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Welcome to MusicMaster!
This month, we are proud to welcome the following station to the MusicMaster family!
Follow the links below to visit the stations and listen live (when available):
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MusicMaster Integrators, Assemble! - NAB 2015
MusicMaster choose the 2015 NAB Show in Las Vegas to unveil a brand new concept before the nearly 100,000 convention participants. Our revolutionary new exhibit introduced a central hub for our wide variety of automation, traffic and research interfaces. Booth attendees found systems from around the globe demonstrating their powerful interfaces together in harmony.
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| Partner systems that were represented at the MusicMaster exhibit booth. |
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Many thanks to Wide Orbit Project Manager Jason Singleterry, who presented many well-received demonstrations of the robust interface between MusicMaster and Wide Orbit.
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| Our Canadian friend Renel Choiselat; Support and On Site Intergrator from OMT Technologies, discusses the benefits of the MusicMaster relationship. |
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MusicMaster President Joe Knapp welcomes partners and users alike with open arms.
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A meeting of the minds between Amily Sales Director Jochen Richter and Wide Orbit Project Manager Jason Singleterry.
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| The booth welcomed a daily crowd of new friends and current allies from around the world. |
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Teaching the MusicMaster/ENCO integration comes easily for Paul Stewart, Research and Development Engineer of ENCO Systems.
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Joe Knapp, President and Founder of MusicMaster shares his reasoning behind the new concept:
"I've been attending the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas for many years; since 1983 as an exhibitor demonstrating and selling MusicMaster and before that as a radio engineer shopping for equipment. This has always been a very large convention, and that usually means that the various booths you want to visit are pretty far apart. This can be frustrating if you're looking to compare competing products, or to see how well different products actually work together.
"MusicMaster's open API and Nexus Server technology has allowed numerous companies to develop very comprehensive interfaces that connect MusicMaster with their systems using real-time, bilateral data exchanges and IP communication.
"This year, in an effort to showcase these interfaces, and at the same time allow shoppers to compare systems side-by-side, we decided to create a trade show within a trade show where these companies could demonstrate their systems and show off how well they work with MusicMaster in real time."
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| Under the arches, it's not just the systems that are making powerful real time connections. |
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| MusicMaster Sales Coordinator Jerry Butler meets with a group of high school students fortunate enough to attend NAB for the first time. |
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MusicMaster President Joe Knapp catches up with childhood friend Bob Proud of Proud Media.
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MusicMaster Sales Consultant Jesus Rodriguez demonstrates seamless real-time integration.
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Knapp adds: "Our booth was packed with happy customers and curious shoppers nearly all the time. The MusicMaster customer base has expanded rapidly in recent years all over the world, thanks in large part to those companies who participated in this great experiment at the NAB Show.
"It was interesting to watch competitors standing side-by-side in the same booth for a change. Everyone went away with new business opportunities and a ton of fresh ideas that will lead to the development of exciting new features and ultimately benefit our industry."
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MusicMaster Stars Come Out in Hollywood
MusicMaster Global joined forces with music scheduling professionals for a Genius Day Workshop on Wednesday, April 22nd at the Los Angeles Film School. MusicMaster's Learning and Development Director Drew Bennett led the day long learning conference with expert tips and tricks, plus a robust question and answer session for those attending. MusicMaster President/CEO Joe Knapp also provided strong input throughout the day. Other presenters included Rainer Eichhorn, General Manager of MusicMaster's European partner ON-AIR. Special thanks to guest presenters E-Man, APD of Power 106 in Los Angeles and George "Geo" Cook, Director of Operations/Brand Manager of K-104 in Dallas.
Music Director Randy Hendrix (KLRZ/K100) was one of the many who received their MusicMaster Genius Certification at this session. Of the experience, he writes: "The MusicMaster Genius Day was so informative! I learned a lot of tricks that the big market Music Directors use. I'll be back!!"
Genius Day Workshops are an excellent way for novice and advanced music schedulers to discover tips and tricks that will improve the overall sound of your radio station. These training sessions are scheduled on a regular basis in all regions around the world. Watch for upcoming Genius Day events in your area or contact us for more information.
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| The workshop was hosted by the Los Angeles Film School. |
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| The school's impressive theater was perfect for showcasing MusicMaster on the Big Screen! |
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| Drew Bennett, Learning and Development Director, brings our geniuses-in-training up to speed on advanced MM strategy. |
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Rainer Eichhorn, General Manager of MusicMaster
European partner, ON-AIR. |
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| George "Geo" Cook, Certified MusicMaster Genius and Director of Operations/Brand Manager of K-104 in Dallas, TX. |
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| Attendees also were treated to insight from E-Man, Certified MusicMaster Genius and APD of Power 106 in Los Angeles. |
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MusicMaster at World Wide Radio Summit in Los Angeles
MusicMaster again joined the festivities at Worldwide Summit 2015. Presented by ALL ACCESS and A&R WORLDWIDE, WW Radio Summit welcomed more than 600 attendees from the U.S. and around the world to the Roosevelt Hotel. The crowd joined for ground-breaking learning sessions, terrific entertainment and networking opportunities as well as a wonderful Industry Awards presentation.
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When it comes to event venues, it's hard to top LA's iconic Roosevelt Hotel.
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| Smiles all around as PromoSuite's Rachel Field, Matt Parvis of All Access and MusicMaster's Melanie Ross celebrate the event's record-breaking success. |
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| MusicMaster President/CEO; Joe Knapp and Entercom's Brian Kelly. |
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MusicMaster Star Sightings in Hollywood!
While in Los Angeles, our MusicMaster Road Warriors had a chance to visit some of our MusicMaster schedulers and friends. Early morning coffee and conversation began with Radio Disney. MusicMaster Scheduling Consultant, Jesus Rodriguez, introduced his MusicMaster family to his longtime radio friend, Candice, the national afternoon hostess on Radio Disney.
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| Back row (left to right) Melanie Ross, MusicMaster Marketing Director; Shane Finch, MusicMaster Operations Director; Drew Bennett, MusicMaster Learning and Development Director; Jesus Rodriguez, MusicMaster Scheduling Consultant. Front row: Radio Disney personality, Candice |
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| Rodriguez enjoys conversation with Radio Disney Chief Engineer, Brian Clark. |
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| Radio Disney personality, Candice shows Rodriguez the palatial studios |
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Wheeling a short distance away to the Emmis radio studios, the team joined up with Power 106 APD and MusicMaster Raving Fan, E-Man. As an added bonus, it was great fun to spend a few minutes with Programming Director, Jimmy Steal.
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| The MusicMaster team hanging out with E-Man. |
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| Jesus shares a few minutes of studio time with Power 106 midday personality and MusicMaster scheduler, Yesi Ortiz. |
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The busy radio tour continued with an emocionante visit to Spanish Broadcasting Systems.
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| After a healthy and productive conversation about MusicMaster, SBS West Coast Programming VP Juan Carlos Hidalgo and Music Director Juan Arroyo pose for a photo. |
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| Mega 96.3 midday chica Carolina Marquez
welcomes Rodriguez for a studio visit.
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The next stop was with Classical KUSC, the largest and most listened to public radio and non-profit classical music station in the country.
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| Fight On for ol' SC. Our next visit took us to downtown LA for a great tour with KUSC Program Director, Steve Coghill. |
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| Catching up with Steve in the KUSC Studios. |
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As the sun began to set on another beautiful Southern California day, we still had one final station group to visit-Univision. Not only did we get time for a chat with Research and Operations Manager, JJ Ayala, but had a surprise visit from VP Industry and Affiliate Relations, Cindy Hill.
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Left to Right: MusicMaster's Jesus Rodriguez, Shane Finch, Univision's JJ Ayala and Cindy Hill, MusicMaster's Drew Bennett.
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Good friends and great stations!
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Thanks for the incredible day of memories LA Radio!
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MusicMaster Service Release Update Now Available!
MusicMaster 5.0sr15 is now available when you go to Check for Update. You'll find tweaks to several areas of the software. Should you have Library Maintenance open already, when you click on the main program toolbar icon, the query will open. You can use the escape key to close the Keyword and Trivia Editors. Column headers in Library Maintenance and the Schedule Editor will remain left-justified even when the data in the column is right-justified. There is a new SAMPRA Special History report for our friends in South Africa. Additions have been made to how the language is set when you install the software as well as scripting and Nexus functionality. You can view the details on all of these changes after you install the new version and select Help, Release Notes. Feel free to contact your Music Scheduling Consultant for any additional information you may need.
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QUICK TIP: Custom Time Periods
The Custom Time Period is a way for you to designate a time frame you want to analyze more closely while editing your logs.
Under Tools, Options, you will find the Dataset Option for Custom Time Periods. While many users implement this to assist with governmental reporting, that's not the only use. Any user who wants to track a characteristic can use this feature.
After you select your time frames, these will be available when you set up Instant Analysis in the Editor. Set up a time frame for your workday and now you can determine how any characteristic is scheduling. If you add a range of acceptable values to your Instant Analysis setup, you'll also easily see if you are within your parameters. You will no longer have to figure out how fast or slow your music is or how many females you play, MusicMaster will calculate that for you automatically.
Give it a try to get a more focused look at important parts of your day and how they sound.
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