May 2013 - ICRadio-Announce

closed studio
by Butcher, George 13 May '13

13 May '13

Hi everyone The studio is closed at the moment as there is a massive leak / minor flood in the corridor outside, so some wise soul has turned all the electricity off. Sorry for the inconvenience, hopefully facilities will sort it out promptly. George

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Members area online
by Letts, Joseph 03 May '13

03 May '13

Dear Radio Members, 1. I've managed to revive a temporary members area (with occasional down time) which can be found at http://www.icradio.com/members . Please note this is not SSL encrypted so unless you use enterprise level password protected wifi (I.e. At college) or log in the college VPN, aspiring hackers could packet sniff for your login details. So don't log on in coffee shops :) Some features might not work (e.g. Speedybox) and show recording is still unavailable but we're slowly getting back to business. 2. Radio member Michele would like your help for a final year project. If you could fill out this quick survey about food waste ( http://kwiksurveys.com/s.asp?sid=xkkq22ozu9mmos9136981 ) it would be much appreciated. Happy revision, Joseph Letts IC Radio Technical Manager

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We have a phone line! (plus, wanna get to know Alice a bit better?)
by Max Hunter 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hey y'all, Yes, we have a phone line again! The number's 08451546812 (catchy, huh?) and we might get another one if I find more excuse to procrastinate from my exams. Currently you can only phone into it, but there's a chance we might be able to get some funding for call-outs if enough people want to (and once we've drawn up a set of rules that precludes prank calls to the Royal Family...) If you're one of the cool kinds of people to know how to use it already, it's mapped to the second telco module (last channel on Alice). However, I appreciate most of you won't, so just hold up for a month or so. This is long notice, I know, but once my exams are finished (mid-June) I'm planning to run a trial "Advanced Alice" training workshop for anyone who's interested (maybe spread over a couple of afternoons, maybe just one). Things I'd like to cover include: - recording a show onto Minidisc - using the interview room mics/headphones and monitoring through there - talkback between different studios - monitoring your levels correctly and efficiently etc - how to use the phone lines - how to delay your entire show (like have the whole show 10-20 seconds behind live) and be able to 'dump' to live if someone breaks broadcasting rules. Almost essential if you're going to have phone-ins where people aren't necessarily going to play by the rules and might swear/say something offensive/racist/blah. - creating separate recording or aux mixes - and, probably separately, how to use Rivendell (the touch-screen interface) and set up all your playlists on there to fade-in/out automatically, set up your own jingles etc :) I'd quite like this to be standard fare next year for everyone wanting to run a show (partly so people know how the desk works if something's wrong). Would anyone be interested in coming along to this in the last week of term or thereabouts, so I can see how the format works etc? Or indeed, if anyone knows Alice well (oo-err) then would anyone be interested in helping out? Lastly, sorry again about all the current hoo-hah with servers. We're working on getting new servers, but we anticipate that'll take about a month and a half (when my exams finish, in June) because we need to write documents to apply for funding and spend at least a weekend configuring everything, which none of us have at the moment. Meanwhile, we might try and get automatic show recording happening sooner, but please just hang on in there (and please *don't *bring drinks into the studio - it's really easy to leave them outside in the entrance and have a sip between songs - we can't afford to replace anything else!) Max

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2 press passes to UML Grand Final Thurs 9th 7pm
by Radio, I C 02 May '13

02 May '13

Hey all! If anyone would like to attend the UML Grand Final next Thursday in Islington to support Jack and the Rabbit Hole, let me know and we can get you a press pass. :) Also, thanks to all who have emailed their playlists, much appreciated! Radio love, Aislinn Station Manager @ IC Radio 2011-13 ________________________________ From: Viktoria Rozsokha [vik(a)unimusicleague.com] Sent: 02 May 2013 16:17 To: Viktoria Rozsokha Subject: Event Invitation Dear student media at Imperial College, We would like to invite you to UML Grand Final 2013 set to take place already next week on Thursday 9th in O2 Academy Islington from 7pm. A representative band from your university, James and the Rabbit Hole<http://www.facebook.com/pages/James-and-The-Rabbit-Hole/494659130568128> will be performing on the night and competing for the unbelievable prize package we have prepared for them to kickstart their career. Two press passes per medium are available for grabs. To ensure your spot please email me replying to this email with names. Note: Make sure to include a list of equipment you will be bringing, if any. More information in the invite attached. Look forward to hear from you soon. Best regards, Vik UML Communications Manager / Talent Support t: +44(0)7787761313 | e: vik(a)unimusicleague.com web: www.unimusicleague.com | fb: www.facebook.com/unimusicleague |@UniMusicLeague

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We're back!
by Butcher, George 01 May '13

01 May '13

Hi everyone, The station is back broadcasting! Much much thanks to Joe for getting a solution worked out. However: Whilst we can broadcast, if you look at the site you can see that that's about all it does. This means the members area is down including the scheduling and playlist submission sections. Also down is the listen back and recording features. If you want to do a show, you must email your show playlist to icr(a)imperial.ac.uk<mailto:icr@imperial.ac.uk> with 'Playlist' in the subject. We have to submit playlists to the regulator by law. It is so that the artists whose music we play get their fair share of our license fee. Please don't forget. The easiest way is to write it up as you do the show then email it from the studio machine. Unfortunately the site will stay as it is for the next month at least. We are currently in the state of procuring a new server system, but you can imagine this takes time to get funding for and install especially with exam time. The good news is that when it is fixed we'll have brand new computers and much less down time! Don't forget to vote for our new Head of Music. See the earlier emails for the manifestos then email Matthew.allinson07(a)ic.ac.uk<mailto:Matthew.allinson07@ic.ac.uk>. Apparently it's very close so make sure you do vote. Oh and plug us at www.voteforourplaylist.com<http://www.voteforourplaylist.com> and get others to so they can win this tequila we've found! Thanks for your patience and an even bigger thanks to Joe for getting us broadcasting again. George and the IC Radio committee PS: If you want to know any more about the technical solution/problem contact Joe at technical(a)icradio.com<mailto:technical@icradio.com> . Any other questions Aislinn is manager(a)icradio.com<mailto:manager@icradio.com>

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