But, I will confess: It's my fault. Simple as that.
Now, allow me to explain.
The Tiki Room Morning Show, as you know, goes live Monday to Friday at 8am Eastern every day.
Well, because of what some would call a special day tomorrow (June 18, aka my birthday), I had pre-packaged the show because I was going to be unable to attend the live chat session, as I was going out for an early birthday breakfast celebration as we do on an annual basis in our family.
I had all of the requests, songs, and Disney park schedule information lined up, and started broadcasting at 8am Eastern, live as always. But then I turned to the chatroom, where everyone was wishing me a happy birthday. That is when I got confused, and realize my one-time error of pre-packaging a show was airing on the wrong day.
Now realizing that by mistake, the Sorcerer Programming Group (SPG) put the THURSDAY, pre-packaged show on this morning (obviously a day early). It was an accident.
So, all the stuff that I was broadcasting in the first 15 minutes, was not going through to the LIVE stream. Let me explain (hope you can follow):
When I start at 8am Eastern daily, Sorcerer inputs a signal to my broadcast booth allowing me to go to air. It generally comes out on the Live365 signal a minute after. This is why sometimes, the VIP and FREE options on Live365 are not synced, and one ends up a minute or two ahead.
When I realized what happened, I sent the SPG a message and told them to 'pull' the pre-packaged show from the air. SPG did so, but was unable to send me the signal to continue with my live broadcast.
So, a quick decision was made between myself and the SPG to drop any attempt of a live broadcast today, and we filled it with Sorcerer Radio's staff favorites from the Walt Disney World Resort.
In the end, as I said at first, it is completely my fault. If I never pre-packaged a show for Thursday, this wouldn't have happened. And I NEVER pre-package my shows! Not in the over six months that the Tiki Room Morning Show has been on-air.
Rest assured the Tiki Room Morning Show goes LIVE every Monday to Friday. The only other time I had to pre-package a show was back in August 2008 during an episode of the old show called, 'The SorCom Review', because I was at the WDW Resort.
I apologize for the wide amount of requests that were made but weren't played. Since the playlists for Friday's show is already put together (with some space to fill for the special interview with Mr. Lou Mongello), send me your requests NOW for Monday's Tiki Room Morning Show, and we'll have a blockbuster All-Request hour show. I'll just need to get those before the weekend, if possible, because I prep for Monday's show usually on Saturday night.
As long as my birthday breakfast is still planned for tomorrow (Thursday), you will hear the complete pre-packaged edition of the Tiki Room Morning Show. If anything changes, I'll be there LIVE once again broadcasting for you.
Don't forget to join in the chatroom over at the Sorcerer Community every morning at 8am Eastern.
The Tiki Room Morning Show is, and always will be, committed to giving you the best in Walt Disney World Resort music on a daily basis, live, on Sorcerer Radio.
Chris
hey dude,
ReplyDeleteNo worries.. we're all allowed our slips and goofs from time to time. Since you're a one man show, it's commendable that you haven't had this sort of an accident yet! :D So don't sweat it!
BTW..is that why the onDemand feed is not working? It's sitting there thinking. I love the onDemand option..it's the only way I can get to listen to the show when i get in to work, which is usually 11 your time. Sometimes the onDemand will have the current day's show on there, even before the replay.. I don't know how much work the onDemand entails, but it's great for us peeps outside of Eastern timezone to listen in on our actual morning, instead of having to wait to the afternoon. It becomes my Tiki Room Afternoon show for me! :D
Clearly I enjoy listening to the show, otherwise I wouldn't be asking about the onDemand. :D
Hey, Clockwerkz!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments! Things will be back to normal soon. Regarding the onDemand feature, I've emailed Sorcerer to let him know the playr isn't working. It's web-based, so it is out of my control, but we're hoping to get things fixed as soon as possible as Disney would say, "for your future enjoyment!"
Chris