Google Radio Automation. Impressively Innovative. Reassuringly Sound.

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1 Google Radio Automation Impressively Innovative. Reassuringly Sound.

2 Google Radio Automation. More Than Three Decades of Experience Google Radio Automation is the industry s only third-generation Radio Automation System. It comes from the same team that brought you DCS, the fi rst successful Radio Automation System, and Scott Studios, the best selling radio automation system of all time. In all, we have 34 years of experience building the best radio automation systems - by far the most in the world. Google Radio Automation delivers the unparalleled ease of use of SS32 and the uncompromising power of Maestro in a single product. Every aspect of Google Radio Automation comes from a completely new direction, including the innovative three-tier architecture designed to deliver greater fl exibility and power. The database tier is built around the industry-standard SQL database. Our service-based back-end layer is the brains of the system, while our user interface gives you unprecedented ease of use and fl exibility. Our unique open interface allows other systems to easily exchange data with Google Radio Automation, control it or be controlled by it.

3 Unparalleled Ease of Use Introducing Widgets Google Radio Automation offers the most customizable user interface available anywhere. We have broken out all of the content displayed on a screen into multiple widgets. A widget is a software program that performs a specifi c function. For example, the Stack Widget displays what s on the air now and what s coming up. Widgets can be added, moved or removed from the screen at-will, allowing each user the ability to personalize their interface based on their individual needs and preferences. We ve even added the ability to span your display across multiple monitors. Here are a few examples of some basic Widgets included in the system: Stack Widget Google Radio Automation s stack was born out of the success and popularity of our SS32 stack. It gives you an instant view of what s on the air currently and what s coming up. The stack has big, easy-to-read letters and labels, all color-coded to differentiate various types of audio. To play an item, just press the item s green arrow. To stop the item on the air, press the stop button. It s that easy. If you want to move an item, touch that item and then touch where you want it to go. Library Widget Most automation systems make you browse through very long fi le lists to fi nd the song or commercial that you want. Google Radio Automation saves you time by leveraging Google s advanced search experience. Simply use our intuitive on-screen keyboard to spell out a few letters of the title, artist, advertiser name, jingle, or other audio fi le that you re looking for and the results are displayed instantly. Recording and Voice Track Widget You ll especially enjoy the way Google Radio Automation brings all of your recording needs together in one place. The Recording Widget confi gures itself automatically based on what you want to do. If you want to make a simple recording, Google Radio Automation displays only the controls you need for recording. When you want to do a voice track, the Recording Widget automatically reconfi gures the display for voice tracking. Hotkey Widget Hotkeys are buttons on the screen that, when pressed, instantly perform a specifi c task. They can play audio, start recordings, control switchers and more. Google Radio Automation gives you the fl exibility of displaying an unlimited number of hotkeys. Easily control the size of your hotkeys by adjusting the number of hotkeys per page. The fewer hotkeys displayed at one time, the larger they ll be.

4 Unmatched Flexibility and Integration Customize or Build Your Own Widgets Google Radio Automation is the only system in the world that lets you add custom widgets to the automation system. Custom widgets can be used to tightly integrate other pieces of broadcasting equipment or other computer programs with the automation system. Armed with our industry standard Application Programming Interface (API), third-party vendors, independent consultants or programmers on your own staff can create widgets for Google Radio Automation that can provide tight integration with other programs and/or address special needs and requirements. Here are a few examples of some powerful custom widgets that are available today: Interface to MusicMaster Google Radio Automation has enhanced functionality when used with MusicMaster for Windows. For example, changes made to the music playlist in MusicMaster are immediately refl ected in Google Radio Automation, making fi le-based log transfers a thing of the past. Google Radio Automation also tells MusicMaster automatically when each song has played for automatic reconciliation. SAGE Alerting Systems The combination of Google Radio Automation and MusicMaster gives you more control over your radio station s programming in real time. When your announcers want to change a song in the playlist, MusicMaster will provide a list of perfect songs that have passed your scheduling rules. Google Radio Automation will then display the list on the screen. When the announcer picks one of the perfect songs, Google Radio Automation and MusicMaster automatically reconcile the change, ensuring the integrity of your on-air sound. Interface to Phone Box Broadcast Bionics Phone Box Widget gives you new capabilities to manage your telephone callers. The Phone Box Widget allows you to answer the phone and place callers on the air directly from the Google Radio Automation screen! Phone calls can be recorded for later playback on air, too. Interface to Sage Endec Using the Google Radio Automation API, Sage Endec EAS decoder has a custom application that automatically inserts EAS broadcasts into the playlist, ensuring that they are broadcast legally, in the required timeframe, and that no commercials are interrupted. Interface Directly With Other Systems Google Radio Automation also offers unmatched opportunities for integrating our backend with other products and systems via our industry-standard API which allows access to the playlist engine, the inventory engine, the notifi cation engine and more. For example, your business development team may want to build a custom inventory management system. Using the API, the inventory management system can query or manipulate the automation inventory engine. Similarly, the same system could query or manipulate the playlist engine for scheduling or reconciliation. For your security, the API is only available in your internal network. It gives you all the power you need to extend the automation in custom ways never before possible. Interface with Consoles and Switchers Google Radio Automation interfaces with consoles and switchers through an innovative plugin architecture that makes it easy to add or update support for new broadcast equipment at any time.

5 Front-office Features Playlist Management Just export your music and traffi c logs and Google Radio Automation will automatically import and merge them. In case of a problem, Google Radio Automation sends notifi cations to your staff so the problem can be fi xed before it hits the air. The system uses a world-standard SQL database to manage your playlist data, featuring real-time collaboration capabilities to make management of your playlists easier than ever before. If you change a playlist from an offi ce, the changes are instantly displayed in the control room and vice versa. Playlist Editor Google Radio Automation Playlist Editor can be installed on any computer in your radio station, and lets you make any change to your playlists. With a VPN connection, you can manage your playlists from any computer in the world. You can even see which item is currently airing! Best of all, Playlist Editor is compatible with Mac, Linux and Windows. Reports Monitoring Google Radio Automation from anywhere is easy with our web-based report generator. Generate reports for traffi c and music reconciliation or learn about upcoming problems or past performance from any computer in your station or externally with a VPN connection. Configuration Google Radio Automation is confi gured through an intuitive program that you access via a web browser, eliminating the need to walk from studio to studio to confi gure your system. You can easily confi gure your system from any computer in your radio station, or with a VPN connection, from any computer in the world! Workflows Google Radio Automation s powerful workfl ows feature lets you tell the system exactly how you want your radio station to be operated. Automate any or all of your broadcast day with precision. Confi guration of network captures and delay, broadcasting network programming, and other automated functionality are greatly simplifi ed for even the most non-technical users. Expand your station s revenue potential. Google Radio Automation natively supports Google AdSense for Audio, an automated way for you to supplement your revenue by making your radio station s ad inventory available to thousands of new advertisers that can t easily reach you today. The AdSense for Audio network offers: Real-time inventory matching We match ads to your inventory as it becomes available. Automation and Control You get air-ready ads automatically - and can still review spots before they air.

6 Podcasting Podcasting is automatic and easy with Google Radio Automation! Say goodbye to complicated RSS editing, manual recording, editing and uploading. Google Radio Automation s revolutionary podcasting feature works by remembering what you broadcast, instead of merely recording what you broadcast. Just put markers in your playlist telling Google Radio Automation when you want a podcast to begin and end. Google Radio Automation will automatically skim your microphone and remember everything the DJ plays, even hotkeys or other impromptu items. Once the podcast is captured, Google Radio Automation can automatically publish your podcast or hold it for approval. You can add, remove or replace items in the podcast. Adding podcast-only commercials has never been easier. Sharing Content Content Search and Sharing If your company has stations in multiple markets, you ll love Google Radio Automation s Content Search and Sharing features. The system lets you defi ne friendships between your sites as well as rules defi ning the interaction between your sites. For example, you can allow site A to send media assets to site B, but not allow B to send media assets to A. Sending Content Is Easy Content Search and Sharing is available through Google Radio Automation s Audio Finder. Audio Finder is available throughout your station via any web browser, so you don t have to go to a studio to send audio. You start by searching for the audio you want to fi nd. Next, you choose the destination(s) and click Send. It s that convenient! Finding Content is Easy, Too. Content Search and Sharing lets you fi nd content in your other sites running Google Radio Automation or SS32 version 6. Just enter a few words of the title or artist or other metadata into Audio Finder and Google Radio Automation searches your sites for matching content. When you fi nd the content you want, Google Radio Automation can download it to your site and even convert it to your preferred sample rate or compression type. All done automatically. When your site receives a media asset from another site, you can program Google Radio Automation to automatically download and broadcast the media asset, or capture that media asset in an approval queue until you can listen to the media asset and ensure it meets your standards. Approval Queue helps you prevent accidental broadcast of inappropriate content.

7 More Great Features Remote Voice Tracking Google Radio Automation s Remote Voice Tracking feature is the perfect answer when some of your DJ s work from home or live in other cities. When you create a new music playlist, Google Radio Automation sends the beginning and end of the music scheduled in the remote DJs shift to their computer, and then sends the remote DJs an to let them know their shift is ready. The remote DJs then record their voice tracks and Google Radio Automation sends the voice tracks back to the radio station for automatic broadcast. Google Radio Automation even sends a warning to the remote DJs when the music playlist is changed so replacement voice tracks can be recorded. Remote Voice Tracking is simple to set up and manage from your web browser. Importing Content Importing content into Google Radio Automation is easy thanks to Automatic Media Asset Importer. When a new audio fi le is dropped into the audio import folder, Google Radio Automation converts and imports the audio fi le automatically. You can even defi ne rules that ensure the fi le is at the correct sample rate or compression type, as well as making sure that the fi le is available in the correct studios. Google Radio Automation can even automatically import fi les from FTP sites. International Language Character Support Google Radio Automation s on-screen prompts can be displayed in your local language, and the on-screen keyboard automatically adapts to include letters not found in English. For example, our on-screen keyboard automatically displays ñ in Spanish mode, and has a built-in pinyin converter for Chinese.

8 We re just scratching the surface For more information, visit our website or give us a call. We look forward to showing you why Google Radio Automation is the best radio automation system in the world. Some features are patent pending or outside of the USA