One of the programs I use at WUMD (OMTOutL) will read the *.out logs and create several reports:
- Played cuts report by hour
- Public Affairs report
- Public Service Announcement report
The played cuts report simply shows the cut id, title, artist and album at the time it was played, separated by hour. The web site script converts this csv file into a nicely formatted web page.
The PA report finds all the designated PAF cuts played that day, and gathers them into a single text report. It additionally pulls in the info files created by the PodGrabber. (PodGrabber can create an info file from data retrieved from the rss or mp3 tags.)
The PSA report is a text report which shows all the psa cuts played on the day, with information about the name and time played. There is also a csv file created with the data (just added today!)
The PSA csv file allows the online web site script to combine all the reports for a month, and create a summary report, showing each cut with id, title, artist, album, duration, and the actual times when it was played, similar to an affidavit.
The day log and PAF reports use data from the out file, but fill in information from the music database, specifically the album name.
The PSA reports also use that filled data, but additionally fill in the title and artist. I do this for a better looking report. It seems that OMT On-Air sometimes cuts off the title and artist names when putting item’s in the out log. (At least that is what is looks like, I haven’t investigated it yet. It could be the fault of Natural Music scheduling? or LogTools importing?)
So, these reports aid the station management perform their continuing reporting requirements.
