Depending on my mood, I go back and forth on the issue of whether volunteer testing is actuallyhelpful or not – especially on weekends when things always change and there are so many traps to fall into for the person not familiar with how things work in radio.<\/p>\n
A few things need to be explained, I guess…<\/p>\n
– if you registered with an email address that doesn’t work, or it takes you a week to respond to a question from me – there is a good chance that your ability to test will be suspended until you get in touch and we sort things out<\/p>\n
– if you “test” an item and the player comes up with an obvious error, and you go to the station’s web site and their player works – that is a FAILED test, not a successful test.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s the entire point of having humans in the loop.\u00a0\u00a0 Attach a note to the station saying the player is broken and do NOT click “It worked”.<\/p>\n
– the testing confirmation gives you a ratio of your test time to other similar tests…\u00a0 the higher the testing time ratio, the more I believe it.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 If the average test for a program is 357 seconds (because it is very hard to ID the program), and you “test” it in 23 seconds, you either were very lucky or you aren’t actually testing.<\/p>\n – before changing a schedule, always consider the possibility of sports preemptions – schedule changes are for permanent<\/strong> changes, not one day events like coverage of the county fair.\u00a0\u00a0 If it isn’t a permanent change, add a note – not a schedule change.<\/p>\n – when thinking about whether to update a schedule, ask yourself – Does anyone really care?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If you find a station that is supposed to have a local investing show, and you think it is an “infomercial”, we may just have a difference of opinion.\u00a0 In either case, zero people care about the program (other than the person paying for the time on the radio station)<\/p>\n Start from the presumption that what is in the database is correct<\/strong> unless you find solid evidence that a change has happened<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 – but that does NOT mean you should just click It Worked based on the belief it is probably right.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Listen until you’re sure. f you aren’t sure what you are hearing, don’t click “it worked” and don’t click “It’s wrong” – just ignore it and go on to test something else.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Depending on my mood, I go back and forth on the issue of whether volunteer testing is actuallyhelpful or not – especially on weekends when things always change and there are so many traps to fall into for the person … Continue reading
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