Slide presentation given to Presenters of Community Radio Station Alive 90.5 FM. The slides give an overview of how Station Playlist Playlist creation takes place and how they can be edited in Station Playlist Editor.

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WHAT DO YOU
EXPECT?
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3. S P L E D I T I N G W O R K S H O P
INTRODUCTION – STATION PLAYLIST
Station
Playlist
Creator
Music
Break Notes
Spots
•Promos
•Warm Sweepers
•Cold Sweepers
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LOGS
PLG Files
Playlists
M3U Files
SPL Edits
SPL
Studio
LIVE
Admaster

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• PART 1
• Introduction
• Audio Theory
• Station Playlist Audio Types
• Station Playlist Logs & Playlists
• Station Playlist Scheduling
• Station Playlist (Local) vs
Station Playlist VT Client
(Remote)
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• PART 2
• Live demonstrations
• Station Playlist Editor (Local)
• Station Playlist VT Client
(Remote)
SPL = Station Playlist = Software Collection
Not Covered – Voice Tracking (Advanced Topic)

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AUDIO THEORY
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dBFS = Decibel Full Scale
(not to confuse with
analog dB)
0 dbFS is max, like a
ceiling
All sound levels are less
than 0d dBFS
Radio ‘silence’ is -40dBFS
Rest of guide dB is dBFS

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STATION PLAYLIST AUDIO TYPES
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Break Note
Spot
Track
Cold Sweeper
Warm Sweeper/Jingle
Ad/CSS (Traffic)

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STATION PLAYLIST AUDIO TYPES
Why does it matter? AUDIO OVERLAP!!
Cue Point – Overlap Point – Min and Max Overlap
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STATION PLAYLIST – LOGS AND PLAYLISTS
Station
Playlist
Creator
Music
Break Notes
Spots
•Promos
•Warm Sweepers
•Cold Sweepers
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LOGS
PLG Files
Playlists
M3U Files
SPL Edits
SPL
Studio
LIVE
Admaster
• Log is weekly database (PLG)
• Playlist is hourly M3U file used by SPL Studio

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STATION PLAYLIST – PLAYLIST GENERATION
SCHEDULE
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Sunday Last
10:00am
Sunday
10:00am
Example
• AT Sunday 11th July 9:30am
• Playlist Generated
• Sun 18th July 10am til Sun 25th July 9am
Playlist file format
IMPORTANT WHEN OPENING PLAYLISTS
• <YYMMDD>-10.PLG
• Date of first hour in laylist
• YY=Year. MM=Month. DD=Day of Month
• E.g. From above
• 210718-10.PLG
• First hour 18th July 2021, 10am

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STATION PLAYLIST (LOCAL) VS STATION
PLAYLIST VT CLIENT (REMOTE)
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• Local in Studio 1
• Station Playlist Editor
• Edits SPL PLG Weekly Log
files directly
• Saves PLG file and generates
updated Hourly Playlist M3U
file
• Can insert any files from Z:
drive
• No restrictions
• Remote at your Home
• Station Playlist Remote VT
Client
• Downloads a cached copy of
PLG Weekly Log file
• Edits and uploads/merges
Weekly PLG log file
• Uploads updated Hourly
Playlist M3U files
• No access to Z: drive
• Can upload from local sources
(permission dependent)

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END PART 1
QUESTIONS?
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12. S P L E D I T I N G W O R K S H O P
STATION PLAYLIST – EDITING
Station
Playlist
Creator
Music
Break Notes
Spots
•Promos
•Warm Sweepers
•Cold Sweepers
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LOGS
PLG Files
Playlists
M3U Files
SPL Edits
SPL
Studio
LIVE
Admaster

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STATION PLAYLIST EDITOR (LOCAL) STUDIO 1
Start by Desktop or
Taskbar icons

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STATION PLAYLIST EDITOR (LOCAL) STUDIO 1
• Get familiar with opening Logs from other weeks
• When you least expect it someone has been working with the week following!

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STATION PLAYLIST EDITOR (LOCAL) STUDIO 1

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STATION PLAYLIST EDITOR (LOCAL) STUDIO 1
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Live Demonstration

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STATION PLAYLIST VT EDITOR (REMOTE)
• Full Guide – No Login Required
• GUIDE LINK – Stored in Presenters SharePoint
• Guide has links for Downloads and Requesting Access
• Access approval via form
• Once approved SPL Remote username/password generated and emailed from C
Images
Hyperlinked
MUST USE
EMAIL ADDRESS
REGISTERED
WITH ALIVE 90.5 FM
GUIDE LINK

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STATION PLAYLIST VT EDITOR (REMOTE)
LOCAL INSTALLATION REQUIRED
• Link in GUIDE - https://bit.ly/2Uz3Gwi
• Apple Mac not supported
• Try it out with read only credentials
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GUIDE LINK

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STATION PLAYLIST VT EDITOR (REMOTE)
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GUIDE LINK

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STATION PLAYLIST VT EDITOR (REMOTE)
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GUIDE LINK
Approval Email – Keep Handy!

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STATION PLAYLIST VT EDITOR (REMOTE)
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Live Demonstration
GUIDE LINK

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END PART 2
QUESTIONS?
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