Name of LAN based ad-scheduling system c. 1995

whytek

What was the name of the network/hard-disk based ad-scheduling system that RTE radio introduced when CART tapes got phased out, anyone?

I was just trying to remember and it's bugging me.

cheers

k.

ford fiesta

It may have been as far back as 1993. Have a TV/Radio show simulcast recording from the 2FM studios from their 15th birthday in 1994 and it is clearly being used. I dont know what it was called...perhaps cartouche or was that Atlantic 252's first playout from that era??

whytek

Hey, and thanks. cartouche doesn't ring a bell. something much more tech-sounding if I remember right. Yes, may well have been back in 1993. I don't exactly remember what years I was there.

Alzar

Could it be Radiomation that RTE used?

Cartouche was used in Atlantic. It was the first venture by 252 into digital playout systems. It was forever crashing & freezing. Ran on Netware too.

Awful, awful system - still gives me nightmares thinking about it.

Al.

Mr. G

According to radiomation they've been around since the 80's.

Could it have been RCS?

Trick of the Tail

Radiomation was introduced in about 1996, first at Shannonside Radio, then South East Radio (who still use it).

RTE never used Radiomation; I recall them using a home-made magneto-optical disk system for a while - the disks were a bit like MiniDiscs only bigger.

The playback machines were designed and manufactured by RTE themselves, back when they had a huge engineering dept, and were very good for their time.

redtelephone

I think they started using Jutel's Radioman around 2000, and are still using it. Before that it was Minidisc and carts for commercials on 2FM AFAIK. Magneto- optical discs were used with Minnetonka's Fastedit during the 90s mainly on Radio 1, but I think carts were in use for commercials up to late 90s.

marconi2.0

Trick of the Tail wrote: »

Radiomation was introduced in about 1996, first at Shannonside Radio, then South East Radio (who still use it).

South east use RCS if I'm not mistaken

ford fiesta

Hard to believe they were still using Carts in RTE for ads in the late 90s. Did 2FM ever have their songs on carts, like the commercial stations had in the 80s and 90s?.

Were DATs ever used in RTE for anything?

redtelephone

Don't think carts were used for music much I think it was CD and minidisc. I do know that DAT was used for live music recording.

Trick of the Tail

You are mistaken, Marconi, South East are persevering with Radiomation.

But then I was mistaken too - it was Mid West Radio that had Radiomation first, not Shannonside.

Fuzzy Clam

redtelephone wrote: »

Don't think carts were used for music much I think it was CD and minidisc. I do know that DAT was used for live music recording.

IIRC they also recorded simultaneously on 1/4 in to be on the safe side.

redtelephone

Fuzzy Clam wrote: »

IIRC they also recorded simultaneously on 1/4 in to be on the safe side.

Yeah there was a crossover period where it was DAT with 1/4 inch, and when 1/4 inch disappeared, it became DAT and hard drive. There was always a backup I think. I've seen them using Sound Devices Audio Recorders along with laptop-based recorders.

http://www.sounddevices.com/products/audio-recorders/