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Delilah technical question
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I've wanted to know this as well.
None if it is ever live.
During the evening, she sits in her home studio simply taking calls....one right after the other (no music).
They are looking for quality calls that are capable of making it onto the show...which are then edited...and finding appropriate songs for the call.
The calls and the songs are fed to stations the following night...or during a show in the future.
Many stations (mostly the major market stations with music research), want to play/pick their own music. Those stations are simply fed the caller segments before the evening show begins and other breaks to be put together into a show (and no doubt into an automation system), at the local station level.
Delilah records weather breaks for most of the major market stations.
some good info there. I wondered the same
I know before her show here in the Mankato, MN market they have John Tesh but its just bumpers. The music is the same 70s/80s music they play normally. Sadly they play the same batch of songs because 2 out of 3 days driving to work I heard the same song at around the same time.
I know before her show here in the Mankato, MN market they have John Tesh but its just bumpers. The music is the same 70s/80s music they play normally. Sadly they play the same batch of songs because 2 out of 3 days driving to work I heard the same song at around the same time.
Besides the accurate explanation by Wimmex, keep in mind that there are several formats of music that are fed for the show. So the ones on a real time feed get similar content, but combined with different music. And some stations use both the music and the content, but it is fed to them and their digital system assembles it with no need to fill commercial breaks with "filler" if the station is not fully sold.
Delilah just gets the content, which her staff cleans, edits and produces into the bits that are actually run on the air.
And the Stations that do their own music get the individual bits by FTP, generally automatically, and they are put in the station's digital system, combined with the music logs and the commercial logs and broadcast.
I always wondered about the music when a station would flip for Christmas. The show seems somewhat out of place when she says, "I'll pick a song for you" and a random Christmas song plays.
Tesh is delivered with the same options as Delilah, but I think more stations use just the segments since his "live" show is fed in the same time slot as Delilah.
For the Delilah stations that carry just her talk/caller segments, the requests are included, so you have to schedule the music with those songs in mind.
Notice her regular show does the same thing. It's mainly a programming maneuver to stay "on format"
A lot of stations take the FTP download of Tesh .. when I worked for a hot AC in California, we did... he is/was on a country station, and he was on a smash/classic this station.
This is an interesting post, and I also wondered how her show was produced and distributed, and if it was truly "live". I'd also been driving on winter evenings and would hear her show on one station airing an AC format, then on another station in the next city, but airing Christmas songs. I wondered how she was distributing her show to stations using (at least) 2 distinctly different music formats at the same time with both sounding live, as that'd be nearly impossible to do. The callers to the Christmas version were referencing the holiday and requesting specific Christmas songs and Delilah was referencing the upcoming holiday often. They weren't generic comments or callers with Christmas music just dropped in.
I also recall catching her show one night on a holiday and she opened with "Ahhh, so it's xxx holiday. Did you have guests over today? Spent time making a big family dinner and getting to spend the day with those special to you? Maybe did some visiting? Just want to sit back and relax now and enjoy your evening?" and I thought there was no way this woman and her staff are THAT dedicated that they come in on holidays. That said, I guess it's somewhat impressive that they make holiday-specific shows instead of just replaying old programs on those days. Give credit, I guess...
both Tesh and Delilah are mainly delviered via FTP with just the talk segments, and the station plays their own music.. as noted by others. I do sundays on an oldies/classic hits station in NE Maryland that runs him middays/.
I previously worked for a Hot AC that ran tesh and it was all FTP'd to us.
But there are satelitte options for tesh and Delilah as well.
I will say this, if i had to pick one.. id pick tesh.. love the life hacks/;lifestyle advice and the customer service/station relations from his team, including Exec. producer Scotty Meyers is second to none. Scott will treat you like a friend, not a customer and remembers you, your station, etc and always gets back to people PDQ
I previously worked for a Hot AC that ran tesh and it was all FTP'd to us.
But there are satelitte options for tesh and Delilah as well.
I will say this, if i had to pick one.. id pick tesh.. love the life hacks/;lifestyle advice and the customer service/station relations from his team, including Exec. producer Scotty Meyers is second to none. Scott will treat you like a friend, not a customer and remembers you, your station, etc and always gets back to people PDQ
But she picks out an appropriate song for the caller.
John Boy and Billy actually have music with the show. I don't know that they still have an oldies version, but they started out doing classic rock and then, when they realized their style would never work on a rock station outside the South, they added country so they could be on more stations. Some stations in the South do the country version.
Thats what you think she does.. if the show is delivered via FTP, the station playing the song picks it out
Delilah used to play a song for the listener who called, somewhat on target with what was discussed. And she'd say the name of the song.
That's pretty much over now. Most of her stations are playing their own music playlist. So she simply says "I'll play this song for your friend, so they'll know you're thinking about them." But the song has nothing to do with what was discussed. Let's remember that Delilah is on some AC stations, some Soft AC stations and some Christian Contemporary stations. For that matter, the same is true of John Tesh, who airs on AC or Soft AC or Classic Hits stations.
Delilah also doesn't announce the names or artists of the songs anymore, a further sign her show is just spoken word content. The exception is the smallest markets without the personnel or technology to add the music. For them, they can air the version of Delilah with a standard AC playlist.
That's pretty much over now. Most of her stations are playing their own music playlist. So she simply says "I'll play this song for your friend, so they'll know you're thinking about them." But the song has nothing to do with what was discussed. Let's remember that Delilah is on some AC stations, some Soft AC stations and some Christian Contemporary stations. For that matter, the same is true of John Tesh, who airs on AC or Soft AC or Classic Hits stations.
Delilah also doesn't announce the names or artists of the songs anymore, a further sign her show is just spoken word content. The exception is the smallest markets without the personnel or technology to add the music. For them, they can air the version of Delilah with a standard AC playlist.
Delilah used to air the same music on every affiliate. Then she used to do two different playlists in November and December as stations went all Christmas. Then she did a custom show just for 106.7 Lite FM in NYC. Eventually it became customizable for each station and she couldn’t take dedications for a specific song anymore.
This show took the localism out of radio. There used to be evening “love song” shows on AC stations that were live and local. Most of the callers were in the station’s coverage area, or they were dedicating a song to someone in the local area. The calls would air the same night, oftentimes within an hour. And the callers could pick the songs (as long as they fit the format)
A few stations still do it, Lite 100.5 in Connecticut and Magic 106.7 in Boston.
This show took the localism out of radio. There used to be evening “love song” shows on AC stations that were live and local. Most of the callers were in the station’s coverage area, or they were dedicating a song to someone in the local area. The calls would air the same night, oftentimes within an hour. And the callers could pick the songs (as long as they fit the format)
A few stations still do it, Lite 100.5 in Connecticut and Magic 106.7 in Boston.
Here are the cold, hard facts: unless the dedication has a sweet or tender or heart-breaking message (think "lyrics of country songs") it is of no interest to anyone but the dedicator and, maybe, the dedicatee.
And letting listeners pick the songs when you, the PD know the best rotations, the tested songs and the best flow, is like getting a barista from Starbucks to install your transmitter.
There is no such thing as "localism". There is "excellent" and "horrible" and a bunch of steps in between. In the case of Delilah, it is about the messages and how she responds; as long as she does not play Innagaddadavida she will do fine.
Delilah was live when it began to hit nationally in the late 1990's, early 2000's, delivered via satellite to affiliates.
The calls themselves were time shifted -- i.e., they were taken in between songs and then edited, and chosen for broadcast or not. If memory serves, most of the music played was chosen by an AC music director, but I think at least some of the songs (Butterfly Kisses being one of them, I think -- it got a bit of play from time to time, usually connected with a call) were chosen by Delilah as well.
I think all that changed with the move to a new company in Texas (and wherever the operations were shifted to since then -- I think it's based out of WA now).
I know this isn't really germane to the thread, but it might be interesting background for those who like the show.
The calls themselves were time shifted -- i.e., they were taken in between songs and then edited, and chosen for broadcast or not. If memory serves, most of the music played was chosen by an AC music director, but I think at least some of the songs (Butterfly Kisses being one of them, I think -- it got a bit of play from time to time, usually connected with a call) were chosen by Delilah as well.
I think all that changed with the move to a new company in Texas (and wherever the operations were shifted to since then -- I think it's based out of WA now).
I know this isn't really germane to the thread, but it might be interesting background for those who like the show.
Delilah is buying the radio station where she first got her start.. KDUN-AM in Reedsport, Oregon. It's a 50kW Class B daytimer at 1030 kHz, she's reportedly paying a whopping $60,000 for it. According to the "equipment list" in this article, it appears she's getting the tower and transmission equipment, but no studio or related gear is mentioned:
www.rbr.com
Delilah Buys A Radio Station. It’s Where It All Started | Radio & Television Business Report
She rules evening radio — and has for decades — with her unique approach of uplifting the lives of listeners all across the country. Now, she's returning to where it all began ... sort of. Delilah is buying the Oregon radio station where she first took to the airwaves.
www.rbr.com
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