically by e-mail, one by one, and bi-weekly.
The French, British and Spanish editions are already in the pipeline and will be released during 2014.
Over 250 GM’s, PD’s, and Music Directors met on the first two days of November and talked about creativity, promotions, morning shows and the future of radio business at the Broadcast Symposium in Berlin. The highlight for the music pros was the workshops about „Music Management“ and the „Myths about Music Scheduling“. During the break the attendees enjoyed the „MusicMaster Currysausage“, a typical dish from Berlin.
Since October 2013 the English company Radio Monitor has been offering an excellent replacement for the monitoring company Nielsen Music who completed their service in Europe at the end of August 2013. Radio Monitor, the market leader in the UK, is now expanding their business and services to other important radio markets like Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The service, cooperation, and exchange of data with other products like MusicMaster will also be expanded. Their new interface will enable all our clients to easily load the monitoring results directly into pre-defined fields in MusicMaster to create a perfect air play overview of as many competing stations as needed.
Until the end of the year, radio stations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland can create a free demo account to learn more about the quality of the Radio Monitor services.
Please contact ON AIR Germany by e-mail at sales@onair.de, or Radio Monitor, Dirk Hartmann, by e-mail at dirk@radiomonitor.com, or by phone at 07221 / 4079012.
MusicMaster’s Spanish language music scheduling consultant, Jesus Rodriquez, recently hosted the first-ever MusicMaster Windows all-Spanish presentation at the Monitor Latino convention in Mexico City.
In the hour long session, Rodriquez shared the history of computer based scheduling, our growth into a worldwide company, and the benefits of investing into your listeners and employees with the latest MusicMaster technology.
Thanks to Juan Carlos Hildago and the entire Monitor Latino team for a fantastic learning conference, and helping Jesus make MusicMaster historia!
Above: Jesus Rodriguez (left) and Shane Finch at Monitor Latino.
As MusicMaster celebrates our 30th anniversary, our CEO, President and founder, Joe Knapp, discusses the business philosophy behind our company, and the reason why MusicMaster has been the fastest growing music scheduling system in history. This rapid growth has already made us the world leader in music scheduling technology across multiple platforms, including radio, television, satellite syndication, and more.
Valley Radio Q99-7/KMBQ, Wasilla, AK searching for its next Program Director/On Air Talent. The person we’re seeking will be responsible for all aspects of programming including music scheduling, coaching on-air staff, station strategy, development/execution of promotions, website and revenue generation, and have a strong customer service approach towards listeners, staff and clients.
Q99-7 is a community-oriented Hot A/C station weaved into the fabric of the Mat-Su Valley, offering news, weather, local sports and great music. The Mat-Su Valley includes the communities of Wasilla, Palmer, Big Lake and Houston and is one of the fastest growing areas in the United States. Q99-7 is a part of Ohana Media Group, LLC, a privately-owned company with stations in Wasilla and Anchorage, AK and Astoria, OR that believes in radio and serving the communities we broadcast to.
Send your references, resume, programming & ratings history and MP3 to Tom Oakes, VP/Programming, Ohana Media Group, LLC, 833 Gambell Street, Anchorage, AK 99501. You may also send your materials to tom.oakes@ohanamediagroup.com. No links please. Files should be under 8MB in size. Ohana Media Group, LLC is an equal opportunity employer.
Ken Moultrie has been helping radio stations in all size markets stay on top for over 30 years, currently as Partner/Consultant for Broadcast Partners. Ken’s background includes VP/Programming & Consulting for Broadcast Programming in Seattle, WA., Senior Director of Programming for Jones Radio Networks, and day-to-day radio management.
In addition to consulting many radio stations and broadcast groups, Ken was involved in the development, launch, and management of several very successful syndicated radio programs including Delilah, Lia, Alan Kabel, Bill Cody’s Classic Country Weekend, and Danny Wright All-Night.
Ken has also developed and managed radio projects with Lifetime Television, Marie Osmond, GAC Television, and others.
You can contact Ken at (206) 905-9449 or ken@thenewbp.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 Joe Knapp, President/CEO at +1 (262) 786-6519 or JoeKnapp@A-Ware.com.
See the complete MusicMaster Pro-Team Roster.
Quick Tip: New Clock Grid for the HolidaysWhile it’s easy to create a new Clock Grid just for the holidays, making the clocks can be more complicated. If you’ve made clock changes since the last holiday season, any holiday clocks you have now may not represent your currently programming. You probably don’t want to change your current clocks just for the holidays, so what options do you have? Why not try cloning your active grid and making new holiday clocks. Here’s how: Go to the Assignment Grids tab and select the Grid you wish to copy. You’ll see an option to create all new clocks on this copy of the grid. Since these are copies, you can do whatever you need to do for your holiday programming without affecting your regular clocks. Oh, and don’t forget to use the Format Scheduler to assign the grid so your holiday programming will start right on time.
New Database In Seconds
By Jesus Rodriguez
I have recently been getting many calls from clients needing to create an additional database for a number of reasons. Some have been given the task to create a database for a format like theirs for another market. A New Rock station may be shifting towards Classic Rock, CHR to AC, or vice versa. One client recently had a new automation system installed and needed to create a new database to begin implementing his new data without interrupting the one he uses everyday. Many of these scenarios have a high sense of secrecy because changes need to be made without assistants or other staff with access to the database seeing the changes occurring within it. (Read more.)
MusicMaster Integration with DMDS
By Aaron Taylor
This is another in a series of articles we’ve created to direct you on how you may integrate MusicMaster for Windows with major content providers available to the broadcast industry. This time, we detail how to use Digital Media Distribution System with MMWIN. (Read more.)
John Olsen
National Program Director
Summit Media Corporation
Birmingham, AL
„One of my favorite MusicMaster features is the Turnover Calculator in Turnover Analysis, it’s a terrific way to work out rotations based on several criteria. You can work from the number of songs in a category or from the target number of plays per hour or the target rotation. It’s quick and easy and makes a critical aspect of scheduling much easier to work on at the beginning of the clock process.“
„MusicMaster Classroom, 10 steps to MusicMaster perfection!“ is a new series of video tutorials which we’d like to offer our international clientele.
The first “season” is the German edition „MusicMaster Classroom, in 10 Schritten zur perfekten MusicMaster Rotation!“ It is provided by ON AIR’s Justus Fischer and was launched just a few days ago.
Justus’ comprehensive training covers the most important steps to take when working with the MusicMaster Library, Clocks, Rules, Analysis, Scheduler and History Reports.
From now on, new German-speaking MusicMaster users will get the tutorials automatically by e-mail, one by one, and bi-weekly.
The French, British and Spanish editions are already in the pipeline and will be released during 2014.
We are happy to announce that during the past few weeks, five radio stations of Finland’s major media group nelonenmedia (a Sanoma company) all went ‘on air’ with its music scheduled by MusicMaster!
Radio Suomipop stands for Finnish pop and rock music. It has about 880,000 listeners weekly.
Radio Rock is the leading rock radio station in Finland. It has about 700,000 listeners weekly and 64% of them are men.
Radio Aalto is a radio station targeted at women in Finland. It has about 630,000 listeners weekly.
groove FM is purely Jazz, Blues and Soul.
loop is the Hitradio for the Digital Age. Interactive. Music at high pace.
The challenging project was lead by our international distributor ON AIR in Germany, the Finnish broadcast supplier Noretron Broadcast, and the helping hands from the French/German radio solutions provider Zenon Media together with our friends from SMP in Switzerland. Thanks to all of you!
As MusicMaster celebrates our 30th anniversary, our CEO, President and founder, Joe Knapp, discusses the business philosophy behind our company, and the reason why MusicMaster has been the fastest growing music scheduling system in history. This rapid growth has already made us the world leader in music scheduling technology across multiple platforms, including radio, television, satellite syndication, and more.
