I wanted to alert readers and listeners that on Thursday, January 10, 2008 at 3 P.M., I will make every attempt at broadcasting a live episode of Open Air With Tom Remington. This will be a first for us and one that I hope goes smoothly. It takes a few more hands, of which my two will be the only ones, to pull off a live broadcast rather than a prerecorded one.
I would like to give you a little heads up about the glitches with a live broadcast. Due to technical limitations of which I/we have no control over, there are problems when we switch from recorded programming to live and/or back the other way. When this happens anyone who is tuned in to Skinny Moose Radio will get dropped and they will have to log back in. This is an inconvenience for some I realize but one that I think can be dealt with. To help alleviate the problem, Steven and I will switch from recorded programming to live broadcasting about 5 or 10 minutes prior to 3 P.M. This way if you tune in at 3 o’clock for the show, we will have already made the switch and you won’t even know about it. Unfortunately, those listening at that time will get dumped.
To remain in live broadcast mode, which we could do, requires at least one of us to dedicate our computers to providing programming which somewhat ties up our Internet connections. We aren’t prepared to do that at this time. So, for shows we opt to do live, we will just make the switch and deal with it.
We will have to hone our skills at plugging in ads and station IDs on the fly so I hope those transitions go well. We also plan to record the show as it is being broadcast and will continue to make that show available to you as a podcast, streaming audio or downloads.
As we work out the bugs, we also hope to be able to handle telephone calls so listeners can call into the show with questions or comments. I will let you know when that happens.
Content for tomorrow’s show is constantly changing but plans right now are to talk about changes taking place with my work, events going on and various other announcements. The major part of the show I think will be spent talking about the huge economic and political impact hunters, fishermen and general outdoor fun seekers have in this country, yet no attention is given us during any of the political campaigns.
So tune in for these and probably some other surprises and embarrassments.
Tom Remington
