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I really don't like that the Big Top 40 are now way behind schedule by the time they get in the top 10 forcing them to cut short all the songs in the top 10. They even inserted an extra ad break making things even worse. They don't play the top 10 in full like they used to.
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Very odd indeed. Spire didn't have any issues, nor did Eagle or any others apart from Rock FM, which you mentioned, as far as I can see. Not sure about other Bauer stations. Don't know how this could've happened, as Rock/Bauer stations take the show by IRN 3 I believe. And there was no Capital London ident on the satellite feed, as I was listening and Spire/Eagle definetley carry the show by IRN 3 as I've seen their Zetta logs.
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Thanks for the audio i wonder why that Taylor Swift song played. We will just have to wait to see if it happens again this sunday.
![]() Also on a side note Free Radio's ID fired on Free Radio but GEM's didn't on theirs during the intro to Big Top 40 |
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Thanks for the audio i wonder why that Taylor Swift song played. We will just have to wait to see if it happens again this sunday.
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With Gem and Free the feed goes through BrindleyPlace then split out to the other former orion frequencies from there currently. This will of course change in the not too distant future to bring in line with the other City 1 Stations. This would explain hearing free identify on Gem and not the other way round
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Agreed. We will just have to wait and see.
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With Gem and Free the feed goes through BrindleyPlace then split out to the other former orion frequencies from there currently. This will of course change in the not too distant future to bring in line with the other City 1 Stations. This would explain hearing free identify on Gem and not the other way round
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It went out on both GEM 106 and Free however didn't on the other two Bauer stations I tested
![]() Also on a side note Free Radio's ID fired on Free Radio but GEM's didn't on theirs during the intro to Big Top 40 |
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What happen's if the Big top 40 overran would the IRN 3 Channel cut it off or would all the other stations that take have technical problems?
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What happen's if the Big top 40 overran would the IRN 3 Channel cut it off or would all the other stations that take have technical problems?
Spire FM's log looks like this: 15:59:50 News In 15:59:55 IRN ON 16:02:00 IRN OFF 16:02:00 Pause 16:02:01 CHART ON 17:00:00 Pause 18:00:00 Pause 18:59:00 CHART OFF 18:59:01 TOH Default (No Donut) |
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It looks like Gem playout system IS not recognizing the IRN frequency then because it looks like the presenter is fading it up manually rather than the playout system doing the IRN 3 ON MARCO:
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If the Big Top 40 overran on IRN3 it would go to IRN3 tones at 18:59:30 and switch over to Wireless Group at 18:59:45. However, this wouldn't matter on the majority of stations whose playout systems switch the satellite feed on/off on a schedule and fire the next event. It would cut out at whatever time they have the BT40 set to switch off.
Spire FM's log looks like this: 15:59:50 News In 15:59:55 IRN ON 16:02:00 IRN OFF 16:02:00 Pause 16:02:01 CHART ON 17:00:00 Pause 18:00:00 Pause 18:59:00 CHART OFF 18:59:01 TOH Default (No Donut) |
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Indeed, the macro tells the playout system what code it's looking out for, and when that code is detected the localiser is fired.
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As New Years Eve is a Saturday, they could do a special chart of the year 4-7 and a normal rundown on NY Day.
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As New Years Eve is a Saturday, they could do a special chart of the year 4-7 and a normal rundown on NY Day.
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Next week, I could record the full switch over on IRN 3. The Wireless Group network show end, followed by confidence tones and the end of the Capital London show, Marvin's 1/2 minutes and the start of the show.
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Will anybody be doing this today or can they?
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On Bauer stations this afternoon it's sounding like the Top 40 is coming from underwater this afternoon. Very odd.
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On Bauer stations this afternoon it's sounding like the Top 40 is coming from underwater this afternoon. Very odd.
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The Hits went quiet and it seems to have gone to backup tape
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The local ID's were firing as normal. It's obviously a problem with the feed.
Seems okay now. |
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Thanks for these, you didn't manage to catch the local ID firing on the Bauer stations did you? I was trying to, but there wasn't one after I started recording.
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