WBCR-LP 97.7FM, Great Barrington Community Radio

Programming Committee Minutes - Aug.19,2008

Programming Committee

August 19, 2008

Members in Attendance: Deborah Alecson, Nick Ring, Judy Rosley, Dan White

Guests: Maggie Welch, Jim Stark

Minutes

Motion: Approve the minutes of July 1, 2008.  approved unanimously,.

Motion: Approve the minutes of the July 20, 2008 Programming Committee retreat, pending revisions.  approved unanimously.

Motion: Approve the minutes of August 5, 2008, pending revisions.  approved unanimously.

Programs and Programmers

Alan Becker:  Motion:  Award Alan 3 warning points for going on air despite being suspended.  approved unanimously.

Jumping Off:  Concern regarding potential call of action.  Program clips reviewed. none found.  Judy Rosley will contact them with this.  During review a song was aired with shitӔ in the lyrics.  Motion: Award two points to whichever of Ina or Esu was running the board at the time of the airing of shitӔ, mitigated to not discourage self-reporting. approved unanimously.  Judy Rosley will contact Ina & Esu on behalf of the programming committee. 

Maggie Welch:  concern raised about timing of legal station ID.  Motion: Award 3 policy violation warning point to Maggie Welch and have her speak with her day captain (nick ring) to clarify the policy.  approved unanimously.  Nick will send email to Maggie and meet with her to clarify policy.

Music Director Update

Difficulty getting in touch with major labels.  Independents and smaller labels have contact information on their websites.  Sent email to programmers regarding possible interview subject and received interest from several programmers.  Musician also interested in donating guitar for next fund drive.  new CDs will be reported to on-air list.

New Programmers and Trainings

One station/policy orientation conducted so far, 2-3 more for August with more to come in September.  Still a difficulty with coordinating trainers for new programmers and following up on follow through.

Day Captains

Deborah has been working to schedule a meeting for day captains, looking to have a meeting before the end of August, tentatively August 25, 7pm, at Deborahs house.  Deborah will call several potential candidates for Tuesday day captains.  Current lineup: Mon - Ananda; Tues - open; Wed - Ben Shalles; Thurs - Nick Ring; Fri - Bob Balogh; Sat - Deborah; Sun - Paul Rapp.

Professional/Program Relationship

Deborah and Larry are coordinating a meeting to clarify self-promotion and other relevant policy.  Larry received 9 responses to an email he sent to the on-air list.  Proposal is to have a working group to discuss and clarify station/FCC policy for programmers.

Facilities and Tech Updates

Telephone hybrid is connected and functioning - callers may be put on the air.  Headphone jacks work.  To reduce echo programmers can close the studio door and speak closer to the microphones.  Studio 2 will have at least a temporary computer audio editing station.

FY09 Budget Request

$3500-4000.  breakdown to come.

→ Posted by LauraD on 08/19/2008 at 06:51 PM. Filed under "minutes".