{"id":573,"date":"2023-01-18T17:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T06:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/?p=573"},"modified":"2023-02-14T08:35:27","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T21:35:27","slug":"studio-booking-overlap-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/2023\/01\/18\/studio-booking-overlap-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Studio Booking Overlap Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you ever had your studio booking interrupted by another presenter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This does happen from time to time, and it&#8217;s slightly challenging to figure out. Please read here to gain a little clarity about the problems and the processes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-add18885\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">What can be booked?<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>At MainFM, you can book:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Studio 3 (The &#8216;Production Studio)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The &#8216;Off-Air&#8217; studio, which is whichever of studio 1 or 2 that&#8217;s not being used to broadcast live at the time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Studio 3 can be booked in up to 3 hour blocks whenever you like, and you will not be interrupted during this time. It is slightly limited in terms of equipment compared to studios 1 and 2, but this is something we&#8217;re trying to remedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-2f7cbc86\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">Booking the &#8216;Off-Air&#8217; studio &#8211; Consider this!<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The priority is always given to live presenters in studios 1 and 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some live presenters like to arrive up to 45mins before their show to prepare and get in the zone. Usually it&#8217;s 15-20 mins, but some people do like more space to settle nerves and gather their thoughts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Anyone booking the Off-Air studio must be prepared to make way for a live presenter possibly arriving ahead of their show time.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some live presenters spend time after their show saving their audio and organising their thoughts. This rarely takes more than 15 minutes, but it can be an important part of a presenter&#8217;s process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So what does this mean?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s think about this example&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three people want to use the Off-Air studio on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Firstly, we need to think about who is presenting during the morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can see 9-10 is free (MainFM Music means Auto-Playlist music)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luca is presenting Art Swank from 10-11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kya &amp; Lucy are presenting The Upshot from 11-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elizabeth presents Sunday Best from 12-1:30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rich McLeish presents The Hero Lounge from 1:30 until 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of these shows may be loaded as pre-records and some may be live. <strong>How do we know?<\/strong> This is a good question for someone at the station, for the presenters themselves, or perhaps for the WhatsApp group or Facebook Presenters group. Things change often so it&#8217;s difficult to say with much consistency or predictability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Grid-example-1024x540.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Grid-example-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Grid-example-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Grid-example-768x405.png 768w, https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Grid-example.png 1352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"553\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Skedda-example.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Skedda-example.png 553w, https:\/\/mainfm.net\/hub\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Skedda-example-300x228.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So here we have 3 people wanting to use the Off-Air studio. What should they think about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben wants to start at the same time as Luca. This will be fine as no one is due to present beforehand, so he won&#8217;t be taking over from anyone. He can walk right in and do his thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, Kya and Lucy are due to begin at 11am. If Luca is live at 10am, Kya and Lucy will need to set up in the Off-Air studio, next door, from around 10:40 or so, so Ben will be interrupted. He could move into Luca&#8217;s studio once she has vacated it, if he wanted to, but he needs to consider Elizabeth! If she&#8217;s live from 12 midday, she&#8217;ll need to set up at around 11:40, so he may well be interrupted again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Long story short&#8230;<strong>this hasn&#8217;t been a great morning for Ben.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tamsen will need to time for Kya and Lucy to finish up, but she&#8217;ll be OK through to her 1pm finish time as Elizabeth isn&#8217;t due to finish until 1:30, so Tamsen will have at least a clear 45 mins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Can you tell what Renata will need to think about?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-b991e7a6\"><h4 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">What&#8217;s the moral of the story?<\/h4><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the first point is that Studio 3 is best to use as you won&#8217;t receive any interruptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you book the Off-Air studio, you need to figure out who&#8217;s doing what to ensure you won&#8217;t be interrupted. This is up to you. Try reaching out to the presenter group to ask any questions you may have, or contact presenters directly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever had your studio booking interrupted by another presenter? This does happen from time to time, and it&#8217;s slightly challenging to figure out. 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