MusicMaster Scheduling

There’s No Place Like Home (and Oklahoma) posted on April 20th, 2015

MusicMaster Sales Coordinator and Oklahoma boy, Jerry Butler, returned to his native state for the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters Convention. Butler welcomed MusicMaster President/CEO, Joe Knapp and MusicMaster Director of Marketing, Melanie Ross by introducing them to the state’s finest broadcast professionals. “Strong Leadership” was the common thread for many OAB sessions, and attendees were treated to one-on-one conversations with many industry changing individuals, including Knapp and RAB President/CEO, Erica Farber.

MusicMaster’s Jerry Butler, Joe Knapp and Melanie Ross

RAB President & CEO Erica Farber with Joe Knapp

Butler and Knapp were welcomed by OAB President Vance Harrison, and hundreds of broadcasters from Oklahoma and Texas. Great convention Vance!!

MusicMaster in Michigan posted on April 19th, 2015

MusicMaster’s Malcolm Sinclair and Shane Finch joined hundreds of members of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters for the Great Lakes Broadcasting Conference in Lansing, MI. Our MusicMaster team enjoyed the Michigan hospitality and the opportunity to visit with longtime MusicMaster users, including Stephen Schram, Executive Director/General Manager of Michigan Radio in Ann Arbor. Steve was the Program Director of Milwaukee’s WZUU, where MusicMaster Founder Joe Knapp was employed when he created the software. Steve was MusicMaster’s first software scheduler in its 1983 introduction, and a longtime encourager to Joe during the 32 year journey.

Michigan Radio’s Steve Schram and MusicMaster’s Shane Finch

Malcolm Sinclair and Brice Burge

Malcolm Sinclair, MusicMaster’s Canadian representative,
has been spotted visiting with U.S. clients
more frequently. Malcolm enjoys sharing his vast knowledge with current clients and those soon-to-be radio pros, including Brice Burge of Northern Michigan University.

Midwest Communications as always extended a warm welcome in their ever-expanding radio group. Midwest Senior Vice President, Peter Tanz, has served Duke Wright’s amazing broadcast group in Nebraska, Wisconsin, Michigan, and North Dakota through his many years of employment. Peter currently works closely with Midwest’s fourteen Michigan stations in Battle Creek, Coldwater, Holland, Kalamazoo, and Lansing.

MAB Board Member Peter Tanz gets help with his tie from Shane Finch.

Worldwide MusicMaster Partners Gather at Cabsat Dubai posted on April 18th, 2015

Dubai, what a great place to be in February! Warm but not too warm, light winds and warm sea water……and
inside the convention halls, the newest of the newest in Broadcast Equipment.
MusicMaster of course was seen at different places at the show. Visitors came to check out the
latest MusicMaster version at the AVC booth, at Zenon, Enco and SMP. We met a lot of new people and had great conversations.
Thanks again to everybody who came by to say hello!!

Rainer Eichhorn is checking out the new, improved realtime interface with Zenon Media….

…and of course our long time friends from Enco were showing the latest MusicMaster release.

Phil of our UK partner company Broadcast Bionics is showing MusicMaster to some interested visitors…

…and this is how sunny Dubai looks if instead of sun you have a real sand storm….

RADIODAYS EUROPE 2015 Recap posted on April 17th, 2015

More than 1600 attendees from all over Europe, USA, Canada and Australia were part of this year’s Radiodays conference in Milano – the biggest radio event in Europe.

MusicMaster was a premier partner and sponsor of this year’s Radiodays, with a nice booth to welcome all our existing and future clients all around the world. Visitors had the opportunity to meet all our European partners, like SMP, Top OF Mind, BVMedia, Stirlitz and ON AIR. Thank you all for stopping by and for the honor of your continued loyalty!

Rainer Eichhorn of ON AIR is proudly presenting the booth during setup…

…a day later already discussing new functions of MusicMaster with long time client and super user Matthias Voelm of DRS3

The place to meet all the European partners of MusicMaster.

Good friend and client Peter Bartsch toasting with our Speaker and client Steve Jones. These guys had real fun!

So did the whole crew of clients and partners at a wonderful dinner place with the best bistecca florentiner! Yummy!

MusicMaster Top Music Scheduling Secrets: #2 posted on April 16th, 2015

Bob Bellini, Brand and Operations Manager for Saga Communications radio group in Milwaukee, shares his tips on using the MusicMaster rule wizard and optimum goals to get the best possible result from his rules.

Collect all the secrets! Look for our ad in your favorite industry sites and newsletters.

Join Us For A Very Special Genius Day in Los Angeles… posted on April 15th, 2015

If you’re planning to attend the World Wide Radio Summit in Los Angeles, live in the area, or are just looking for a good excuse to spend a few days in sunny Southern California, come join us at MusicMaster Genius Day Hollywood! This special FREE event will be on Wednesday, April 22 from 10am – 4pm at the Los Angeles Film School (6353 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA).

You’ll learn tips and tricks from the MusicMaster Pro Team:

Joe Knapp – President/CEO and Creator of MusicMaster

Drew Bennett – Learning & Development Director

Jesus Rodriguez – Sales and Scheduling Consultant

Rainer Eichhorn – ON AIR General Manager

Plus, you’ll have a chance to meet, network and share ideas with other music schedulers!

For a preview of topics we’ll be covering, or to register for the event (before April 21):

CLICK HERE.

Going to NAB? Here’s Why You Don’t Want to Miss Us! posted on April 13th, 2015

Visit NAB Booth #C2145 for Interactive Group and One-on-One Presentations from the MusicMaster Superheroes Team, including:

Joe Knapp – President/CEO and Creator of MusicMaster
Drew Bennett – Learning and Development Director
Rainer Eichhorn – ON AIR General Manager
Jesus Rodriguez – Spanish Language Scheduling Specialist

You’ll walk away
ready to save the day

with a brand new set of

super skills!

Leap Tall Buildings.

Three Scheduling Goals that will crush your competition

Use X-ray Vision.

Schedule the best song every time with Optimum Goals

Master Your Domain.

Customize your MusicMaster database exactly how you want it

Manipulate Time.

Use our clock editing secrets to create your perfect sound

Conquer New Worlds.

Learn more about our specific TV and Web Scheduling Software

Forge New Alliances.

Explore how MusicMaster can exchange information with other broadcast software

Transcend Time and Space.

Connect with experts from the systems below…

without even leaving the MusicMaster booth!

“Join the Family” at RADIODAYS EUROPE 2015 in Milan posted on March 10th, 2015

Our network of MusicMaster partners in Europe are going to attend this year’s RADIODAYS EUROPE as a PREMIUM PARTNER in Milan/Italy on March 15-17.

RADIODAYS EUROPE has become the biggest radio industry event on the old continent with over 1300 participants from 60 countries. It’s packed with high-profile seminars, workshops and sessions and it’s definitely THE place to be if networking in Europe is on your agenda.

If you happen to be in Milan at the time please feel free to touch base with any of our European representatives, have an original Italian espresso at our shiny booth (Level 1, Stand 27-30) or meet us at the MusicMaster super-session “Brand like a Rock Star” with Steve Jones on Monday, March 16 10:35 am. (Don’t miss this one!)

Contacts:

Roberto Bellotti (BVMedia, Italy) rbellotti@bvmedia.it

Rainer Eichhorn (ON AIR, Germany) re@onair.de

Michael Buholzer (SwissMediaPartners, Switzerland) mb@swissmediapartners.ch

Cesco van Gool (Stirlitz, Poland) cesco@stirlitzmedia.com

Bart van Gogh (Top of Mind, Netherlands) bart@topofmind.nu

Location: MICO, North Wing, (http://www.micomilano.it/DoveSiamo_en.html)

10 Steps to MusicMaster perfection posted on January 24th, 2015

The English version of our tutorial series, The First 10 Steps to MusicMaster Perfection, is finally finished! We are very happy to have Duncan Allen of MTV, UK as our host of the series.

Duncan has been using MusicMaster for a long time, and he shares some of his knowledge with all of us in these tutorials. The tutorials lead you through MusicMaster, from installing the software, to the advanced Rule Tree possibilities, to editing your finished log. After watching these 10 steps you should be easily able to set up your own MusicMaster system.

You can easily access these videos, as well as a version of them in German, at MusicMaster.com or ONAIR.de. And please feel free to watch them as often as you want!

Ho! Ho! Ho! The Traditional ON AIR Christmas Party posted on January 23rd, 2015

It was a wonderful day cruising from Christmas market to Christmas market in a historical yellow double-decker bus from the 60s.

After finishing the tour, everybody went for a traditional German goose dinner into one of Berlin’s coziest Restaurants. We all had a blast!

Thanks to the MusicMaster family members from the USA, Poland, Switzerland, Netherlands, Italy, and Germany for making this a very special day!

Here a part of the crew on a Christmas market in front of the Charlottenburg Castle at a nice Glühwein stand!

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