Training & Operations Manual Version 2.1 (Updated August 2013) WWEC Training & Operations Manual • Version 2.1 • August, 2013 2 WWEC Training & Operations Manual • Version 2.1 • August, 2013 Table of Contents Forward to the Manual, 2013..................................................................... 6 Forward to the Manual, 2012..................................................................... 7 Forward to the Manual, 2010..................................................................... 8 About WWEC.............................................................................................. 9 Is WWEC a real station?......................................................................................................... 9 History of Radio at Elizabethtown College......................................................................... 10 Station Philosophy ............................................................................................................... 11 Audience................................................................................................................................ 12 Station Licensing and Location .......................................................................................... 13 Station Identification ............................................................................................................ 14 Contacting the Station ......................................................................................................... 15 Phone.................................................................................................................................. 15 Facebook ............................................................................................................................ 15 Twitter ................................................................................................................................. 16 Website ............................................................................................................................... 16 Email ................................................................................................................................... 16 Additional Methods ............................................................................................................. 16 Department of Communications Learning Connection .................................................... 18 Operations ................................................................................................ 19 General Rules and Regulations .......................................................................................... 19 Staff........................................................................................................................................ 20 Training.................................................................................................................................. 21 On-Air Operations, Rules, and Regulations....................................................................... 22 Obscenity, Indecency, and Profanity.................................................................................. 23 Obscene Material................................................................................................................ 25 Profane and Indecent Material............................................................................................ 26 Enforcement Procedures for Obscene, Profane, and/or Indecent Material ........................ 27 Violations and Warnings...................................................................................................... 28 One Strike Violation ............................................................................................................ 29 Two Strike Violation ............................................................................................................ 30 Three Strike Violation.......................................................................................................... 31 Suspension and Termination .............................................................................................. 32 Programming............................................................................................ 33 About Your Show.................................................................................................................. 33 “Blocks”................................................................................................................................. 34 Track Identification............................................................................................................... 35 “Breaks” ................................................................................................................................ 36 Public Service Announcements.......................................................................................... 37 Live Read PSAs.................................................................................................................. 37 Prerecorded PSAs .............................................................................................................. 37 Underwriting.......................................................................................................................... 38 3 WWEC Training & Operations Manual • Version 2.1 • August, 2013 Campus Announcements .................................................................................................... 39 Operating the MegaSeg ....................................................................................................... 40 About MegaSeg .................................................................................................................. 40 Automated Playlists ............................................................................................................ 41 MegaSeg Interface.............................................................................................................. 42 Searching with MegaSeg .................................................................................................... 44 Building a Playlist in MegaSeg............................................................................................ 45 Insert a Break in MegaSeg ................................................................................................. 46 Playing a CD .......................................................................................................................... 47 Operating the Mixing Board................................................................................................. 48 Taking a Call On-Air.............................................................................................................. 49 Emergencies and the Emergency Alert System (EAS)........................ 50 Lancaster Emergency Management Agency ..................................................................... 51 If a Tornado Watch Occurs .................................................................................................. 51 If a Tornado Warning Occurs............................................................................................... 51 After a Tornado Passes ...................................................................................................... 51 Other Emergencies............................................................................................................... 51 College Cancellations .......................................................................................................... 52 Editorials................................................................................................... 53 Editorial Control.................................................................................................................... 53 Editorial Content................................................................................................................... 53 Editorial Notification............................................................................................................. 54 Retractions and Corrections ............................................................................................... 54 Staff Positions and Responsibilities...................................................... 55 Department Positions........................................................................................................... 55 Faculty Advisor ................................................................................................................... 55 Director of Technical Operations ........................................................................................ 55 Chair of the Department of Communications ...................................................................... 55 Student Positions ................................................................................................................. 55 Station Manager.................................................................................................................. 56 Assistant Station Manager .................................................................................................. 57 Personnel Director .............................................................................................................. 58 Music and Programming Director 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